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.
I got a thumbs up from a respected friend on this topic. I'd like to run this by Mabula before investing in a new project:
I am planning on imaging in HaLRGB for the first time. I have a CMOS camera and normally use Gain 200 for LRGB since it gives me low read noise and great dynamic range to avoid saturation of the brightest stars. The only drawback is a moderate amount of quantization at 1.74 e-/ADU. But when I make monochrome-only images in narrowband I double the gain to 0.89 e-/ADU to give me unity gain allowing for the effects of quantum efficiency.
My question is: "Can I mix gains like this?"
Thanks you,
Brian
Hi Brain @oopfan,
Sure, no problem 😉
But since you use a CMOS camera, you might have some amp-glow on the longer exposures, right?
I would advise you to make matching calibration frames for the different gain values. APP will automatically match the lights with the correct masters based on the gain values.
Mixing gain values should not be a problem, just realize that with different gain values, you need to create more calibration frames to do it properly 😉
Let me know if this is clear,
Kind regards,
Mabula
Yes, very familiar with calibration frames. So, no other concerns? Multipliers, etc. I find that APP runs well with default settings. I was just wondering if mixing gains meant that defaults no longer apply to one degree or another.
Brian
Yes, very familiar with calibration frames. So, no other concerns? Multipliers, etc. I find that APP runs well with default settings. I was just wondering if mixing gains meant that defaults no longer apply to one degree or another.
Brian
Hi @oopfan,
No 😉 not really, just take care of providing APP the necessary calibration frames.
The defaults should still give a very good result. A setting which you probably can adjust to improve things is using multiply-scale in 5) normalize ;-), that should help with improving data normalization.
Let me know how things work out with your new project 😉
Mabula
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