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:
- 64-bit Windows 11, 10, 8, 7: ZS-Win64-fullsetup-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.exe
Length 34015888 bytes
MD5 checksum 5551e4e44e183fcb1f3227d5203e92df
SHA-1 checksum 720e39e30d2d8b971cfeb280f1ca8af7ea2be59f
- 32-bit Windows 11, 10, 8, 7: ZS-Win32-fullsetup-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.exe
Length 49594096 bytes
MD5 checksum add52e0861b572ebf5092333cf81fb1e
SHA-1 checksum cc3a0a5266c49e0bb56e39fb2a40bb259b768344
- 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
- 64-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-Intel-64bit-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 52,505,031 bytes
MD5 checksum 33e711400d16f94dc1b19245162cc290
SHA-1 checksum 6aca988ba38c8f203fd86e2972ca76774fc4b905
- 32-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-i386-32bit-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 47,761,132 bytes
MD5 checksum cd5af94f49d644de8bdda9bbf6ed5564
SHA-1 checksum 955f9508a85b42694ccb708346f54638f7a71559
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:
- 64-bit Windows 11, 10, 8, 7: ZS-Win64-fullsetup-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.exe
Length 34014880 bytes
MD5 checksum ba09412fa0076e7fe91b88983c03e57b
SHA-1 checksum 7db11dca9be6a05d23bc921e09a61f6c44913d17
- 32-bit Windows 11, 10, 8, 7: ZS-Win32-fullsetup-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.exe
Length 49589288 bytes
MD5 checksum 95f24b19609b7908c74e84e2b768ce73
SHA-1 checksum d85e37883f4b14b4663e9c13a7ed4a3505b33b67
- macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 48,411,821 bytes
MD5 checksum 0626b2060b731d5b2ae33b7fb7b78d83
SHA-1 checksum 708cef8f5bdbff5b36a4ccd935a32158bb8ac859
- macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 47,213,941 bytes
MD5 checksum 64f879e258e220b0e92013a778a5f0e8
SHA-1 checksum b142e8663e724a83d7d44d1f03e2bf37cde1990a
- macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 52,555,668 bytes
MD5 checksum 61ec484f0e81965c46016e30045047f2
SHA-1 checksum 5400c661ac75575f1ec1dc93c8a6b2563b9527e2
- Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 8,677,774 bytes
MD5 checksum d12a774acc19feaa3a5fa84b35c58b73
SHA-1 checksum 86c3dade7f382c904966d34f3aad645d7ed5b926
- 64-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-Intel-64bit-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 52,502,310 bytes
MD5 checksum 969bcef7795035361abe906f5f912101
SHA-1 checksum 87380c82614aa861dbbc8febd324267c24d5278f
- 32-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-i386-32bit-T2023-06-11-1120-beta.zip
Length 47,758,411 bytes
MD5 checksum 0f8b0345b0921815846011217c618fb8
SHA-1 checksum bb50201a533648108db46b8858c7761d0289e475