Re: Release of ImageJ 2.0.0-alpha2

Posted by Robert Baer on May 02, 2011; 2:52pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Release-of-ImageJ-2-0-0-alpha2-tp3684781p3684782.html

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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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
>