[Insight-users] Open Source V3D v2.526 and V3D-ITK project released!

[Bill Lorensen]

I am sad to see that the license:
http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/V3D/License.html
has commercial restrictions.

Luis,
I curious if you need a special license since you work for a for-profit company.

Bill

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>
> Please note as well
> that you can write ITK plugins for V3D.
>
> Examples of ITK plugins are available at:
> https://svn.janelia.org/penglab/projects/v3d/trunk/2010_hackathon/ITK-V3D-Plugins
>
> and in github at:
> http://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK-V3D-Plugins
>
>
> The Nightly Dashboard of V3D can be found at:
>
>       http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=V3D
>
> and the builds of the ITK-V3D plugins are submitted to
> the "External" section of the ITK Dashboard at:
>
> http://www.cdash.org/CDash/index.php?project=Insight#ITKv4_External
>
>
> We anticipate that the number of ITK plugins will grow,
> and that in this way we will be able to make of ITK a more
> useful tool for the analysis of microscopy images.
>
>
>     Luis
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Hanchuan Peng <pengh at janelia.hhmi.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> We are pleased to announce that a new version (v2.526) of V3D, along with
>> all its source code, have been released! Download at the official website
>>
>> http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/
>>
>>
>> Join the discussion forum at
>>
>> http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/
>>
>>
>> About V3D:
>>
>> V3D is a handy, fast, and versatile 3D/4D/5D Image Visualization &
>> Analysis System for Bioimages & Surface Objects. It also provides many
>> unique functions. It is also Open Source, supports a very simple and
>> powerful plugin interface and thus can be extended & enhanced easily. This
>> software has recently been published in Nature Biotechnology (April 2010),
>> received highlights in Nature Methods (May, 2010), Science News (April/May
>> 2010), and NITRC (Aug, 2010). Developer hackathons that involved about 10
>> different research labs were also held recently (July-Aug, 2010).
>>
>>
>> V3D is a cross-platform (Mac, Linux, and Windows) tool for visualizing
>> large-scale (gigabytes, and 64-bit data) 3D, 4D and 5D image stacks and
>> various surface data. It is also a container of powerful modules for 3D
>> image analysis (cell segmentation, neuron tracing, brain registration,
>> annotation, quantitative measurement and statistics, etc) and data
>> management. This makes V3D suitable for various bioimage informatics
>> applications, and a nice platform to develop new 3D image analysis
>> algorithms for high-throughput processing. In short, V3D streamlines the
>> workflow of visualization-assisted analysis.
>>
>>
>> In our latest development, V3D can render 5D (spatial-temporal) data
>> directly in 3D volume-rendering mode; it supports convenient and interactive
>> local and global 3D views at different scales. it even has a Matlab file IO
>> toolbox. Probably most importantly, you can now write your own plugins to
>> take advantage of the V3D platform!
>>
>>
>> Please contact us if you want to learn more, provide feedbacks, or become
>> a part of this exciting developing team!
>>
>>
>> --
>> ====================================
>>
>> Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D.,
>> Janelia Farm Research Campus
>> Howard Hughes Medical Institute
>> 19700 Helix Drive,
>> Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA.
>> Tel: (+1) 571-209-4156
>> Fax: (+1) 571-209-4933
>> Email: pengh at janelia.hhmi.org
>>
>> * Peng Lab: http://penglab.janelia.org
>>
>> * V3D lets you explore&  understand your
>>  large 3D/4D/5D images a lot easier!
>> - fast 3D+ image visualization and analysis,
>>  WYSIWYG, and easy plugin interface:
>>  http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d
>>
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