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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 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP: ZS-Win64-fullsetup-T2020-10-25-1049-beta.exe
Length 33,978,520 bytes
MD5 checksum c4efcd467bf07eedcd37677b1b4d2735
SHA-1 checksum 8b6302f7dc1f5912261ceb2749c3d388c60c06df
- 32-bit Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP: ZS-Win32-fullsetup-T2020-10-25-1049-beta.exe
Length 30,943,272 bytes
MD5 checksum f9092d36cc8a0e77c5625f62db2adeb1
SHA-1 checksum d189816c0202ffaca8584d4df9eba2cff01ce025
- Mac OS X (newest): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2020-10-25-1049-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 running macOS 10.14 or above. It is self-contained and includes its own Java 12 runtime environment.
Length 52,930,303 bytes
MD5 checksum 3e104e764a5a73edb75c2da35437c6b9
SHA-1 checksum
- Mac OS X (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2020-10-25-1049-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 12 runtime environment.
Length 52,373,121 bytes
MD5 checksum eb79dc1496eca0525ea076ab8cf7322b
SHA-1 checksum
- Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2020-10-25-1049-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 8,645,579 bytes
MD5 checksum dc99cf3cb383f180711ca05a648910d0
SHA-1 checksum
- 64-bit Linux (Intel): ZS-Linux-Intel-64bit-T2020-10-25-1049-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 56,344,118 bytes
MD5 checksum d2899c9cf0fb600488683f39b7145693
SHA-1 checksum
- 32-bit Linux (Intel): ZS-Linux-i386-32bit-T2020-10-25-1049-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 87,651,644 bytes
MD5 checksum 1fe8b674beb336b927b8554940317157
SHA-1 checksum
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 previous beta T2020-06-01-1033-beta, this T2020-10-25-1049-beta contains the following improvements:
- Added macro/micro DOF Calculator.
- Added Stereo Shift Calculator.
- Improvements to capability for finding missing source files:
- Can now tolerate loss of leading/trailing spaces in names.
- Can tolerate references to recognized but inaccessible devices.
- Works cleanly when launched by double-click on the project file.
- User interface:
- Added estimators for wall clock time to completion:
- Main progress bar – time to complete current task.
- StackShot controller panel – time to shoot stack.
- Dark theme:
- Improved gray levels and added configuration file parameters to change them.
- Works properly with StackShot control panel.
- Stereo preview:
- Added control buttons to swap sides and stop preview.
- Added Look & Feel option to allow controlling pan/zoom with just the mouse, no spacebar needed.
- Added keyboard shortcut for Save Project.
- Bug fix:
- Batch > Slabbing default output naming template now reflects PMax vs DMap.
- Image saving:
- Expose all TIFF compression modes provided by underlying javax.imageio libraries.
Compared to the current production T2020-05-22-1330, this T2020-10-25-1049-beta also contains the following improvement:
- User interface: added a Dark Mode option (at Options > Preferences > Look & Feel).
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.
Previous beta was:
- 64-bit Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP: ZS-Win64-fullsetup-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.exe
Length 33,939,464 bytes
MD5 checksum 7028d38d7458dbc78fe8764e8fd05118
SHA-1 checksum 7d5c1c5aab52c8970cec0f6a0f8b7af925e2f1bf
- 32-bit Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP: ZS-Win32-fullsetup-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.exe
Length 30,905,416 bytes
MD5 checksum e0308ec27e8df2c5a75453f9a8c3129a
SHA-1 checksum 721bc67c7f828d0a61e78c48c74e53e6a383f025
- Mac OS X (newest): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.zip
Length 52,888,429 bytes
MD5 checksum 88369ef9c901a3821a1933d2f4525c31
SHA-1 checksum 49b4d8ab52b9495af289a557028c05308ccea035
- Mac OS X (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.zip
Length 52,333,562 bytes
MD5 checksum 6c3066d133c066e4845f6692043b01a7
SHA-1 checksum 3e63067e0b25b9254af878d419104d6ed6faf75c
- Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.zip
Length 8,606,041 bytes
MD5 checksum 1a96a3f89acd95b96513f9f50c3e0241
SHA-1 checksum fe9f88f5b0f51cf39a1fde72ee91c887a01dcfb3
- 64-bit Linux (Intel): ZS-Linux-Intel-64bit-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.zip
Length 56,304,572 bytes
MD5 checksum ab1d4f6b78146337e0bdec91265628f1
SHA-1 checksum e932ad9eb8b1383c9ef5b5c46977f547ec02d3b2
- 32-bit Linux (Intel): ZS-Linux-i386-32bit-T2020-06-01-1033-beta.zip
Length 87,612,098 bytes
MD5 checksum a856321c29dba0511f4ff0cb4146b09a
SHA-1 checksum 0f3457f86c6394f1163df922d7e41ec9e5288b09