CIBC:ImageVis3D ChangeLog0.06b

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The ImageVis3D team is proud to announce the release of ImageVis3D 0.06 beta!

While 0.06b is primarily a feature release, many bugs were fixed in this release. Changes since 0.05b include:

  • New features:
    • UI improvements. ImageVis3D now includes a welcome screen to let users quickly access online help, or load their data with just a single click. A `Report' dialog was added to allow users to quickly report issues to developers.
    • A clipping plane was added to allow users to slice into their data. Clipping planes use the same mouse controls as normal volume interaction; hold the `Control' key (`Command' on Macs) to manipulate the clipping plane independent of the volume.
    • Dataset merging. ImageVis3D's 'UVFConverter' can be used to merge multiple datasets into one, so that it may render both at once.
    • A coordinate cross has been added to prevent users from becoming disoriented, especially when zoomed inside a dataset. Press `c' to enable / disable the cross.
    • ImageVis3D can now update itself when it detects a new release.
    • MIP rotations include an option to ignore LOD levels, using only the maximum resolution of the dataset.
    • Many of ImageVis3D's supported file formats can now be written as well. This allows one to utilize ImageVis3D as a data conversion utility.
    • ImageVis3D can now export an extracted isosurface as mesh.
    • Support for new file formats:
      • `Stack' format (.stk files), as output by the Metamorph software.
      • `TIFF Volumes', or a stack of images embedded into a single TIFF file. In particular, this allows reading OME-TIFF formatted volumes.
  • Bugs fixed in this release:
    • Quantization fixes for data which could not previously be loaded.
    • Fixed a Mac-only bug in the capturing code, which prevented movie generation.
    • Many workarounds UI issues that were present with the Mac build.
    • Fixed a bug in the detection of the amount of memory on Linux systems.
    • Fixed a bug reading some NRRD files. ImageVis3D should now be able to read NRRDs as exported by Seg3D.
    • Fixed a bug in saving both TIFF and GIF image files.
  • Changes which are only of interest to developers:
    • Large improvements to the capability and reliability of ImageVis3D's 'scripting' feature.
    • Unsupported Mac PPC builds.
    • Dynamically-linked Qt libraries work again.
    • Debug messages are now simpler to add.
    • An include path is used to obtain GLEW, allowing Tuvok to be more easily embedded in other applications.

Known issues with this release:

  • Some JPEG-based DICOMs can not be loaded by ImageVis3D.
  • The visible portion of the clip plane can become disconnected from the dataset, causing confusing interaction.
  • The new 'Stack' and single-file TIFF volume file formats can only be read, not written.
  • Multicomponent data are not supported.

ImageVis3D 0.06b supports Intel Macs 10.4 and up, Windows, and Linux. PPC Macs may run ImageVis3D but are not officially supported. Binaries are available at, 

 http://software.sci.utah.edu/SCIdownload.php?item=imagevis3d

the nightly `developer builds' site, 

 http://software.sci.utah.edu/devbuilds/imagevis3d/

or directly from the subversion repository at, 

 https://code.sci.utah.edu/svn/imagevis3d

We look forward to your feedback on this release. Best,

- The ImageVis3D team.

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