Zerene Stacker

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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:

  • macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2021-05-27-1130-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 11 runtime environment.
    Length 45,910,816 bytes
    MD5 checksum 7ae9b88d1205f7e8326287d7b668aab5
    SHA-1 checksum 7a61f182185529322a4e9b9b9efcf98547c0319b
  • macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2021-05-27-1130-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 ARM cpu (“Apple silicon”). It is self-contained and includes its own ARM-native Java 11 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 45,021,151 bytes
    MD5 checksum df02e9d41fb168b12ab8f1db297556de
    SHA-1 checksum 5839e8b3924c5fabd5868492416fdbf3a3301916
  • macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2021-05-27-1130-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 52,529,381 bytes
    MD5 checksum 4d610d82ea4a09b8fc40a4fa85c0ee76
    SHA-1 checksum 1fd2fa3598122557a0946f4e4db6029651170efa
  • Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2021-05-27-1130-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 8,650,203 bytes
    MD5 checksum f8d9254f9cbe055169ee7a9ea978c8f7
    SHA-1 checksum e5ee0cceaabfe85d3dec43c21b7f49a0acf7412f

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

This current T2021-05-27-1130-beta is functionally equivalent to the current full release, T2021-05-27-1130.

Compared to the immediately prior beta T2021-05-05-1700-beta, this T2021-05-27-1130-beta just fixes one minor and recently introduced bug in license handling, unlikely to affect any current users.

Compared to the last major beta T2021-02-16-2045-beta, this T2021-05-27-1130-beta contains the following improvements:

  • Batch mode: allow selection of input and output images to inherit from environment.
  • Added license type “Promotional Edition”.
  • Improved display of applicable license keys.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Multi-line tooltips in menu entries were sometimes truncated.
    • Main menu entries were sometimes not re-enabled on completion of batch script.
    • File > Save Other… menu entry was enabled even when no sub-entries were enabled.
    • Added defensive check for filechooser used off event thread.
    • Values in DOF and stereo calculators were not always reloaded by Open Project.
    • Filechooser could be used off event thread for new project placement “Ask”.


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.1622150002.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/05/27 21:13 by rjlittlefield
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