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.
Maybe this could be an optional config (maybe all the columns should be optional?) but I'd like to request a column for the temperature a particular sub was taken at. For those of us with uncooled sensors it might help us in picking the correct dark or seeing if we need to change our strategy when stacking.
With uncooled camera's I wound't really bother with sorting on temperature. Unless you're combining darks taken in different seasons and such? I tend to have different calibration files per season mostly. But I can definitely ask Mabula if this is nice to implement.
It's not so much for me to sort by or even graph but for me to see/evaluate the temperatures quickly. It'll help me more quickly pick out which of the darks I have that best matches the set or if I need to subdivide the set. Remember, I'm one of those people who have lots and lots of subs. I can see how this won't benefit people with <30 subs but with 100s it's helpful.
Just heard back from Mabula and it's already on his todo list, so it'll be there in a future version.
