Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
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.
Several manufacturers have Ha/OIII dual band filters for one shot cameras and the extract Ha and extract OIII algorithms in APP work great. I saw Antila has a new filter that covers Sii/Hb ( http://www.antliafilter.com/pd.jsp?id=139) and was wondering if it might be possible to have extraction algorithms added for that combination? I've seen a few different YouTubers who have done some really nice work with this filter processing them in PI but I'd much prefer to stick with APP. I wouldn't be surprised if some other manufacturers come out with similar filters as more people become aware of the combination.
Often discussed in the forum. Example: https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/main-forum/osc-hb-and-sii-processing-aka-new-partner-filter-from-antlia-hb-sii-to-complement-ha-and-oiii/
