Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
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.
I have just got s new Altaircmos camera.
APP works great as always but when I import the fits file to pixinsight it looks like a 8 bit image, badly posterised.
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How can I save an output file in APP then open in Pixinsight.
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If your input files are 16 bit then the output files should be 16 bit or 32 bit depending on the file type. Did you check and verify that your input files are 16 bit or 32 bit before loading them into APP?
Hi Wouter,
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yes the files going in to APP are 16 bit. The integrations saved in APP are 32 bit (well they are the normal file format in APP) and look great within APP. But when i open that file in PI it looks awful - posterised and horrible although it does say in the window that it is a 32 bit FITS. When I save as a 16 bit tiff in APP that file opens perfect in Photoshop but is still horrible if opened in PI.
@mackiedlm Hi David,
Are we talking here about the stacked results or did you perform other operations afterward and, if yes, which?
Wouter
Hi Wouter,
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Yes it was a pure stacked (integration) image. But it is OK now - I have found the issue in PI.
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