Release of ImageJ 2.0.0-alpha2

[ctrueden]

Hi everyone,

Today the ImageJDev team <http://imagejdev.org/collaborators> has released
an alpha of ImageJ2, version 2.0.0-alpha2.

This is an "alpha"-quality release, meaning the code is not finished, nor is
the design fully stabilized. We are releasing it for early community
feedback, and to demonstrate project directions and progress.

For this release, similar to 2.0.0-alpha1, we have tried to model the
application after ImageJ v1.x as much as is reasonable. However, please be
aware that ImageJ2 is essentially a total rewrite of ImageJ from the ground
up. It provides backward compatibility with older versions of ImageJ by
bundling the latest v1.x code and translating between "legacy" and "modern"
image structures.

The most significant advancement for 2.0.0-alpha2 is its use of the
ImgLib2<http://imglib2.net/>image processing library, developed at
MPI-CBG <http://www.mpi-cbg.de/> by Stephan Saalfeld, Stephan Preibisch,
Tobias Pietzsch and others. Development of ImgLib2 received a major boost at
the recent Madison Fiji hackathon <http://imagejdev.org/hackathon>, and the
library is now at a point where it is usable within ImageJ2. Use of ImgLib2
has enabled ImageJ2 to display composite color images with individual color
lookup tables, similar to ImageJ1's CompositeImage but without the
seven-channel limit.

USERS: PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS RELEASE FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT. There are
many, many issues and limitations. You may want to wait until the first BETA
release to report bugs, as the code is still under very heavy development.

DEVELOPERS: We are particularly interested in any feedback you may have on
the design of the project. See the source code for details:
  http://imagejdev.org/source-code

You can download the release from:
  http://imagejdev.org/downloads

That page also has a table of planned future releases and roadmap links for
the project.

For more details on the ImageJ developments, see the web site at:
  http://imagejdev.org/

Regards,
Curtis Rueden
ImageJDev project lead
Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation<http://loci.wisc.edu/>
University of Wisconsin-Madison

[Robert Baer]

I suppose you could make the case that if I have to ask, I shouldn't be
downloading.<G>, but is the posted alpha2 release platform specific for the
Mac Os?

I don't see a Windows stub of any kind, and there is a folder in what I
downloaded named MacOS.

Are there any kind of instructions for looking at the alpha2 build on a
Windows platform that might jump start me if I wanted to take a peak?

Thanks,
Rob Baer

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Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
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From: "Curtis Rueden" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:46 PM
To: <[hidden email]>
Subject: Release of ImageJ 2.0.0-alpha2

> Hi everyone,
>
> Today the ImageJDev team <http://imagejdev.org/collaborators> has released
> an alpha of ImageJ2, version 2.0.0-alpha2.
>
> This is an "alpha"-quality release, meaning the code is not finished, nor
> is
> the design fully stabilized. We are releasing it for early community
> feedback, and to demonstrate project directions and progress.
>
> For this release, similar to 2.0.0-alpha1, we have tried to model the
> application after ImageJ v1.x as much as is reasonable. However, please be
> aware that ImageJ2 is essentially a total rewrite of ImageJ from the
> ground
> up. It provides backward compatibility with older versions of ImageJ by
> bundling the latest v1.x code and translating between "legacy" and
> "modern"
> image structures.
>
> The most significant advancement for 2.0.0-alpha2 is its use of the
> ImgLib2<http://imglib2.net/>image processing library, developed at
> MPI-CBG <http://www.mpi-cbg.de/> by Stephan Saalfeld, Stephan Preibisch,
> Tobias Pietzsch and others. Development of ImgLib2 received a major boost
> at
> the recent Madison Fiji hackathon <http://imagejdev.org/hackathon>, and
> the
> library is now at a point where it is usable within ImageJ2. Use of
> ImgLib2
> has enabled ImageJ2 to display composite color images with individual
> color
> lookup tables, similar to ImageJ1's CompositeImage but without the
> seven-channel limit.
>
> USERS: PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS RELEASE FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT. There are
> many, many issues and limitations. You may want to wait until the first
> BETA
> release to report bugs, as the code is still under very heavy development.
>
> DEVELOPERS: We are particularly interested in any feedback you may have on
> the design of the project. See the source code for details:
>  http://imagejdev.org/source-code
>
> You can download the release from:
>  http://imagejdev.org/downloads
>
> That page also has a table of planned future releases and roadmap links
> for
> the project.
>
> For more details on the ImageJ developments, see the web site at:
>  http://imagejdev.org/
>
> Regards,
> Curtis Rueden
> ImageJDev project lead
> Laboratory for Optical and Computational
> Instrumentation<http://loci.wisc.edu/>
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>

[dscho]

Hi,

On Mon, 2 May 2011, Robert Baer wrote:

> I suppose you could make the case that if I have to ask, I shouldn't be
> downloading.<G>, but is the posted alpha2 release platform specific for
> the Mac Os?
>
> I don't see a Windows stub of any kind, and there is a folder in what I
> downloaded named MacOS.

If you download and unpack
http://imagejdev.org/files/imagej/imagej-2.0.0-alpha2.zip you will find an
ImageJ.exe in the unpacked folder.

Ciao,
Johannes