June 24 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta46 has been released !
Improved internal memory configuration (lower ! memory usage), fixed beta45 startup issue, fixed Set Save Directory & 2-panel mosaics.
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.
I have not been getting as deep of colors as I think I should with some 60 minutes of total LRGB imaging time. I stretch and use sliders in the RGB function. I have tried using the HSL Selective Color module or function but I do not see much change using it. I may not be using the these functions as totally well as I could. Any help appreciated. Thanks Paul
Did you try to add saturation?
@vincent-mod Thanks for the reply. Yes, I check the Saturation checkbox if that is what you mean. I lower the Saturation Threshold slider by moving it to the left and I increase Saturation using that slider and moving it to the right.
Early on in the processing I rarely stretch to 30%. Should I do that early on as a way to develop more color depth?
That doesn't really influence the result no as it's all just a preview of the effects until you save it. I guess you're using a mono camera? Maybe adding too much Luminance might also interfere with getting the colors popping more. When saturation is not helping much, I wonder what the data of the R, G and B looks like do you have a few screenshots?
@vincent-mod I have been using free Fits files I find online, iTelescope files I pay for, TelescopeLive files I pay for, and free Hubble Legacy Archive datasets to post process mostly Messier objects. I will try loading fewer luminance images and test that. Â
When I use the APP RGB Combine module I should still load luminance images or is that a mistake. I will do some experimenting with different settings etc and I will try to send some jpeg files of my larger final Fits and Tiff files to you and the forum for examples. Although on the screen just below it looks like you allow larger files to be attached.
Yes you still can load luminance, but lower its contribution with playing around with the values in the module. It will depend a lot on the data itself as well.
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@vincent-mod I just processed M88 from TelescopeLive. There were 40 minutes in 8 luminance images and 20 minutes each of rgb. I lowered the luminance quite a bit, maybe 80% in APP and I think it helped a good amount. I had lowered luminance before but not near that much. I also re-watched a few of Mabula's tutorials and I added many more small boxes during remove light pollution and color gradient correction and I think that helped. The two attached files of same image in different format show a nicer range of star colors and more natural colors altogether. Thanks as this has me moving in the right direction. Paul.
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@vincent-mod Think image I attached/pasted does not show quite the contrast and sharpness as well as on my pc.
