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.
Hi Mabula -
A month or so ago, you had posted a version 0.4 of the manual (Quick Reference Guide). I've searched throughout the entire forum; and, for the life of me, I can't find it. Could you please post a link to this version of the guide? I know it wasn't complete, but it definitely had some very useful information.
Also, a suggestion - even though it's not complete, I think it would be very helpful to have an obvious link on your site to this documention. Perhaps something like changing the Video Tutorials link at the top (between Presentations and About) to "Tutorials/Manuals" would make it very easy for users to find this helpful information?
Thanks,
Scott
Hi Scott,
Currently, you can find the Quick Reference Manual between your downloads, where you can also download the latest APP version. Let me know if you can find it now 😉
I am working hard on completing the documentation (and French translation as well by André Cajolais).
Yes, I'll remove the documentation from the download section soon, and will make it available through a clear menu on the main web site. So everyone will be able to download/read/study the documentation.
Thank you for your thoughts again 😉
Cheers,
Mabula
Thank you, Mabula - yes, I do see it now. I had looked there the other day, but I guess I was too busy looking at the description in the left column and never looked in the right column!
I had wanted to post a link on the DSLR-Astro Image Processing group forum, as Chuck was asking about directions on getting started. Is there a URL that someone could use right now, or are you preferring to wait until it's complete?
Thank you,
Scott - http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com/
Hi Scott,
I'll wait with posting it on the site for everyone to see and download until it's at least properly filled with no blanks. But you're welcome to share the pdf as you wish.
Kind regards,
Mabula
