MAY 4 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta44 has been released !
New improved internal memory controls should now work on all computers
May 1 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta43 has been released !
Improved internal memory controls (much more stable and faster on big datasets), fixed CPU image viewer, fixed Narrowband extraction demosaic algortihms.
Apr 29 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta42 has been released !
New improved Normalization engine, Fixed random crashes in integration, fixed RGB Combine & Calibrate Star Colors, fixed Narrowband extraction algorithms, new development platform with performance gains, bug fixes in the tools, etc...
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
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.
Topic starter
January 24, 2022 23:21
I've looked around for answers but not sure they're specific to my questions!
I'd like to create a BPM as best I can, but I'm unclear on several aspects.
Here we go:
- Can I use any flats and darks? Or does it have to be specific to a project? If not specific, then is it better if I include a mix of calibration files from different projects?
- Do I have to use darks, or can I use a bias instead?
- Is it better to use as many calibration files as possible?
- Can a BPM then be reused across all projects?
Thanks, Brendan
January 25, 2022 17:57
- You can use any flats and darks, but if you want to make a really good BPM a good idea would be to do this separately. With a longer exposed dark, no cooling etc. so you can produce the noisiest noise the sensor can make. 🙂
- You do need a dark as a BPM is detecting hot- and cold-pixels
- It's fine to use 1 dark, but make it a noisy one
- A BPM can be used for the same camera for a long time yes, it's not destructive to your data. I'd day up to a year.
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Topic starter
January 25, 2022 21:23
And what's what we call brilliant moderation!
Thank you Vincent, this is perfect. Exactly what I needed. 🙂
January 25, 2022 21:41
Thank you Brendan, that's appreciated! Hope it works. 🙂
