May 27 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta45 has been released !
Fully Multi-Threaded LNC, many improvements for the registration engine, platform upgrade, and further tuning of internal memory consumption and memory release back to OS.
Apr 14 2026: Google Pay, Apple Pay & WeChat Pay added as payment options
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, When calculation of new star colour calibration is ongoing, pressing "OK & SAVE" causes the computer to freeze and inevitably have to restart APP. It happens already a long time (previous versions too)
and when you know it you just wait for APP to finish the calibration before saving the result. I think it can be simply circumvented by disabling the key until the program is ready. I am using APP version 2.0.0 beta 41 on a Mac mini M2-Pro processor.
Hi Mario @mario-pinto
Thank you very much for mentioning this issue.Â
So the hang/freeze occurs because you push the OK & SAVE button while APP is still calculating, right? I will test it and fix it for the next version 😉
Mabula
Hi Mabula, thanks, yes, that is my observation. By the way, APP works fantastically, stacking 300+ frames of 50MB is running smoothly and this issue is more related to my lack of patience ;-). Â Best Regards, Mario
Great Mario, thanks for the feedback 😉 Great to hear that all the optimizations in beta41 are working well for you !
I fully appreciate reporting this issue, it is a bug for sure and I will fix it.
Mabula
Hi Mario @mario-pinto,
I have fixed the issue for the next release 😉 :
FIXED CORRECT VIGNETTING, REMOVE LIGHT POLLUTION, CALIBRATE BACKGROUND, CALIBRATE STAR COLORS
As reported here https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/main-forum/star-colour-saving-causes-computer-freeze/#post-34327 if APP is calculating in the Calibrate Star Colors tool and you would push the OK & SAVE button while still calculating, APP would freeze and it would also produce an error on the command line through system out. This bug was present in all 4 tools as indicated in the bullet point for this release note. Another bug was pushing the Cancel button while calculating, it would also produce an error on the command line. Both bugs have been solved. If you push the OK & SAVE button while calculating, the tools will simply wait until the calculation is finished. If you push the cancel button while calculating, the tool will stop properly instantly without showing an error on the command line. During these tools, a little popup window can appear showing progress, we have removed this popup because it no longer serves a purpose and can be quite annoying as well.
I have also removed the annoying popup window in these tools, for some users on some platforms that little popup window creates not nice behaviour.
Mabula
Super, thanks Mabula!
