Volocity Release Notes
Stop-press Documentation
These release notes cover Volocity for both Windows and
Macintosh.
Volocity versions 4.0 and above for Macintosh require Mac OS X 10.4.7
or above to function correctly.
Volocity versions 2.6 and above require Improvision License Server 1.1
or above.
Known Problems
It may not be possible to open library clippings created in Volocity
4.0 in earlier versions of Volocity.
Version History
Version 4.1
Added “Ray Tracer” renderer for publication-quality output
Added “Restore Objects” task for measurement protocols, this allows
retained objects to be reused (TT10592)
Added “TIFF for Publication” file export filter – this exports images as
“millions of colors” and avoids problems with LUTs and 16-bit source images
(TT10479)
Added better icons for some video controls (TT10473)
Added photo-bleaching correction tool
Added ROI stamp tool, this allows ROIs of a defined shape or size to be
repeatedly created (TT10854)
Added standard error to analysis options (TT10151)
Added support for a default graph type in charting – the last type used
is now the default for newly created charts (TT10936)
Added support for automatically opening shutters during auto-exposure
(TT10834)
Added support for built-in Zeiss AxioImager XY stage (TT10661, IS20446,
IS19220)
Added support for controlling Olympus DSU Spinning Disk unit (TT8055)
Added support for controlling speed and acceleration of Ludl XY stages
(TT10607)
Added support for different scales in histogram displays – ctrl-click
(Windows) or alt-click (Mac) will switch between them (TT10461, IS18396)
Added support for freezing the video preview (TT8297)
Added support for GE Healthcare XML/TIFF image format (TT10389)
Added support for grouping sets of objects in measurement protocols;
this allows analyses that compare different object populations (TT10546)
Added support for integrated Optigrid controller with automated grid
focus (TT10435)
Added support for measuring a PSF from a single-channel,
single-timepoint image sequence (TT10822)
Added support for normalizing to control values in analysis view
(TT9613)
Added support for packed 12 bits/component TIFF files (TT10964,
IS21593)
Added support for QImaging Rolera MGi (TT10467)
Added support for reading Neurolucida XML tracing files (TT10714)
Added support for summarizing by more than one parameter in analysis
view (TT10271)
Added support for Windows Vista (TT10510)
Added support for XY focus maps (TT9341)
Added support for Zeiss AxioObserver (TT10434)
Added support for Zeiss Axioskop 2 MOT Plus (TT10644)
Added support for Zeiss WSB Piezo XY Stage (TT10450, IS18248)
Added tool to video preview for moving XY stage to clicked point
(TT10804, IS20919)
Added XY stage preference panel to centralize XY stage preferences
(TT10945)
Fixed incompatibility between Volocity and Metamorph when using a Prior
Proscan controller with both software packages (TT10422, IS17426)
Fixed inconsistencies with spatial calibration in the video preview
(TT10603, IS19982)
Fixed intermittent crash with adding images to an image sequence
(TT10614, IS20007)
Fixed internal error that could sometimes occur when sorting measurements
(TT10645)
Fixed internal error with merging measurement items (TT10731, IS20386)
Fixed memory leak in “Slice” view (TT10584)
Fixed problem importing single Z, multi-channel Biorad PIC files
(TT10778, IS20575)
Fixed problem in “Slice” view where entering a very large rotation
value would cause a (TT10995)
Fixed problem in “Slice” view where scale color was not being honored
for scale text (TT10994)
Fixed problem where “Separate Touching Objects” could hang (TT10942,
IS20608)
Fixed problem where an image sequence containing timepoints more than
one year apart would not work properly (TT10657)
Fixed problem where an internal error would occur when trying to chart measurements
containing very large numbers (TT10635)
Fixed problem where aspect ratio of images from MicroPublisher 5.0
camera could be wrong (TT10934)
Fixed problem where auto-exposure could not be stopped (TT10600)
Fixed problem where background correction could produce unexpected
results (TT10905, IS21359)
Fixed problem where canceling undo then canceling a process would cause
the process to go ahead anyway (TT10777, IS20811)
Fixed problem where charting would not ignore hidden columns (TT10520)
Fixed problem where classic 3D renderer would not honor changes to
contrast settings (TT10611)
Fixed problem where LMM-5 laser power meter would cause a lot of
experiment log entries (TT10615)
Fixed problem where making a 3D movie from a large image sequence could
fail (TT10988)
Fixed problem where measurements table would scroll to the top when sorted
(TT10671)
Fixed problem where opacity renderer could render incomplete frames
when exporting as a movie (TT10881)
Fixed problem where panning in 3D renderer movies was not being
interpolated (TT10973, IS21630)
Fixed problem where red-green stereo rendering was not working properly
(TT10483)
Fixed problem where some OIF files could be imported as black (TT10629,
IS20328)
Fixed problem where switching serial ports that have already been
allocated would not produce expected results (TT10650)
Fixed problem where the default scale in the “Change Size” dialog was zero
(TT10948)
Fixed problem with dual-scan Hamamatsu cameras where the high bit-depth
images could look corrupted (TT10883, IS21008)
Fixed problem with importing some Zeiss LSM files (TT10816, IS20791)
Fixed problem with multi-point acquisition where pause button would not
pause until the end of the timepoint; we now pause at the end of the point
(TT10543)
Fixed problem with tracking where broken tracks would not be
automatically joined for a particular dataset (TT10616, IS19912)
Fixed problems importing some Leica TIFF files (TT10775, IS10642)
