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.
Hello Mabula,
A lot of imagers like myself are looking at purchasing the new Canon Ra. I would love it if I could import it's native CR3 files directly into Astropixelprocessor.
kind regards,
Marc Ricard
R.A.S.C.
Dear Marc @suburbanastronomer,
Good news !
APP 1.076, soon to be released, will have direct support for CR3 files using the latest LibRaw snapshot 😉
I will first release a Beta in a couple of days and this will have support for CR3 files already. I am not testing the different Canon camera models that have CR3 files.
Kind regards,
Mabula
Excellent news, thanks Mabula!
Marc
Hi! I am currently in the process of deciding between APP and another program. For my decision I have downloaded the free 30 days trial. Now I had to find out that I cannot open CR3 files with it. I am happy to read that the next version will support this. It is however now so, that my 30 days starting from today now... Are there any news when the next version will be available? My countdown is running. 😀
Next week if all goes well. And if you need a bit more time, you can (or I) ask for some extension.
Thanks for the information. It would be great when i can have a little extension to have enough time to test it with my CR3 files.
Hi Dane @dv_stranger & @vincent-mod,
I hope to release APP 1.076 Beta within the next couple of days which will have CR3 support. I have added an additional 15 days to your Trial license 😉
You will need to download the Beta release through the forum once it has been released:
(You need to be logged in to be able to access this subforum)
https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/appreleases/downloads/
Kind regards,
Mabula
Hi Mabula
Thank you so much. Than im waiting for the new Beta. 🙂
