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.
Hi,
I am interesting in applying APP to astro-landscpe photography. With only 5 subs of 13 seconds ,some darks and a BPM, the quality of my milky way image from APP is much improved. In my opinion, it is much easier than using the long exposure via a tracking mount method. However, post-processing color management is quiet difficult in APPÂ
That is looking great I have to say! What did you try to use for calibrating the colours? Did you try to saturate the image in APP?
Hi,
I am interesting in applying APP to astro-landscpe photography. With only 5 subs of 13 seconds ,some darks and a BPM, the quality of my milky way image from APP is much improved. In my opinion, it is much easier than using the long exposure via a tracking mount method. However, post-processing color management is quiet difficult in APPÂ
Hi @kijja (and @vincent-mod ),
Please accept my late response to your topic.
The image looks great to start with I think. Have you tried Star Color Calibration and enabling saturation in APP like Vincent indicates ?
I think you should be able to improve this result towards a result with a bit more color, but it does depend on the data off course.
A result like this:
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is 100% made in APP using APP's Star Color Calibration and APP's saturation function in the previewfilter with background protection.
Cheers,
Mabula
