Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
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 have seen videos of people adding luminance layers after they process their images and the luminance REALLY makes the detail and contrast pop. I know how to add the luminance with RGB combine. However, it does not seem to help with contrast/detail. Should I be adding luminance at a different point in the process? At what point do you add luminance in to help?
I should add that I'm doing narrowband imaging with the ASO1600MM-Pro. I successfully created my SHO image and got the colors the way I wanted them, but I'm just looking to make the image POP if you know what I mean. Thanks.
- Chris
This is a complete LRGB tutorial by Christian Sasse, would that help you out? https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/complete-lrgb-tutorial-of-ngc292-the-small-magellanic-cloud-by-christian-sasse-itelescope-net/
