Zerene Stacker

Zerene Stacker Beta Testing Downloads

Looking for an explanation of how our “beta channel” works? See HERE for an explanation.

Note: Because these beta versions are downloaded relatively few times, they are sometimes not recognized as known good software by anti-malware packages. You may have to override your anti-malware's behavior of refusing to run unrecognized software.

If you have other security concerns about the beta installers, please see How To Validate A Download.

Current beta is:

  • macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
    This is the recommended bundle for modern Intel Macs running macOS 10.14 or above. It is self-contained and includes its own Java 17 runtime environment.
    Length 48,414,546 bytes
    MD5 checksum 8ca4eb66cc057b588fe93c0f57ad803c
    SHA-1 checksum 3bc89da616635ee1024897366f1e797f6b043d05
  • macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
    This is the recommended bundle for modern Macs with an “Apple silicon” M-series cpu (ARM architecture). It is self-contained and includes its own ARM-native Java 17 runtime environment. Rosetta is required for the launch program and a few helper programs – so macOS will report the package as “Intel” – but all the heavy computation runs ARM-native.
    Length 47,216,679 bytes
    MD5 checksum 741d72510f880da7d346d7749d1fceac
    SHA-1 checksum 24fae4aa0f8933972cb99c8b0643c2abf0fb4729
  • macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip, downloads as a .zip file that automatically expands into an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
    This bundle is suitable for Macs running macOS 10.9 through 10.14. It is self-contained and includes its own Java runtime environment.
    Length 52,558,413 bytes
    MD5 checksum 618d4f7baf3a7e2c0567638aa6509ec1
    SHA-1 checksum eead6ac272a7ecb54059ffd005868364c8754637
  • Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip, downloads as an application bundle named ZereneStacker (.app).
    This bundle is not self-contained. It requires a Java runtime environment installed by Apple, and will prompt for installation of Java if one is not already installed. It runs as 64-bit where the processor and operating system support it, and as 32-bit otherwise.
    Length 8,681,168 bytes
    MD5 checksum ca707cea79414c8c75dc4b14c2dd0730
    SHA-1 checksum f3ae309352053ac13ee12453de0059abcce1491b

Note: On Macintosh and Linux, if you already have Zerene Stacker installed and are downloading a new version to update it, then you need to manually move the old version to trash, and move or rename the new version to replace it. Otherwise both versions will continue to be available, and you will run whichever one you happen to click on. For further information, see the FAQS on “Installing and Updating”. On Mac, when trashing out the old version, do NOT allow any third party uninstaller or cleanup applications like “AppCleaner” to run. In their enthusiasm to eliminate files that they think are not used, they're likely to also delete files you really do need, like your license key and Zerene Stacker configuration files.

Improvements

Compared to the current full release T2023-06-11-1120 and previous beta release T2023-06-11-1120-beta, this new T2024-07-14-1734-beta incorporates the following improvements:

  • User interface
    • Allow retouching of shifted outputs from source images that contributed to them.
    • Provide screen display color management at all license levels, not just Pro-only.
  • Image saving
    • Added {CTPCT} and {CTLEV} tags in output image naming template.
    • Auto-retry if metadata copy fails due to access conflict preventing file replacement.
  • Re-order > Sort by Scale
    • Put largest scale last to minimize edge streaking even if auto order is not selected.
  • Project saving
    • Output image descriptions now includes list of contributing source images and corresponding registration and stereo/rocking shift values.
    • Creation method (e.g. PMax versus DMap) is recorded for each image in saved project.
  • License validation
    • Relax requirements for inclusion of header and trailer lines.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Make all timestamp formats default to 24-hour clock. (Some were 12-hour.)
    • Align against 1st frame now works for Align & Stack All, not just Align All Frames.
    • Added build number to console log window title, so it appears in screen captures.


Please immediately inform support@zerenesystems.com if you encounter any difficulties or odd behavior with this beta version. Be sure to send a console log if appropriate – instructions for that are provided HERE.

A complete list of modifications can be read in the Modification History.

Immediately previous beta was:

stacker/softwaredownloads/currentbeta.txt · Last modified: 2024/07/24 19:16 by rjlittlefield
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