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.
More updates would be welcome!
It seems that the last beta was not up to previous Mabula releases. Hope the new development team that - I suspect 😇 - took over this software will get up to speed and deliver 👌🏻
I only used the beta version when it was released, realized that it is not up to what was not really usable, I stopped, I am now using SIRIL and very happy with it.
@zurgany I wish you all the best! If you ever want to check it out again you're most welcome.
@antoine Mabula will update on it, it's been about 6 weeks since the beta was released, development is progressing for a stable release.
Any update on the stable release?
Thank you,
@zurgany, as soon as it is released we will of course communicate this to all APP users worldwide. I am definitely working on it 😉
Mabula
More updates would be welcome!
It seems that the last beta was not up to previous Mabula releases. Hope the new development team that - I suspect 😇 - took over this software will get up to speed and deliver 👌🏻
Dear @antoine,
There is no new development team (we are simply expanding the team). I am still the main developer and I am working hard to have the stable release out there.
As was communicated earlier, it is a big release with many improvements and changes and I am sure that once it is out, you and many other APP users will be very happy with it 😉
Mabula
@vincent-mod,
I really loved APP, but the beta version was not usable. It takes very long time, consumes all the computer resources, 20 cores and 32 gig ram were not sufficient!
I will definitely try the new release when I get it, and hope that it fixes the beta issues!
Thank You,
