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.
I'm getting these strange errors now for some reason after I crop or rotate. Program will not respond, and the image cannot be edited or saved. after this starts...See attachments
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I deleted the program and reinstalled a fresh copy from the web site. Worked one time, then started doing it again, when I did the first action, which was rotated the image 90 degrees...
Never had this happen before since renting this program for the past 2 1/2 years....Baffling!
My PC is all up to date as well...
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Could you upload the data that causes this? Just the minimum which shows the issue, thanks!
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Oh, I should ask, what type of data do you need in that folder? Images, or is there a way to retrieve all the details in a text generated format? Not quite sure what to put in there. But I did make a folder.
This problem is also intermittent...Happens about 50-75% of the time. I got lucky yesterday once and finally was able to process my image...
Is there a way to retrieve a log file on APP showing my actions?
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Not really in this case, but just upload the image you're rotating etc, I can try to see if I can replicate the error and the exact steps you took to produce the error. Thanks! Could you also give me full details on your computer? Like memory, OS etc?
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Okay, I'll put three in there which acted up...
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Okay Vince, I put three images in that folder, and both or the error messages. Five total images...Look at the blue looking image first. You can see it behind that error dialog box...The problem always happens early on in the editing, like the first step on either the cropping or the rotating...
