[GoFigure2-developers] GoFigure2 0.9.0 Released!

[Nicolas Rannou]

Hi all,

GoFigure2 0.9.0 has been released today!
Many changes and bug fixes in this new version. (see at the end of this email)

Installers and source code are available at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gofigure2/files/GoFigure2-v0.9.0/

Enjoy GoFigure2,
Nicolas

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** General **
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-New options at start up accessible from command line
    *help: list commands available
    *version: prints version of gofigure
    *shortcut: list shorcuts
    *input: open an image from command line
    *max number of meshes: select the threshold above with we only load 3 time points
-New Shortcuts
    * Based on user's feedback for a more efficient and user friendly experience
-Maximum size of the main window
    * GoFigure can be maximized over 2 screens

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** Visualizations **
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-The real colors are displayed
-New transfer function editor to modify the appearance of a channel
    * Color
    * LUT
    * Gamma Correction
    * Opacity of the channel for the volume rendering
-"Smart" Volume Rendering which adapts to your hardware
-Enhanced Doppler View
    * Number of visible time points can be modified
    * Step between each time point can be modified
    * Color of each time point can be modified
-Desynchronized Views Option
    * Zoom, Pan, Scroll in the 3 2D views independently
-Show/Hide planes in the 3D view

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** Traces **
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-Meshes
    * Split
    * Merge
-Tracks
    * Split
    * Merge
    * Editing widget (Split)
        * Visualization Widget (color, glyph, tubes, width)
    * Goto beginning/end of track
    * Track stats (volumes, etc.)
-Lineages
    * All tracks action update the lineages
        * Visualization Widget (color)
    * Lineage stats (depth, etc.)

-Export/import:
    * Easy to share your meshes, tracks and lineages
    * Import several files in parallel

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** Performance **
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-Load only 3 time points in memory if you have more than 5000 meshes (threshold customizable from command line)
-Many actions are parallelized with Open MP

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** Bugs **
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-Lot of fixes including:
-bug report:
    -easy to report a bug
    * close "Use DB wizard" does not crash
    * Go to this mesh update sliders
    * Do you want to delete the mesh?: NO does NOT delete it
    * Mesh position after semi auto segmentation is accurate (not centered on the seed)