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.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Kind regards,
Mabula
IT SHOULD NOW LOOK LIKE THIS, so please load the main forum page and refresh twice 😉
This post was modified 8 years ago 3 times by Mabula-Admin
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Yes apologies for that, we noticed some problems, we reverted back yesterday to the old white theme for the site and the forum and we will first do more testing on a test site.
As shown on the top of the site :
"We have updated the forum software ! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
You need to load the main forum page, and refresh your browser twice to have the new settings loaded properly.
Kind regards,
Mabula
IT SHOULD NOW LOOK LIKE THIS, so please load the main forum page and refresh twice 😉
Thanks Mabula,
the new theme seemed fine yesterday after a double refresh but the problem appeared today.
Just to let you know that Chrome seems to be very sticky and the double refresh this time would not clear up the issue, I had to go in to Chrome's advanced settings and 'clear browsing data' > 'cached images & files' this resolved the issue.
I think I have some issue with Chrome which I will look into later on, as I cannot get it to change the view. Refreshing Edge as described allowed me to see everything again, so I will use that browser for now.
! We are now working on upgrading the whole site and the Forum to a dark theme... so please refresh your internet browser twice to properly update the forum appearance AND functionality... Check your internet browser for the refresh function, on windows, this usually is the F5 button, but it depends on your internet browser."
