MAY 4 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta44 has been released !
New improved internal memory controls should now work on all computers
May 1 2026: APP 2.0.0-beta43 has been released !
Improved internal memory controls (much more stable and faster on big datasets), fixed CPU image viewer, fixed Narrowband extraction demosaic algortihms.
Apr 29 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta42 has been released !
New improved Normalization engine, Fixed random crashes in integration, fixed RGB Combine & Calibrate Star Colors, fixed Narrowband extraction algorithms, new development platform with performance gains, bug fixes in the tools, etc...
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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.
Hi,Â
I usually use all calibration frames (Flats, Dark Flats, Darks, Bias) in pre-processing but I have a good CCD and image at -20C so in theory I shouldn't need to use Darks.
So tonight I tried using all of the above except Darks and ended up with hot pixels still showing after Calibration. I was using Average weighting and tried Windsor/Mad/Sigma rejection to no avail.
Then tried again with Darks and hot pixels are gone.
Any thoughts, do I need Darks to get rid of hot pixels?
BTW, I created a bad pixel map and it turned out looking like a grey image without the Darks - with the Darks the hot pixels show up fine. Is that expected?
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Any thoughts?
Apologies, the week has been very busy overhere.
So yes, the purpose of a dark is exactly that, to identify hot pixels. And amp-glow, if that would be the case. You can create a BPM with a proper, long dark and if you have no amp-glow, you can use just a BPM. Having this grey background is normal indeed.
Thanks Vincent, much appreciated.
No worries, thanks for your patience. 😉
