UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Mabula, Vincent,
I just wanted to take a moment to say what a great job you folks have done on the latest versions of APP. It really seems to be processing images nicely. I don't know all the work you have done behind the scenes on these latest versions but it is as if the images are much smoother, the stretching is more natural, and the colors really seem to be less washed out. I am taking pictures with the same camera, same scope, same everything and they just seem to come out better. I used to have to stack in APP and do some clean up in Photoshop but these images are all APP. The second is after stacking while the first is after using tools to run through the steps from top to bottom. This is only 30 2min subs with a 294MC Pro during a terrible moon. All defaults with no modifications to settings. This software is REALLY getting good, thanks and keep up the good work!
Thank you Lesley, that is very very appreciated! Yes, behind the scenes APP was optimised a lot, mainly for speed (and we continue to do so) and some better calibration procedures and such. All combine to make it perform a lot better automatically. Changes can be found in the release information ( https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/release-information/astro-pixel-processor-1-077-ready-for-download/)
