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.
Is anybody willing to write & post their procedure for post-processing, specifically stretching?
I've got a good handle on the batch commands, but the function and workflow order for the all the sliders on the right side of the screen mystify me a bit. I'm sure I'm not alone.
Any experts out there willing to take on this job, to help others?
I find that APP does such a good job of auto stretching that I just export the final image in 16 bit TIFF and then use Lightroom to finish it off. However, you can play with the sliders you see on the right hand side for more control. Did you see the red box with the ? in it. If you click on that it will give you a lot of help on the sliders. Maybe when I have a high quality set of subs, I'll spend more time on that last stage. Clear skies!
