2026-10-09 APP 2.0.0-beta48 has been released !
This is mainly a bug fix release for the reported bugs in beta47. In addition it has a significant User Interface performance improvement noticable when you need to process 1000s of images in APP.
2026-10-03 APP 2.0.0-beta47 has been released !
This is a very big release... many code optimizations/rewrites, many parts of APP are much faster and more precise, especially star analysis and registration are much faster ! Big mosaics will go much faster 🙂
And we introduce a new preview filter, which includes the new Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch and a General Levels Stretch, this has been long over due. The old preview filter (the panel on the right side to stretch and preview your data) has not been updated for a couple of years and it is a critical part of any APP session.
Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch or ADSS is a much more intuitive stretch algorithm. It is also color preserving (which is a great new addition in itself ! ) which means that the highlights are no longer bleached, color is maintained from the linear data while stretching. You can simply stretch your data using the sky background level and signal width sliders which work much easier and more intuitive. You no longer need to fiddle with the old complicated sliders with zoom buttons. All the zoom buttons for the sliders are made redundant. And you can enter slider values in the slider value fields yourself. I will make a youtube video in the coming days to explain and fully introduce ADSS. Once the video is ready, it will be highlighted on the forum.
RGB Combine upgrade !. The RGB Combine Tool has been rewritten mostly. The tool is faster and easier to use and most importantly, the Luminance slider to inject a luminance channel or channels into the RGB composite is now working correctly. It no longer bleaches the RGB colors. Combined with the new ADSS preview, you will get much better and easier great composites with great color! I will also explain this in a new youtube video.
Hi,
Today I tried to start APP on MacOS Mojave and no UI was shown though the application didn't crash. I then started it from the command line and saw this:
removed link $> ./AstroPixelProcessor
Oct 09, 2018 1:59:33 PM it.geosolutions.imageio.gdalframework.GDALUtilities loadGDAL
WARNING: Failed to load the GDAL native libs. This is not a problem unless you need to use the GDAL plugins: they won't be enabled.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no gdaljni in java.library.path
Oct 09, 2018 1:59:33 PM it.geosolutions.imageio.plugins.turbojpeg.TurboJpegUtilities loadTurboJpeg
WARNING: Failed to load the TurboJpeg native libs. This is not a problem, but the TurboJpeg encoder won't be available: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Can't load library: removed link
Oct 09, 2018 1:59:33 PM it.geosolutions.util.KakaduUtilities loadKakadu
WARNING: Failed to load the Kakadu native libs. This is not a problem unless you need to use the Kakadu plugin: it won't be enabled. java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no kdu_jni in java.library.path
Can you please advise me which MacOS packages to install and how to install them (AppStore, homeBrew)? Or is this something that should be fixed in APP?
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Thanks, Wouter van Reeven
Hi Wouter (fellow Indi user! 😉 ),
I've never seen this issue before and 1.068 does start normally here on Mojave. It may be a very silly suggestion, but could you try a full restart?
Hi Vincent (fellow INDI user 😉 ),
I am so used to not having to reboot that I never thought of that. When I start APP from the command line I still see the same messages but now a few more and then APP starts. FYI the messages are
$> removed link
Oct 09, 2018 10:50:44 PM it.geosolutions.imageio.gdalframework.GDALUtilities loadGDAL
WARNING: Failed to load the GDAL native libs. This is not a problem unless you need to use the GDAL plugins: they won't be enabled.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no gdaljni in java.library.path
Oct 09, 2018 10:50:44 PM it.geosolutions.imageio.plugins.turbojpeg.TurboJpegUtilities loadTurboJpeg
WARNING: Failed to load the TurboJpeg native libs. This is not a problem, but the TurboJpeg encoder won't be available: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Can't load library: removed link
Oct 09, 2018 10:50:44 PM it.geosolutions.util.KakaduUtilities loadKakadu
WARNING: Failed to load the Kakadu native libs. This is not a problem unless you need to use the Kakadu plugin: it won't be enabled. java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no kdu_jni in java.library.path
2018-10-09 22:50:50.663 AstroPixelProcessor[504:3878] WARNING: NSWindow drag regions should only be invalidated on the Main Thread! This will throw an exception in the future. Called from (
0 AppKit 0x00007fff39a842e3 -[NSWindow(NSWindow_Theme) _postWindowNeedsToResetDragMarginsUnlessPostingDisabled] + 386
1 AppKit 0x00007fff39a8168c -[NSWindow _initContent:styleMask:backing:defer:contentView:] + 1488
2 AppKit 0x00007fff39a810b6 -[NSWindow initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:] + 45
3 libnativewindow_macosx.jnilib 0x000000014d54f3fe Java_jogamp_nativewindow_macosx_OSXUtil_CreateNSWindow0 + 398
4 ??? 0x00000001151af6e7 0x0 + 4649055975
)
Thanks!
Yeah, I'm not very used to that either anymore, but in these kind of cases it could be that some library wasn't loaded properly or an update screwed with something which is usually fixed during a reboot. The old, pull the plug out and back in trick. 🙂 No idea if those messages signal something really wrong, @mabula-admin will know. My guess is that it's fine as it states these plugins that failed aren't needed when not used and the other messages seem to be invoking the OSX calls to open a window and such, so that's normal.