Fixed problems importing some PerkinElmer UltraView files (TT10574,
TT10693)
Improved behavior when dealing with invalid times (TT10634)
Improved calculation of black and white points for acquired Z stacks
when auto-contrast is switched on (TT10620)
Improved generation of thumbnails in the 3D rendering view (TT10900,
TT10901)
Improved icons in preference dialog (TT10379)
Improved importing of datasets that consist of many files in a folder –
we now create a single image sequence rather than an image sequence in a folder
(TT10692)
Improved measurement and ROI feedback – extensive options are now available
(TT10480)
Improved performance of importing datasets that consist of many TIFF
files (TT10692)
Improved performance of measurement tables with large numbers of
measurements (TT10537)
Improved reading of LUT information from MetaMorph STK files (TT11015,
IS21490)
Improved serial port configuration – we now lists ports and allow devices
to be assigned to the port rather than listing devices and assigning ports to
them, this reduces the clutter in this preference panel (TT10651)
Improved support for boolean operations in measurement protocols
(TT9957)
Improved wording of “Change Colors” dialog (TT10630)
Mac: Added proxy icons to windows that are linked to files (TT11020)
Mac: Fixed cosmetic problems with the “Find Objects by Intensity”
dialog (TT10619)
Mac: Fixed intermittent crash on quit (TT10742)
Mac: Fixed problem where text on “timeline” view was corrupted in Mac
OS X 10.4.7 and up (TT10941)
Mac: Fixed problem where zooming in on the XY stage view could
eventually cause an internal error (TT10752)
Mac: Fixed problem with manual tracking wizard where “Previous” button
is labeled as “Finish” (TT10821)
Moved to Metakit 2.4.9.6 (TT10674)
Windows: Fixed problem on Windows x64 where items with a “µ” in the
name could cause a crash in the chart view (TT10937, IS20608)
Windows: Fixed problem where clicking the “target” button in the
Navigation palette for a channel that is already targeted would select the next
channel (TT9454)
Windows: Fixed problem where large experiment logs could take a long
time to open (TT10940)
Windows: Fixed problem where light paths could stop working after being
edited by double-clicking them (TT10715)
Windows: Fixed problem where minimizing and maximizing the video
preview window would sometimes cause the preview to stop (TT10857)
Windows: Fixed problem where RTM Hardware Support module would not load
(TT10913, IS20906)
Windows: Fixed problem where running Volocity without acquisition would
cause serial port settings to be lost (TT10680, IS20490)
Windows: Fixed problem where video preview could stop working if the
computer was locked while the preview was running (TT10708, IS20508)
Windows: Fixed problem with white bands appearing at the top and bottom
of AVI movies – the bands are now black (they cannot be avoided) (TT10858,
IS20485)
Version 4.0.1 (17 Nov 2006)
Added missing support for copy to clipboard for measurements items
(TT10445)
Added option to reverse the direction of the ORBIT 1 focus drive
(TT10436)
Fixed a problem where measurement protocols could not be read from a
file if no protocols were saved in the preferences (TT10502)
Fixed incorrect internal error if iterative restoration runs out of
address space when re-assembling the final image (TT10189)
Fixed internal error if deconvolution is used on two channels in a
sequence that both have the same name (TT10464)
Fixed internal error in charting (TT10418)
Fixed problem importing some BioRad PIC files (TT10484, IS118850)
Fixed problem that could cause a crash when switching between image
sequences of different lengths (TT10459)
Fixed problem where “Select None” and “Select All” menu items could be
incorrectly enabled (TT10363, TT10400)
Fixed problem where “Separate Touching Objects” measurement task does
not work on images with exactly two Z slices (TT10199)
Fixed problem where 3D rendering view would always show feedback for
all timepoints regardless of the preferences (TT10401)
Fixed problem where a deadlock could occur if an ROI was repeatedly
dragged around the video preview (TT10535)
Fixed problem where adding measurements to an existing measurements
item could cause feedback to stop working for older rows (TT10376)
Fixed problem where binary operations measurement tasks would always
use the first saved object set regardless of what was selected (TT10443)
Fixed problem where black and white point of deconvolved image could be
reset if library was closed and then opened again (TT10504)
Fixed problem where changing image depth from 16-bit greyscale to
millions of colors could result in a white image (TT10456, IS18811)
Fixed problem where colocalization measurement tasks could return error
2500 (TT10499, IS19212)
Fixed problem where controls for classic renderer would not function
(TT10494)
Fixed problem where copying a region in the “extended focus” image view
would cause an error (TT10495, IS19305)
Fixed problem where default upper limit in “Find Objects by %
Intensity” measurement task would not be 100% (TT10524)
Fixed problem where disabling channels in 3D view could cause artifacts
(TT10545)
Fixed problem where feedback would disappear when timepoints are
switched (TT10469, IS18782)
Fixed problem where hiding columns in the measurements table could
prevent rows from being selected (TT10438)
Fixed problem where illumination correction would not work on single
images (TT10522)
Fixed problem where incorrect calibration values could be used when
processing single images (as opposed to image sequences) (TT10462)
Fixed problem where initial iteration in restoration could be extremely
slow (TT10442, IS18529)
Fixed problem where iso-surface renderer would be incorrectly enabled
for color channels (TT10482)
Fixed problem where page up and page down did not always move the Z
