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.
Dear all,
First of all, I wish everyone the best of health, hapiness, success and love for 2019 🙂 !!!
As some of you have noticed, I have not been present on the forum for some time now. As of today, I am officially back 😉 and here for support on the forum.
Please be aware, that you can always contact me by email at support@astropixelprocessor.com for immediate assistance if needed.
A big thank you goes out to Vincent Groenewold @vincent-mod who has been helping out on the forum since October last year. Thanks a lot Vincent 😉
And I want to thank all other APP users that have been active on the forum to help out other APP users, thank you very much as well 😉 !
There are several reasons why I have not been present on the forum in the past weeks:
- main reason was a long needed holiday, I have been working almost non-stop since the launch of Astro Pixel Processor without a real break. So I finally took a well deserved long holiday and I had a very nice trip to and in Tanzania, Africa. While traveling, I was able to donate 2 refractor telescopes to a very large school community (8000+ students) of the Archdiocese of Tabora, Tanzania. The telescopes were provided by the Stars Shine For Everyone project from the University of Gent, Belgium.
- another big reason is the big growth of Astro Pixel Processor worldwide. I must confess that I have been caught a little bit off guard with how fast things are going with APP and it's userbase... so in the past couple of weeks, I have been
- very busy with the end of year administration. And
- with upgrading our infrastructure, hardware and software, to be better prepared for the future.
- Besides streamlining all business processes to prevent time problems like this in the future ;-).
Due to APP's strong growth, we now need to expand our business to be able to give and maintain good customer service and a good product with continuous and fast development. If you are interested to help out on the forum as a moderator, just like Vincent, please contact me at mabula@astropixelprocessor.com and we can discuss details !
I hope you can all forgive me for being absent on the forum in the past few weeks.
And please accept my apologies, if your problems or questions have not been answered for a while which might have upset your progress with your data processing.
I will do everything in my power to be here for you and please be assured that my work in the past few weeks have been focussed on improving service to you by upgrading software, hardware and more automation in the back office 😉
Cheers,
Mabula
Happy New Year Mabula, glad you got a nice break and good to have you back. And it's especially nice to hear about the strong growth - well deserved!
Looking forward to a great 2019.
Cheers,
Rowland
Welcome back Mabula! I'm glad you took some opportunity to recharge and prepare for great things ahead! You will have to share more photos of your Tanzania trip at some point.
Thank you all very much 😉 !
Cheers,
Mabula
Always great to hear from you Mabula, and also a
very healthy and happy new year!
It's good to hear you are ok and back on board 🙂
Regards,
Lammertus
Hi Mabula,
great to hear that all is going so well with you & APP, well deserved 👍
I wish I could help out in some way on the forum but I lack the knowledge to be of any use.
All the very best for 2019
Kirk
Happy New Year!!
I'm not surprised at the growth at all Mabula!! It's a great program and I see more and more people listing it as their AP processor of preference!!
Happy New Year Mabula !
Glad to hear everything is OK with you, and that you are in good health, because that is what is most important..
I'm not suprised APP is doing so well, it is a great piece of software !
So good to see you’re back and you got in some quality R&R. Also really nice to learn of the success of APP, but also that you’re putting plans in place to accommodate that growth. Too often an innovator will come up with a great idea like APP and create a product that is so popular he or she cannot handle the growth required. I’m happy that you recognize that early and are responding appropriately! Looking forward to the future.
Wayne
PS Really nice to donate those telescopes to the school. Thanks for your part in that.
Thank you all for your nice messages !
Happy new year to you too Mabula and welcome back to the forum. I trust you had great holidays and have fully recharged your batteries 🙂
Cheers, Wouter
