2026-10-09 APP 2.0.0-beta48 has been released !
This is mainly a bug fix release for the reported bugs in beta47. In addition it has a significant User Interface performance improvement noticable when you need to process 1000s of images in APP.
2026-10-03 APP 2.0.0-beta47 has been released !
This is a very big release... many code optimizations/rewrites, many parts of APP are much faster and more precise, especially star analysis and registration are much faster ! Big mosaics will go much faster 🙂
And we introduce a new preview filter, which includes the new Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch and a General Levels Stretch, this has been long over due. The old preview filter (the panel on the right side to stretch and preview your data) has not been updated for a couple of years and it is a critical part of any APP session.
Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch or ADSS is a much more intuitive stretch algorithm. It is also color preserving (which is a great new addition in itself ! ) which means that the highlights are no longer bleached, color is maintained from the linear data while stretching. You can simply stretch your data using the sky background level and signal width sliders which work much easier and more intuitive. You no longer need to fiddle with the old complicated sliders with zoom buttons. All the zoom buttons for the sliders are made redundant. And you can enter slider values in the slider value fields yourself. I will make a youtube video in the coming days to explain and fully introduce ADSS. Once the video is ready, it will be highlighted on the forum.
RGB Combine upgrade !. The RGB Combine Tool has been rewritten mostly. The tool is faster and easier to use and most importantly, the Luminance slider to inject a luminance channel or channels into the RGB composite is now working correctly. It no longer bleaches the RGB colors. Combined with the new ADSS preview, you will get much better and easier great composites with great color! I will also explain this in a new youtube video.
It takes endless time to navigate in my folders each time i want to find my data files, something not happening at all in 1.083.4 (folders are opening fast). I have both versions installed on same laptop though. Both APP versions can be opened though.Â
I was never able to test the Ver2 Beta2 due to this huge delay in opening my data.
Thank you
The times I've seen this happen was when people had a network attached folder that wasn't available on the system. Is that the case for you?
@vincent-mod No it is a local SSD drive on a 16 CPU laptop with 32GB of RAM. Same files from the official version 1.083.4 works like a charm.
@teodigital Unfortunately the network drive doesn't necessarily have to be the location where the data are stored. The comment is much more generic: it can happen if there is ANY network drive that is not available. Is that the case?
Yes they are and your observation maybe correct. I can confirm that after removing network drives mappings Version 2 seems to work so i can do a few tests. Thank you so much for the accurate diagnosis of the problem.