plane in the image view (TT10406, IS18228)
Fixed problem where shading would be updated every time a bookmark was
clicked in 3D view even though shading parameters had not changed (TT10429)
Fixed problem with importing Olympus FluoView files (TT10423, IS18298)
Fixed problem with reading calibration information from Leica .LIF
files (TT10428)
Fixed problems importing some .LEI files (TT10410, TT10425, TT10453,
IS18124, IS18709)
Fixed problems importing some LIFF files (TT10440)
Fixed problems importing some PE UltraView files (TT10411, TT10521,
IS18124, IS19628)
Improved compatibility with other applications by resetting the Proscan
controller back to its default mode on exit (TT10422, IS17426)
Improved ICS import to include emission wavelength information
(TT10542, IS19681)
Improved page-by-page scrolling in tables (TT10398)
Improved support for older Zeiss AxioPlan TL lamps (TT9299)
Improved video frame rates in XY stage view (TT10544)
Improved wording in “Separate Touching Objects” measurement task
(TT10523)
Line tool now reads out in µm rather than voxels (TT10441)
Mac: Fixed problem where
setup for fast restoration would keep changing when the dialog was opened
(TT10489, IS19239)
Mac: Fixed problem with
installer where plugins could not be disabled (TT10420)
Mac: Fixed problems where
splitters in views could be dragged off the bottom of the view (TT10414)
Mac: Fixed small drawing
glitch at the top of the measurements view (TT10397)
Mac: Fixed some cosmetic
issues in the measurements view (TT10413, TT10417)
Mac: Using page up and
page down in a table no longer changes the selection (TT10399)
Windows: Fixed error 122
in Japanese version of Windows (TT10485, IS18705)
Windows: Fixed problem
where changing the color of a sequence would not update the color of the
examples in the controls (TT10382)
Windows: Fixed problem
where Ludl XY stage setup dialog would not accept decimal points (TT10501)
Windows: Fixed problem
where SMA unlock codes could not be processed (TT10419)
Windows: Fixed problems
with dongle recognition on some x64 systems (TT10415)
Windows: Fixed visual
glitch in “Track Objects” measurement task (TT10457)
Windows: Fixed access violation when quitting Volocity LE (TT10472)
Windows: Fixed inconsistent behavior of mouse wheel in image view
(TT10446, IS18396)
Version 4.0 (29 Sep 2006)
Added “Color Balance” dialog – this replaces the “Levels” dialog
(TT9435)
Added “Contrast Enhancement” dialog – this replaces the “Levels” dialog
(TT9434)
Added “maximum intensity over time” graph to feedback in Video Preview
window - this is designed to show whether samples are bleaching or not (TT9186,
TT9774)
Added “Measurements” view – this forms part of the new Quantitation
module that replaces Classification (TT9433)
Added “Raw”, “Analysis” and “Chart” views for measurement items - this
forms part of the new Quantitation module that replaces Classification
Added “Spectral Separation” module
Added a “Z Step” property. This contains the original mechanical
step used for acquiring the data (TT8746)
Added Background Correction module (TT8675)
Added Registration Correction module (TT8600)
Added support for “laser line” devices (TT8844)
Added support for adjusting Z positions of XY points while a
multi-point timelapse is running (TT8659, IS11323)
Added support for batch processing to many tools (TT8714)
Added support for changing Bayer interpolation modes on QImaging
cameras (TT9742, TT10036)
Added support for customizing the Z range for piezo focus drives driven
from the Improvision Acquisition Hub – this allows the Hub to be used with
focus drives from more manufacturers (TT9524)
Added support for different 16-bit image types in DeltaVision files
(IS15206, TT9610)
Added support for integrated TL shutter on Zeiss Axiovert microscopes
(TT8814)
Added support for labelling light path icons with arbitrary text
(TT7767)
Added support for Leica DMIRBE microscope (TT10015, IS15382)
Added support for Leica LIF file format (TT8800)
Added support for LMM-5 laser excitation system (TT9187)
Added support for manual actions when changing light paths - this makes
it easier to use Volocity with manual microscopes (TT8840)
Added support for Nikon E1000 microscope (TT9235)
Added support for Nikon TE2000 motorized analyzer (TT8871)
Added support for pausing acquisition (TT8601, TT8394)
Added support for QImaging Retiga SRV camera (TT8868)
Added support for saving and restoring ROIs (TT9025)
Added support for undoing ROI changes (TT9298)
Added support for using joypads to navigate in the 3D view (TT8959)
All numerical edit fields are now right aligned (TT7950)
Black level in “Rendering” view now uses a log scale to give finer
control closer to zero (TT8635)
Changed name for “Spinning Disk” PSF to “Spinning Disk CSU10/CSU22”
(TT7110)
Changed name of “3D Rendering” module to “Classic Renderer” (TT10172)
Changed name of “HR Renderer” module to “Opacity Renderer” (TT10172)
Changed servo activation distance for Ludl stepper stages to 1 – this
improves positioning reliability for these stages (TT9078)
Changed shortcut for “Switch to Live Video” from Control-Shift-L
(Windows) or Command-Shift-L (Mac) to Control-Shift-V (Windows) or
Command-Shift-V (Mac) to prevent conflict with “Levels” dialog (IS14279,
TT9210)
Colocalisation module now generates measurement items rather than
adding to measurement sessions (TT9605)
Fixed crash when viewing color data in the "Classic" 3D
renderer (TT9202)
Fixed inconsistencies between Mac and Windows in the ordering of menu
items (TT9622)
Fixed OpenGL error if “Capture Snapshot” is used on a chart (TT9485)
Fixed problem that could cause a corrupt image sequence if data was
added to the sequence and then the add was undone (TT9226)
Fixed problem where color volumes could be incorrectly rendered by the
