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.

Windows users: The current beta is built using a new code signing certificate that has not yet seen enough usage to be trusted by Microsoft. When you run the installer, you will probably be shown a dialog that says “Windows protected your PC”, and the only button says “Don't run”. But notice there is also a link in the upper left corner, saying “More info”. Click on “More info”, and you'll see “Publisher: Zerene Systems LLC”, and at the bottom of the dialog there's a new button “Run anyway”. Click on “Run anyway” to install the Zerene Stacker beta. (After enough uses, Microsoft will learn to trust this certificate and not require the workaround. Thank you for your assistance!)

Current beta is:

  • macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2021-05-28-1930-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 45,909,333 bytes
    MD5 checksum 8be505168ab640a1c6b6894970f0bd99
    SHA-1 checksum 7fdf6cf11220f49ac58d325d862764c5d017f420
  • macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2021-05-28-1930-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 45,021,383 bytes
    MD5 checksum 99b0541f3538a379d6bef670d876a791
    SHA-1 checksum cd45a766d1528266311be4af65a100ef56f51d68
  • macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2021-05-28-1930-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 52,529,379 bytes
    MD5 checksum 8ef035e54cbac01fa8e05b85aff600f1
    SHA-1 checksum 5612d91dfa2bc4d250693bd5a23af9b4c51654e5
  • Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2021-05-28-1930-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 8,650,773 bytes
    MD5 checksum c761b97b2f10c1f80d3538f6899cc0af
    SHA-1 checksum a0a30f291b1dbfca3f0a6afea3323de171ea9aa3

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 T2021-05-28-1930-beta is functionally equivalent to the current full release, T2021-05-28-1930.

Compared to the immediately prior beta T2021-05-27-1130-beta, this T2021-05-28-1930-beta just fixes two minor and recently introduced bugs in license handling, unlikely to affect any current users.

Compared to the last major beta T2021-02-16-2045-beta, this T2021-05-28-1930-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.1622329340.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/05/29 23:02 by rjlittlefield
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