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.
As an avid APP user I would like to be able to set the default filetypes to filter on on the open dialog, so that I can simply open the folder, select all, and press enter making my life easier.
I keep every file that is produced by my astro gear, So this means that my AsiAir creates fits, and jpg's, as does my Seestar.  When start to add lights, darks, etc.  I have to manually change the filetype from all, to fits, to filter out the jpgs, and I have to do this every time I open the dialog.
I would love to be able to setup my own list of custom filters, as a default, so that I don't have to do this every single time. Personally, for my needs I would like to be able to select *.fits, *.cr2, *.dng and that would cover me completely, pretty sure that others would want to request something else which would create a whole debate and endless back and fourth.  So, my thought is add a filter to the Licence & settings dialog, that if you fill it in, it becomes the default selection when importing files. When importing files, a "custom" option is added to the file type list, as defined by the setting, and selected by default.  Users can then change this as desired.
Should be a fairly simple change that will allow people such as myself to be a little bit lazier, and happier at the same time.