Release Notes

ALS Release Notes
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Version 0.7

Date: TBD

New Features

  • Linux: Utility for creating a system launcher
  • Sending usage statistics with user consent
  • Reading .CR3 Canon Raw files
  • Introduction of profiles (default settings for assisted visual or photo)
  • Addition of a QR code display leading to the integrated web server
  • Addition of jpeg, png, and tiff file reading
  • French translation
  • Dark frame subtraction
  • Hot pixel removal
  • Night mode

Improvements

  • Windows : ALS is not delivered as an installer
  • Improved autostretch
  • Improved zoom with default settings reset and keyboard shortcuts
  • Saving logs in the user’s home folder
  • Option to display only issues in the session log
  • Ability to manually override the Bayer pattern used for debayering
  • User-defined minimum number of matches for alignment
  • Writing web content to a specific folder
  • Critical session information moved to the status bar for constant visibility
  • Toggleable night mode

Bug Fixes

  • Windows: Failed to write images to paths containing non-ASCII characters
  • Support for FITS files with .fts extension
  • RPI: Crash when saving black and white images

Version 0.6.1

Date: November 18, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Defective debayering of images taken with cameras having a CFA GBRG pattern

Version 0.6

Date: November 14, 2019

New Features

  • User settings dialog
  • Pan and zoom in the image with mouse clicks and wheel
  • Two auto-brightness adjustment methods to choose from
  • Histogram display
  • RGB color balance

Improvements

  • Image server port is configurable
  • Image server page auto-refreshes with a configurable time period
  • Remembering window size and position
  • Configurable image file save type
  • Log window, session controls, and image processing controls can be hidden
  • Fullscreen mode
  • Much more responsive graphical interface

Bug Fixes

  • Crash if new images are written to a slow storage device
  • Image served by the web server is too bright
  • Crash if the new image cannot be aligned with the current stack
  • Crash if a new session is started when the scan folder is missing

Version 0.5

Date: July 10, 2019

New Features

  • Stacked image can be served by the new integrated web server

Version 0.4

Date: June 22, 2019

New Features

  • New stacked image processor: Wavelets

Version 0.3

Date: May 23, 2019

New Features

  • Support for common DSLR raw files
  • Folder scanner can be paused
  • Image processing controls reset button
  • New stacked image processor: SCNR

Version 0.2

Date: May 21, 2019

New Features

  • Contrast and brightness of stacked images can be adjusted

Version 0.1

Date: May 18, 2019

Initial Release

  • Alignment and stacking of FITS files
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