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 am unable to launch APP v1.083, 2B9 or 2B13 unless I have freshly restarted my computer. Any ideas?
What computer and OS are you using?
Sorry, I didn't see your question. Still having this issue with Beta 17.
Intel I7-12600KF, 64gb Ram, NVidia 980ti, Windows 10 22H2 (was also an issue with 21H2)
When I launch any version of APP after having put my computer to sleep at any point and waking it I get an OpenJDK Platform Binary that maxes a single core and sits there at 100%. Sometimes APP will launch after 15-20 minutes but usually it won't and I just restart.
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Thanks.
That is a strange one, I've forwarded this to Mabula. Sounds like a system issue somehow.
This must be some configuration issue for java in general on your computer I think. I use APP on multiple windows (2x Windows 10, 1x Windows 11) systems with sleep mode and have never experienced your issue when starting APP.
I suggest that you check the windows environment variables for some java options. To be clear, any java options in the windows environment are best removed unless you know exactly what your doing in terms of developing java applications for instance.
Mabula