HR renderer if “hardware shading” is switched on (TT9391)
Fixed problem where editing channel timings in the acquisition setup
dialog could reset the light paths for the channels (IS13710, TT9075)
Fixed problem where error 1252 could sometimes be erroneously reported
(TT8441)
Fixed problem where exporting a movie directly from the
“Colocalisation” view would not work properly (TT9845, IS15389)
Fixed problem where exporting images as Windows BMP was very slow
(IS14295, TT9421)
Fixed problem where interrupting the save of a QTVR file would leave
the file open in an inconsistent state (TT10119)
Fixed problem where iterative restoration could leak memory in “block”
mode if paused and restarted at certain points (TT8681)
Fixed problem where overwriting one file with another could sometimes
leave data from the original file in the new one (TT9494)
Fixed problem where preferences were not correctly taking byte order
into account (TT9199)
Fixed problem where saving measurements over the top of an existing
file would not overwrite the file properly (TT9494)
Fixed problem where skeletal diameter for 2D image could be reported as
0 (TT9367)
Fixed problem where skeletal diameter of a 2D object could be
incorrectly reported as 0 µm (TT9367)
Fixed problem where slice view progress could become “stuck” if views
are switched while it is processing (TT8676)
Fixed problem where track times were not based on object times – they
are now given the time of the first object in the track (TT9048)
Fixed problem where trying to acquire 0 timepoints in the “Video
Preview” window would cause a hang (TT10121)
Fixed problem where undoing a “crop” operation would reset the color of
the image (TT9593)
Fixed problem where using “Capture Snapshot” on a chart could cause an
error (IS14929, TT9485)
Fixed problem where using multiple DCAM cameras could cause devices to
interfere with each other (TT9999)
Fixed problem with Axioplan 2ie microscopes where the “oil stop”
feature would cause Volocity to time out when moving between objectives
(TT9189, IS13854)
Fixed problems with “Change Size” dialog that could cause calibrations
to become zero or infinite (TT9981)
Fixed problems with auto-scroll in the image view (TT9654)
Image sequences from multi-well experiments are now labelled properly
with the well description (TT9339)
Improved behavior of “lasso” ROI tool (TT9590)
Improved behavior of freehand and circular ROI tools when zoomed in on
the image (TT9505)
Improved file export – it is now possible to export image sequences and
3D images directly to a TIFF file or movie (TT9662)
Improved file import – where possible files are imported directly to an
image sequence, this improves both usability and speed (TT9244, TT9622)
Improved handling of invalid input in Ratio dialog (TT10059)
Improved icons for exported clipping and settings files (TT9942)
Improved importing of PE AIC files (TT9568)
Improved layout of “Change Size” dialog (TT9982)
Improved performance when acquiring images at a large number of XY
points (TT9343)
Improved reading of BioRad PIC metadata (channel colors and white
point) (TT9201, IS14253)
Improved scanning of randomly placed XY points – we now try and find an
optimal path between the points (TT9897)
Improved speed of importing BioRad PIC files (TT9200, IS14218)
Improved speed of importing Openlab LIFF files (TT8958, IS13031)
Improved startup screens – user is no longer asked for registration
details, if no hardware key is found a new dialog makes it easier to understand
what to do (TT9406)
Improved string sorting – strings containing numbers are now sorted
“naturally”, e.g. “My cat has 3 legs” will be sorted before “My cat has 10
legs” (TT9995)
Improved track charts – this chart now uses the calibrated centroid
position of each object in µm rather than the uncalibrated position in voxels
(TT9905, IS15758)
Improved XY “scan area” feature – we now overlap the scans slightly to
prevent “seams” appearing (TT8728)
Lowered value used for “Low” and “Lowest” resolution limits in 3D
preferences. This improves performance for large datasets (TT9285)
Mac: Added support for “universal” DCAM drivers that support both
PowerPC and Intel Macs (TT9873)
Mac: Added support for “universal” QImaging drivers (version 2.0)
that support both PowerPC and Intel Macs (TT10004)
Mac: Fixed crash changing brightness when playing through an
image sequence (TT9606)
Mac: Fixed problem where “Hide Toolbar” command did not always
reflect the current state of the toolbar (TT9499)
Mac: Fixed problem where menu items in the “Video Preview” window
would become disabled after making a well overlay (TT9909)
Mac: Fixed problem where wrong timepoint could be checked in
“timepoint” popup (TT10104)
Mac: Navigation palette “timepoint” popup menu is now consistent
with Windows and allows 200 timepoints before it is disabled (TT10088)
Mac: Volocity now uses the built-in Mac OS X installer (TT10277)
Mac: Improved behavior of popup color menus – they now support “sticky”
menu mode as well as “click and hold” (TT8734, IS11648)
Mac: Improved drawing of “header” panes on some views (TT8555)
Mac: Volocity 4.0 is a universal (Intel and PowerPC) application
Mac: Added support for mouse scroll wheel (TT8543)
Mac: Fixed crash switching to 3D view with some datasets
(IS14970, TT9507)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause a crash if an error occurred
during acquisition (IS14421, TT9289)
Mac: Fixed problem where “Print Preview” did not work for 3D view
(IS14943, TT9430)
Moved PSF creation menu items to "Create New" menu (TT8620)
Option to “break image into blocks” is now always enabled in
restoration dialogs - this is less confusing (TT8916, IS12716)
Removed “Classifier” module, changed “Charting” and “Measurements”
modules so they could display old measurements but not create new ones.
