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.
Hi,
sorry if this was already described somewhere, but I couldn't find it... is there a way in APP to generate a master flat using a large number of light frames?
Cheers,
Fred
Hi Fred,
Yes there is. You need to load all flat subs into APP in the 1) LOAD tab. Then if you have bias and dark frames and/or a master bias or dark, load those as well. In 2) CALIBRATE scroll all the way down and make sure that “create MasterBias, -Dark, -Flat” is ticked. Then click “create Masters and assign to Lights”.
HTH, Wouter
Hi Wouter,
thanks for your answer. But what I meant is to use light subs (with stars, and nebulae, and everything in) with the hope that taking a large number of them and with some clever averaging, it could be possible to build a flat field.
I usually take dark frames during each session, it's quite easy (simply putting the cap in front of my scope, and using the same settings for the capture as for the light frames); but capturing flat frames is more tricky, since it requires a color neutral uniformly illuminated field...
Fred
Hi Fred,
Ah sorry, I misread. To my best of knowledge this is not possible with APP.
Wouter
Hi Fred,
Maybe this is what you are looking for?
How to correct a stack for vignetting
Regards,
Anne
