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-T2024-10-21-1319-beta.exe
Length 34020680 bytes
MD5 checksum a820c01486024ba4b87f30e7dda7bdc3
SHA-1 checksum f563ec3e26dbf9516d3ab08397a95d0e48cbdc0a
- 32-bit Windows 11, 10, 8, 7: ZS-Win32-fullsetup-T2024-10-21-1319-beta.exe
Length 49596608 bytes
MD5 checksum 10ea6d4c7d9a576ef34e9385d8f22030
SHA-1 checksum 4aea05b22a66ad2174f4fec22bb392b21789f745
- macOS (Intel cpu): ZS-MacOSX-SA-T2024-10-21-1319-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 48,414,802 bytes
MD5 checksum 948f19ea87178e0b2f1fd7783c3238d0
SHA-1 checksum cba05037250113207657b47261303226c4d8c472
- macOS (M-series ARM cpu): ZS-MacOSX-ARM-SA-T2024-10-21-1319-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 47,216,927 bytes
MD5 checksum 99b48585be8e7c9b83ad0aaf84e646ec
SHA-1 checksum 7b80684acbdb8d4fa82a03b46c5866de46a3d3f7
- macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2024-10-21-1319-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 52,558,787 bytes
MD5 checksum ae5284897858778d8bad920dcb0e08ba
SHA-1 checksum 5a720ae839c17c058cffa2a42042827a76986666
- Mac OS X (old): ZS-MacOSXold-SA-T2024-10-21-1319-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 8,680,891 bytes
MD5 checksum 63fda3541b6daa8840a588a27ddc4ea5
SHA-1 checksum 6fea044bd9970c80b5d713e5deadad428e7b6ec1
- 64-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-Intel-64bit-T2024-10-21-1319-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 52,505,403 bytes
MD5 checksum 36f41db3e1e8e284256ec5e16a1f4e18
SHA-1 checksum b4b12b863539ecd904c74e73fc7a4a996ffb0748
- 32-bit Linux (Intel compatible): ZS-Linux-i386-32bit-T2024-10-21-1319-beta.zip
See Linux Installation Instructions for details.
Length 47,761,504 bytes
MD5 checksum 1133d091ab95d7c3eb0d52b4bc440b31
SHA-1 checksum eaf6858100ccd6a94cc1bc45c0d2af8014bbc765
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 immediately previous beta release T2024-07-14-1734-beta, this new T2024-10-21-1319-beta incorporates the following improvements:
- Bug fixes:
- Avoid failure of retouching due to delivery error of shifted mousepress event.
- Always save project after output image Rename, to avoid file name confusions.
- Correctly sort filename sequences like foo.jpg, foo 2.jpg, foo 3.jpg, which are sometimes generated by image managers like Lightroom and Capture One.
Compared to the current full release T2023-06-11-1120 and corresponding beta release T2023-06-11-1120-beta, this new T2024-10-21-1319-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-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
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
Length 47,216,679 bytes
MD5 checksum 741d72510f880da7d346d7749d1fceac
SHA-1 checksum 24fae4aa0f8933972cb99c8b0643c2abf0fb4729
- macOS (interim): ZS-MacOSXinterim-SA-T2024-07-14-1734-beta.zip
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
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
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
Length 47,761,132 bytes
MD5 checksum cd5af94f49d644de8bdda9bbf6ed5564
SHA-1 checksum 955f9508a85b42694ccb708346f54638f7a71559