Single images captured from the “Video Preview” window now have the
light path name included in their name where a light path is selected (TT9314)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause a crash if a QImaging
camera was unplugged while it was in use (TT10045)
Windows: Fixed problem where double-clicking an ROI tool did not
select the whole image (TT9828)
Windows: Fixed problem where entering a “.” into fields in the
“Slice” view could cause a hang (TT10113)
Windows: Fixed problem where it was only possible to draw lines
of a single color on 2D images (TT9319, IS14633)
Windows: Fixed problem where scroll bars could disappear from the
“Library” window under some circumstances (TT10147)
Windows: Improved error message if QuickTime features are used
when QuickTime is not installed (TT9495)
Windows: Improved layout of PSF dialogs (TT9989)
Windows: Volocity shortcut on “Start” menu has been changed to
“Volocity (x64)” for the x64 version. This allows both the 32-bit and
64-bit versions of Volocity to be installed on the same computer (TT9207)
Windows: Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
are required to install Volocity (TT9407)
Windows: Fixed hot tracking on measurements table header (TT8541)
Windows: Improved “selected” state for buttons to make it clearer
(TT7981)
Windows: Worked around problem with Quicktime 7.1 and x64 version that
would prevent Volocity from starting (IS15046, IS15033, IS14905, TT9557)
Windows: Added support for light path control on Nikon 90i
(TT9717)
Windows: Added support for motorized analyzer on Nikon 90i
(TT9718)
Windows: Added support for multiple Nikon 90i microscopes – this
is required for the fluorescence head unit to work properly (TT9351)
Windows: Fixed problem changing line colour on image view –
sometimes the colour would not change reliably (IS14633, TT9319)
Windows: Fixed problem where dragging an item into a linked
folder does not cause an error (TT8799)
Windows: Fixed problem where minimising and then restoring the
video preview window causes the timelapse acquisition rate to change (IS13922,
TT9181)
Windows: Fixed problem where switching between “All Timepoints”
and “Current Timepoint” in the “Measure Objects” dialog would reset the
criteria to be measured (TT9170)
Windows: Fixed problem where toolbar buttons could go blank
during a long session (IS14909, TT9470)
Windows: Volocity now requires a processor that supports SSE
(e.g. Pentium III or better)
Worked around problem with Bayer QImaging cameras where image could
turn purple when cropped (TT9066)
Worked around problem with Leica DM4000B microscope firmware where
changing contrast modes could fail (TT9916, IS15335)
Version 3.7 (28 April 2006)
“Clear All Points” in “Video” menu is now available from both
Live Preview and XY Stage views (TT8889)
Added recording of light path description in experiment log (TT8986,
IS13270)
Added support for controlling the transmitted light voltage on the
AxioVert 200M (TT8856)
Added support for Ludl MAC2000 (TT8880)
Added support for Ludl Piezo Z insert – this device must be configured
with ID “Z” (6) (TT8960)
Added support for Nikon TIRF shutter system (TT8193)
Added support for Openlab 5 LIFF format (TT8946)
Added support for Yokogawa CSU22 head (TT8878)
Added support for Zeiss AxioPhot 2 head (TT8934)
Added support for Zeiss MCU28 X-Y stage (TT8879)
Default iteration limit for Restoration is now 25 instead of 1 (TT9069)
Experiment Log view is now always available (TT8068)
Fixed crash during acquisition if changing light path causes control
list to change (TT9040)
Fixed crash if the focus drive used by live restoration is unexpectedly
removed (TT8832)
Fixed problem where adopted images sometimes cannot be exported
(TT8896, IS12449)
Fixed problem where calibration information was not being read from STK
files (TT8953)
Fixed problem where centroid calculations could be off by 0.5 pixels
for simple rectangular objects (TT8808)
Fixed problem where focus drive and XY position displays would not
display a “,” for the decimal point on European systems (TT9006, TT9007)
Fixed problem where importing some LSM files could cause error 1006
(TT8802, IS11916)
Fixed problem where Ludl MAC5000 could sometimes fail to initialise
(TT9014, IS13219)
Fixed problem where mean velocity for tracks was erroneously including
initial zero value (TT8939, IS12913)
Fixed problem where older acquisition protocols could fail to restore
(TT8897, IS12614)
Fixed problem where PE files with zero calibrations could cause an
internal error (TT8964)
Fixed problem where progress on remove noise of many small images would
never complete (TT8831)
Fixed problem where summary information for a measurements session that
included tracks would merge track and object velocities (TT8955)
Fixed problem where TL shutter on DMI6000B would not close properly
(TT8999, IS13209)
Fixed problem where Zeiss AxioImager sideport names could be incorrect
(TT8943, IS12982)
Fixed problem with AxioImager where selecting PH mode would actually
select DIC (TT8801)
Fixed problem with movie sequencer where some combinations of
brightness tasks could cause unexpected results (TT8938, IS12882)
Fixed problem with movie sequencer where some combinations of rotates
could cause the object to flip between rotations unexpectedly (TT8819, IS12153)
Improved colocalization automatic threshold calculation (TT8950,
IS12039)
In acquisition, Z focus drive now returns to its initial position
before auto-focussing if two Z drives are being used (TT9031, IS13455)
Reduced logging of device attach/detach events – they could overwhelm
the session log and slow the system to a crawl (TT9059)
Mac: Fixed problem where focus drive “set top” and “set bottom”
dialogs would not accept non-integer values (TT8846)
Mac: Fixed problem where turning channels on or off in the 3D
