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.
Dear all,
I have imaged recently Deer Lick Group(NGC 7331) and for Luminance I have taken about 10 h of 5 min subs(122 in total) and also 3.5 h of 30 min subs(7 subs). I have tried stacking the together, I am getting some strange artefacts in the NGC 7331's core. Any idea what settings I need to change to correct the final image? From the standard integration panel I have only changed the droplet size to 0.5 and the mode is interpolation at scale 2.0 with automatic setting. I have attached snips with 5/30 and all subs stacked stretched in PI-intensity transformation only
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Try zooming in with using one of the automatic stretches in APP, and also check to see if PI is displaying it in a lower bit depth than it is. That looks more like an artifact from having a lower bit depth (32 bit vs 8 bit zoomed in tight before processing is finished is a good example). Also, try finishing out your processing and saving a jpeg or a 16 bit tif and see what happens with using something like windows photo viewer on them.
