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.
Hello, administrator of everyone
I am a Japanese users.
I can't find the APP user manual anywhere,
If this software is commercial, shouldn't we prepare a manual for users?
Next is another request.
Can I approve it because I want to translate "AstroPixelProcessor Quick Reference Guide-ver_0.4.pdf" into Japanese and open it to the public?
Best regards
Watanabe
Yes a manual is in the works, though because of the detailed nature of it and time it has been delayed for quite some time. We needed APP to be, what we call, stable in the sense of core functionality first.
I'll tag Mabula for your offer for a Japanese translation of that (@mabula-admin).
Thanks reply.
When the APP manual is completed, I will volunteer to translate it into Japanese and provide it.
Best regards
Watanabe
Thank you, it might be of interest for sure, let’s see when Mabula replies.
I find it inexcusable that there is no manual available stable or not. I just purchased this product last night and have found it difficult to use. Compared to APP, DSS is a breeze!
APP doesn't seem to offer the possibilty to make all your choices then press one button, the way DSS does. With APP (from my experience) you have to prompt it every step of the way.
I honestly regret purchasing this product, but that is entirely my fault. I thought that for the price it would surely be heads and shoulders above DSS, which is free, but that's not the case.
No you don't have to, just set the settings you want, go to tab 6 and press integrate. Also, we do have a trial version specifically for people to try out for a while before purchasing, we even offer extensions on that if the user needs more time. We also have tooltips when you hover over the controls and a red question mark on the right-hand side has quite a bit of info in it as well. Of course, the full manual will be great to have, but in the mean time we are here to assist in any way we can.
No you don't have to, just set the settings you want, go to tab 6 and press integrate. Also, we do have a trial version specifically for people to try out for a while before purchasing, we even offer extensions on that if the user needs more time. We also have tooltips when you hover over the controls and a red question mark on the right-hand side has quite a bit of info in it as well. Of course, the full manual will be great to have, but in the mean time we are here to assist in any way we can.
Sorry, new user here. Am I understanding this statement here correctly? You can just jump over to tab 6 and hit integrate if all the settings are as you want them? Is there any difference in processing time or just that it performs all the steps of the previous tabs in one button press?
This would still be helpful as I have been waiting for each tab to finish processing and often miss the end and it waits for me to come back to start the next step.
@svancott That's right. You can simply go to tab 6 and hit integrate and APP will perform all intermediate steps with the settings as you configured them.