view could eventually cause a crash (TT8836, TT8852, IS12388)
Mac: Fixed problem with binning control that could cause it to
change two levels rather than one (TT8803)
Mac: Fixed problem with color picker in light path setup dialog
(TT8834, IS12191)
Mac: Fixed problems with libraries being served from AFP file
servers (TT8963, IS12944)
Windows: Fixed auto-scroll for drag-and-drop in project and
gallery views (TT8811)
Windows: Fixed circle ROI tool on x64 (TT8989, IS13294)
Windows: Fixed problem where adjusting brightness slider on slice
view could cause a crash (TT8830, IS12286)
Windows: Fixed problem where docked palettes could not be resized
unless application window was resized first (TT8810)
Windows: Fixed problem where Nikon 90i digital head on 80i stand
would not work properly (TT8821, IS11971)
Windows: Fixed problem where rainbow LUTs did not work properly
on x64 (TT8823, IS12203)
Windows: Fixed problem where scrollbars could disappear from
library view (TT8884)
Windows: Fixed problem where tool tips on navigation palette
would move around unexpectedly (TT8882)
Windows: Fixed problem where using large numbers of Classifiers
would cause strange behavior (e.g. disappearing icons) (TT9037)
Windows: Fixed problem where video view menus would be left in
the menu bar after the video view is closed (TT9045)
Windows: Fixed problem with incorrect selections in project view
(TT8807)
Windows: Improved handling of errors from Acquisition Hub
(TT9065, IS13317)
Windows: Fixed problem where reslicing to a folder on x64 could cause a
crash (TT8949)
Windows: Session log is now printable (TT8932)
Version 3.6.1 (28 November 2005)
Added explicit warning which will appear if the Optigrid does not move
at all during calibration (TT8581)
Added shortcut keys for “Levels” and “Auto Contrast” dialogs (TT8490)
Added support for Prior Proscan XY stage (TT8642)
Added support for user-defined delays for Improvision Acquisition Hub
shutters (TT8749)
Fixed crash that could happen if “Live Restoration” was used without a
focus drive being present (TT8651)
Fixed hang in acquisition (TT8649)
Fixed potential crash in 3D view (TT8572)
Fixed potential crash that could occur if the 3D view is opened and
closed several times (TT8656)
Fixed potential hang in video acquisition (TT8491)
Fixed problem that could cause a crash if a movie sequence is played
and a window was open that had never been switched to the “3D” view (TT8655)
Fixed problem where “Remove Noise” could fail to work if the library
had been created on a different platform (TT8610)
Fixed problem where an excessive number of events could be logged in
the experiment log (TT8682, IS11345, TT8723)
Fixed problem where creating long movies in the 3D view could cause an
out-of-memory error (TT8701)
Fixed problem where FRET and Ratio dialogs would not be immediately
hidden when the “FRET”, ”Ratio” or “Cancel” buttons were pressed (TT8658)
Fixed problem where having two Classifiers with the same name could
cause the wrong Classifier to be used for measurement (TT8716)
Fixed problem where importing an alias to a file would hang the
application (TT8595)
Fixed problem where Iterative Restoration using “blocks” could still
run out of memory (TT8574)
Fixed problem where restoring settings in the “Ratio” dialog would not
restore all the threshold settings (TT8697, TT8699)
Fixed problem where setting the brightness of a channel to zero in the
movie sequencer does not entirely remove it from the scene (TT8624)
Fixed problem where some Olympus microscope could report errors when
moving the filter turret (TT8621)
Fixed problem where the navigation slider would not update when viewing
a sequence that is being acquired (TT8660)
Fixed problem where the Ratio and FRET dialogs could skip over
timepoints when playing through time in the preview (TT8694)
Fixed problem where using two Hamamatsu or QImaging cameras would not
work properly (TT8639)
Fixed problem where Volocity could hang playing back a sequence in
“play and stop” mode (TT8599)
Fixed problem where Volocity libraries could be damaged if the hard
disk became full (TT8781)
Fixed problem with resampling timepoints to a new sequence (TT8627)
Fixed problems calibrating Leica DMSTC stage (TT8636)
Fixed update problem with the Ratio dialog when restoring saved
settings (TT8698)
Improved behavior of Hamamatsu Phoenix-attached Orca cameras (TT8646)
Improved behavior when setting zero on a focus device – the top and
bottom marks are now adjusted to make sure they are within the valid range for
the focus device (TT8663)
Improved efficiency of image sequences – they now take up less disk
space, particularly for short sequences (TT8661)
Improved performance of preview generation in FRET dialog (TT8444)
Improved performance of rendering in low memory situations (TT8532)
Mac: Added support for Unsanity smart crash reporter. This allows
crash reports to be sent directly to Improvision (TT8608)
Mac: Corrected spelling of “QuickTime” in QTVR dialog (TT8794)
Mac: Fixed crash playing through a sequence as it is being acquired
(TT8688, IS11397)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause a crash in “Remove Noise” (TT8596)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause an internal error switching between
“XYZ Planes” and “Extended Focus” in the image view (TT8602)
Mac: Fixed problem where buttons with popup menus were not drawing
their popup arrows (TT8550)
Mac: Fixed problem where creating a line in the “Image” view and then
moving between timepoints could cause an internal error (TT8570)
Mac: Fixed problem where creating QTVR movies could fail (TT8640,
IS11205, IS11206)
Mac: Fixed problem where cropping an image would not be honoured
immediately in the 3D view (TT8565)
Mac: Fixed problem where current source in “Source” menu in video
preview was not checked (TT8684)
Mac: Fixed problem where gain on Hamamatsu C7780 is always set to 2
