UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Hey,
just found a comparison of the most widely used stacking softwares.
just some random youtuber but still interesting to watch.
as far as my opinion goes i can say that i always liked the final images out of app the most.
App is just great software. At the same time i think there are a few things that could get better.
things like a photometric color calibration or scnr would be great to have. I also would absolutely love to see a better ui (completely new designed) and a focus on opening the software for third party developers.
things like starnet or noise x terminator are just so good that it makes little to no sense to invest dev time in own star removal tools and similar like app did. Just my opinion of course.
Hmmm, the random YouToober as you call him, is Nico Carver from Nebula Photos and he is well respected in the Astrophotography world and he is promoting/supporting this hobby quite successful.
I do like APP myself with all its corkiness, especially for mosaic work. I agree with your points that it could be improved and implementing third party tools is actually a great suggestion. The post integration part of software is confusing with its sliders at the best.
CS, Georg
I wonder what settings he used when comparing the data.
Also how good his subs are.
For instance, APP is choosing the stacking algoritm by itself (auto) while ASTAP use average. DSS has standard options but can suggest changes.
Ah, a classic comparison. The issue with most of these is that it's extremely important you know the ins and outs of every program. Settings will differ between them etc and those have to be explained well. Didn't watch the video yet, but if he is popular I do hope he knows how to use everything well (and looking at some comments about both APP, but also Affinity, he apparently doesn't). Doesn't mean it's bad to compare or anything, but you always should look at more than 1 reviewer.
Ah, a classic comparison. The issue with most of these is that it's extremely important you know the ins and outs of every program. Settings will differ between them etc and those have to be explained well. Didn't watch the video yet, but if he is popular I do hope he knows how to use everything well (and looking at some comments about both APP, but also Affinity, he apparently doesn't). Doesn't mean it's bad to compare or anything, but you always should look at more than 1 reviewer.
You are absolutely right. Guess he just needed an idea for a video. Still interesting to watch.
