Posted by
Daniel Senff on
May 22, 2009; 7:44am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Imageflow-Visual-Macro-Editing-Release-1-0-tp3692434.html
Hello everyone
I wrote my Bachelor thesis about a visual programming solution for
visually editing ImageJ macros.
At the beginning of March I released a first Beta of Imageflow.
I got many encouraging comments, thank you.
I collected all feedback and tried to incorporate as many as possible
for the first stable release, which is now ready for download.
Full news on the Imageflow-blog:
http://imageflow.danielsenff.de/archives/31-Release-Imageflow-1.0.htmlDatasheet:
http://imageflow.danielsenff.de/imagej/Imageflow.htmlDownload:
http://imageflow.danielsenff.de/imagej/imageflow-10.zipSource:
http://imageflow.danielsenff.de/imagej/imageflow-sources-10.zipImageflow works as a stand-alone application or as a plugin within
ImageJ. The program allows to visually construct macro workflows. By
simple drag and drop you can build an image processing workflow,
which is translated into and executed as an ImageJ macro.
Units in the application are defined in XML-descriptions. If you
think a plugin or a function is missing, feel free to add them. The
XML documentation is available online:
http://imageflow.danielsenff.de/imagej/Unit%20XML%20Documentation.htmlSince the beta I fixed many existing bugs. I included new units based
on the functions ImageJ has already available. Thanks to those who
contacted me with questions regarding their workflows or their own
unit-xml-implementation. Also new is collapsing units, so they need
less screen real estate and it's possible to display a grid and align
units to it.
I will begin work on the next version soon. There are several ideas
in the room in which direction this project could go: Improving the
user experience of this version as well as thinking about some major
restructures on the inside.
I'm a bit undecided about the direction. I'd like to know what use
cases you see for the program in the future. At the moment, I think
it's a great tool, but I'm not entirely sure for what purpose exactly.
So I appreciate your feedback. :)
thanks for you attention
Daniel