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.
Has anyone used APP to process James Webb data? I have watched tutorials with Pixensight and when opened, several files load from a single fits file. When I open these files in APP only one file is opened. I have successfully processed a couple images but there are 6 filters used by NIRcam and APP always fails to register one of them which makes me think I may be leaving data on the table. What can I try to get the last file to register? Any pointers would be appreciated.
Hi @minroadkill,
I have never done this myself. But maybe you can upload some of the Fits files? I should be able to implement that APP can subtract all image data from these files 😉 which would be a great addition of course.
https://upload.astropixelprocessor.com/
username: uploadData
password: uploadTestData
Please make a folder with your name and description like:Â minroadkill-JamesWebbData
and let me know once uploaded 😉
Mabula
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I am at work right now but maybe I can do a tutorial for people that would like to try processing the data themselves. Not sure when I will have the time, but I was able to register them out and then combine them, but I had to keep trying different reference frames when asked. I could get them close to the Nasa processing and would be interested to see what more experienced users on here could achieve using APP. Here is a quick and dirty for the time being.
Visit https://mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashup/Clients/Mast/Portal.html and click on Advanced Search. In the filters section go to Mission, select more and then select JWST. In the Instrument section select NIRCAM/IMAGE and MIRI/Image. In the Object name section input the name or messier number you are looking for. For testing I input Eagle Nebula and then hit search in the top left corner. Once the search completes you can click on each floppy disk to download each file then extract them and open the fits in APP for viewing or registering/normalizing.
You can use the following links to know what colors to assign the filters to.