when opening the video preview (TT8774)
Mac: Fixed problem where Hamamatsu cameras could stop working if
Volocity was started with the camera switched off (TT8766)
Mac: Fixed problem where the “QuickTime” slider in the “Levels” dialog
was not drawing properly (TT8549)
Mac: Fixed problem where the version number was not being displayed on
the “About…” box (TT8665)
Mac: Fixed problem where unplugging an Orca ERG camera while it is
running could cause a crash (TT8742)
Mac: Fixed problem where Volocity could use 100% CPU time with some
image tools (TT8538)
Mac: Fixed problem where XYZ planes in “Image” view could not be made
to spin (TT8778)
Mac: Fixed problem with latest DCAM drivers that could prevent
rendering views from being registered (TT8710)
Mac: Fixed problem with latest DCAM drivers that could prevent the DCAM
camera from being registered (TT8667)
Mac: Improved performance of drawing in the “Image” view (TT8571)
Windows: Fixed a problem with printing from a “Chart” view (TT8724)
Windows: Fixed crash opening some types of BMP file (TT8772)
Windows: Fixed memory leak in “Levels” dialog (TT8547)
Windows: Fixed missing text in “Registration” and “3D” preferences
(TT8743)
Windows: Fixed problem where calibration tool in video preview could be
a bit “jumpy” (TT8593)
Windows: Fixed problem where color ramp below histograms was not drawn
correctly (TT8559, TT8560)
Windows: Fixed problem where column headings in chart data could not
always be dragged (TT8545)
Windows: Fixed problem where library windows would sometimes not be
displayed properly if another window is maximised when the library was opened
(TT8759)
Windows: Fixed problem where playing through a sequence at high speed
can be difficult to pause (TT8606)
Windows: Fixed problem where the video preview could stop updating if
closed and reopened (TT8187, IS09893)
Windows: Fixed problem where the voxel spy would fail to update on a
cropped video preview (TT8592)
Windows: The movie sequencer now scrolls automatically when playing to
keep the “current” frame in view (TT8668)
Version 3.6 (31 August 2005)
Added button for “measure” to the “Classifier” palette (TT8282)
Added color reference to image view (TT8142)
Added support for automatically detecting and configuring objective and
filter information for the Zeiss AxioImager microscope (TT8504)
Added support for breaking up fast and iterative restoration into
blocks – this improves deconvolution times for a small decrease in quality
(TT7843)
Added support for case-insensitive sort when sorting by item name
(TT8340)
Added support for controlling motorized beam-splitter and Optovar on
Zeiss AxioImager microscopes (TT8372)
Added support for directly entering microns-per-pixel in video
calibration dialog (TT7623)
Added support for Leica DMSTC XY stage (TT8245)
Added support for MIP rendering (TT8149)
Added support for offline FRET analysis (TT8185)
Added support for offline ratio analysis (TT7949)
Added support for Photometrics PVCAM cameras (TT8050)
Added support for printing the slice view (TT8096)
Added support for Prior Proscan filter, shutter and Z controllers
(TT8327)
Added support for rainbow display of monochrome images (TT8107)
Added support for Sutter 10-2 filter/shutter controller (TT8167)
Devices in the “serial ports” preference panel are now sorted by name
(TT8281)
Fixed problem where auto-focus results could very with focus position
(IS09880, TT8249)
Fixed problem where cloaked, linked items in a library would become
uncloaked when resolved (TT8460)
Fixed problem where creating a QTVR movie with pan or tilt set to 0
steps could fail with error –2014 (TT8198)
Fixed problem where DCAM cameras could sometimes issue a frame that was
exposed before hardware had finished moving (TT8174)
Fixed problem where it could sometimes not be possible to switch
between image sequences using the up and down arrow toolbar buttons (TT8279)
Fixed problem where ORBIT 1 focus drives could move incorrectly if the
absolute position of the drive was large (IS10190, TT8320)
Fixed problem where turning off live restoration during an acquisition
would cause the video preview to stop updating (TT8477)
Fixed problem where undo and then redo remove noise would not work
correctly (TT8431, IS10455)
Fixed problem where Volocity would quit if the user entered an
incorrect password for the ILS instead of allowing the user to retry (TT8074)
Fixed problem with hardware shaders that could cause a crash when
hiding or showing channels (TT8386)
Improved behavior for showing warning in restoration dialogs if one or
more images do not have any calibration information – the warning is now shown
once with additional information logged in the session log (TT8349)
Improved colors on XY stage display to make them easier to see (TT8275)
Improved consistency of frame rates when acquiring video and opening
shutters (TT8202)
Improved focus drive behavior for older Zeiss Axioplan microscopes
(TT8383, IS10302)
Improved labelling of wells in XY stage view – they are now labelled
A1, A2, A3 … B1, B2, B3 etc. This better reflects the labelling on well
plates (TT8274)
Improved OptiGrid calibration – the calibration now more reliably finds
an ideal result first time (TT8382)
Increased timeouts for Leica objective turrets (TT8212)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause 100% CPU usage when the focus
slider was visible (TT8471, IS10474)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause a crash if Volocity ran out
of memory (TT8438)
Mac: Fixed problem where switching between image sequences of
different lengths could cause the wrong image to be shown in the “Image” view
(TT8506)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause an internal error when switching to
the extended focus view (IS09896, TT8221)
Mac: Fixed problem where “XYZ” view would not appear when printing
