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.
I see form the forum that a new release of APP is available (1.083.4), but when I check my copy of the software it only gives the first two decimals of the version (1.083) so I can't tell if I need to update or not.
Can you please add the full version number to the APP license info display at some point?
Thanks
It already is, it's likely that you didn't update yet?
It already is, it's likely that you didn't update yet?
How would I know! 🤣Â
Mine just shows 1.083
Yes, so basically you're asking for a "an update is available" notification. 🙂 For now that's always announced on top of the forum and here; https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/appreleases/downloads/
Yes, so basically you're asking for a "an update is available" notification. 🙂 For now that's always announced on top of the forum and here; https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/appreleases/downloads/
But my point is how do I know my copy of APP needs updating? Clicking on the License button in APP only gives the first two decimals of the version I am running (in my case 1.083) so I can't tell if that is 1.083.1, 1.083.2, 1.083.3 etc
So how can I tell if the version advertised on this website is newer than the one I have?
Maybe I didn't explain this clearly in my OP, but I thought I did.
The license information gives the exact version you currently have. So that is 1.083. If you download 1.083.4 and install that, it will show that as well. It doesn't show if there are further updates, that's a bit tricky to do because of how we setup the server where the downloads are. So you'd have to check the forum to see if newer versions are available and you can see that using the license info panel where the current version is shown.
The license information gives the exact version you currently have. So that is 1.083. If you download 1.083.4 and install that, it will show that as well. It doesn't show if there are further updates, that's a bit tricky to do because of how we setup the server where the downloads are. So you'd have to check the forum to see if newer versions are available and you can see that using the license info panel where the current version is shown.
Oh I see!! (sorry, I assumed that the software was truncating the last part of the version number... !)
Thank you
