June 24 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta46 has been released !
Improved internal memory configuration (lower ! memory usage), fixed beta45 startup issue, fixed Set Save Directory & 2-panel mosaics.
May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
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.
Hello,
To work with APP I need to convert DSLR RAWs to FITS, I did this with PixInsight´s batch format conversion.
The raws are 16 bit OSC.
In PixInsight´s format conversion I set input hints to "raw cfa"
..... - output format hints: empty
In APP I set 0) RAW/FITS: force bayer CFA
With APP I calibrated LIGHTS, BIAS, FLATS..., analysed stars
APP shows "no cfa" in the image list.
When trying to analyse stars APP reports : "lights have only 1 channel", "Master BIAs / FLATS have 3 channels"
These are the informations concerning format hints in PI:
raw (r ) Load a raw Bayer RGB image without interpolation,
no white balancing, no black point correction,
with unused frame areas cropped, no frame
rotation, no highlights clipping, and no noise
reduction.
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cfa (r ) Load a monochrome raw CFA frame.
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no-cfa (r ) Do not load a monochrome raw CFA frame.
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bayer-drizzle (r ) Load a raw Bayer RGB image without interpolation.
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no-bayer-drizzle (r ) Do not load a raw Bayer RGB image.
Any suggestions (set: no-cfa?....)
Peter
You shouldn't have to convert raw's from a DSLR if they are supported by APP. Which camera are you using and did you try just loading the raws in?
...they are not supported: IIQ /PhaseOne files. (this digital back should not be used for astro.... no surprise, but I have a landscape + milky way image (lights, bias, flats) from Tanzania which I want to develop).
Actually I am doing the second try
Peter
...got it now (converted and processed). Made a nice mosaic with bad data after some trials
Nice! Would love to see it! More and more models are being supported, in the upcoming 1.076 a lot will be added. Not sure about yours though.
