Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
can I select more the 1 file at a time during the load step?. having about 120 lights there must be a way to select more then 1 and load them all. example with DDS I could highlight the files and add them.
edit - I meant deep sky stacker DSS
Hi Keithit,
Certainly, in the window where you can select the files, you can use ctrl-a for instance to select all files matching the file filter (for instance all CR2s or FITS), or the ctrl and/or shift key (windows) to select certain files.
Let me know if this helps 😉
Mabula
If you hold down 'shift' and the arrow keys you can highlight as many as required 🙂 Then they will load into the lower console
I've been doing the same as I did in DSS. That is, highlight all the files (subs) that I want and add them all at once. It should work the same way as DSS for adding subs (lights).
It would be useful to allow mouse drag select though. I only have one arm so I use mouse and its always clear when developers dont consider anyone using their software the same way they do and should always allow for maximum flexibility and accessibility by their users.
Also since APP "saves" user choices so next run they are used, eg in the left tabs, that the file loader should do the same so when we chooseour preferred input format it reuses that next time the loader is opened our preferred format is already filter. A little consistency in user experience wouldn't go amiss.
Hi Keithit,
Were you able to select multiple files at once now?
Mabula
It would be useful to allow mouse drag select though. I only have one arm so I use mouse and its always clear when developers dont consider anyone using their software the same way they do and should always allow for maximum flexibility and accessibility by their users.
Also since APP "saves" user choices so next run they are used, eg in the left tabs, that the file loader should do the same so when we chooseour preferred input format it reuses that next time the loader is opened our preferred format is already filter. A little consistency in user experience wouldn't go amiss.
That is a good suggestion, so APP would need to memorize the image filter as well if you open the file chooser the next time. I'll add this to my TODO list.
Mabula