image view (TT8302)
Mac: Fixed problem where cancelling Ludl device setup dialogs could
cause the preferences to close (TT8371)
Mac: Fixed problem where measuring items during acquisition could fail
(TT8287)
Mac: Fixed problem where menu items in the Video Preview window could
become greyed out incorrectly (TT8223)
Mac: Fixed problem where print dialog would display page range of 9999
or 32767 in print dialog (TT8301)
Mac: Fixed problem where scale bars and other overlays were not being
printed (TT8300)
Mac: Fixed problem where the summary text in the light path dialog
could be clipped (TT8316)
Rendering view has been renamed to “3D” and supports multiple renderers
(TT7689)
Simplified Classifier dialog to make it smaller and clearer, improved
links between measurements and Classifier (TT8143)
Windows: Fixed problem where it was not possible to draw a
freehand ROI if the drawing started in a direction between 12 and 3 o’clock
(TT8430)
Windows: Fixed problem where the Voxel Spy palette would not
scroll properly if a sequence had many channels (TT8445)
Windows: Updated HASP dongle drivers to latest version (TT8507)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause a crash when auto-contrasting
an image that contains only a single intensity (TT8375)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause XY stage view to refresh
incorrectly (TT8332)
Windows: Fixed problem that could very occasionally cause an internal
error when dragging scrollbars (TT8330)
Windows: Fixed problem where an extra “.res” file could be created with
QTVR movies (TT8222)
Windows: Fixed problem where an internal error could occur when
charting very short sequences (TT8289)
Windows: Fixed problem where an internal error could occur when docking
or undocking a palette from the application window (TT8247)
Windows: Fixed problem where Classifier palette would not be made
scrollable until resized (TT8284)
Windows: Fixed problem where columns could not be reordered in chart
data view (TT8334)
Windows: Fixed problem where dragging image sequence segments was
broken (TT8331)
Windows: Fixed problem where image view crosshairs could be left on the
image (TT8186)
Windows: Fixed problem where last digit of the time display could be
clipped at the edge of the view (TT8260)
Windows: Fixed problem where maximised views would not always be sized
properly (TT8325)
Windows: Fixed problem where movie sequencer playback speed would
always be “fastest” unless the speed control is adjusted (TT8258)
Windows: Fixed problem where palette controls could disappear if the
“return” key is pressed (TT8169)
Windows: Pressing the “return” key after changing an exposure value
will now commit the change (TT8208)
Worked around problem where the focus drive on older AxioPlan
microscopes would not move reliably (IS10302, TT8383)
Worked around problem with 16-bit STK files where some files would fail
to import with error 1255 (IS09827, TT8211)
Worked around Zeiss AxioImager firmware bug where the microscope would
report that it had completed a contrast mode switch before the movement was
actually complete (TT8412)
Worked around Zeiss AxioImager firmware bug where the microscope would
report that a focus move was complete when in fact it was not. This would
cause the focus to drift during live restoration (TT8486)
XY stage wells are now scanned in a serpentine pattern to improve
performance (TT8276)
Version 3.5.1 (10 June 2005)
Added support for auto-focusing once for each well when using an XY
stage in multi-point experiments (TT8045)
Added support for creating a matrix of points centered on each well in
the “XY Stage” view (TT8043)
Added support for double-clicking the preview in the “XY Stage” view –
the stage will be moved to centre the clicked point (TT8044)
Added support for latest version of Zeiss LSM file format (TT8071)
Added support for moving the video preview within the “XY Stage” view –
the preview can now be dragged to any corner (TT7871, TT8044)
Added support for printing the Colocalization view (TT7996)
Added support for reading and writing additional metadata in TIFF files
(TT7951)
Added support for reviewing points and adjusting focus in the “XY
Stage” view (TT8046)
Added support for saving and restoring well overlays and scan patterns
in the “XY Stage” view (TT8041)
Added support for scanning points in the “XY Stage” view (TT8042)
Correct output depth is now given for DCAM cameras in the “Depth” popup
control – before the options were 8-bit and 16-bit, now they are 8-bit and
12-bit (or whatever is appropriate for the camera) (TT7830)
Decreased speed of calibration for Ludl XY stages – this was causing
stalls on some stages (the stage would make a beeping noise and fail to
calibrate) (TT8110, IS09355)
Fixed error when trying to chart tracks with relative track positions
(TT8116, IS09692)
Fixed incorrect interpolation warning that could sometimes appear when
using Iterative Restoration (TT8117, IS09556)
Fixed problem where “Charting” menu items would appear in the
“Measurements” menu even if the charting module is not loaded (TT8031)
Fixed problem where ORBIT 1 focus drive would not move accurately
(TT8136)
Fixed problem where selection tools did not quite select as expected if
the image was zoomed in (TT8029)
Fixed problem where sub-array was not being honoured properly and was
therefore not producing the expected frame rate increase (TT8104)
Fixed problems with Leica DMRXA2 and DMIRE2 microscopes not being
recognised reliably (TT8088)
Fixed problems with redrawing the timeline in the “Image Sequence” view
while video is being acquired (TT7633)
Improved behavior of “Fast Restoration” for live video – the focus
drive should no longer drift (TT8000, TT8033)
Improved error message when a user attempts to move an encoded Zeiss
Axioimager objective from within Volocity (TT7817)
Improved reliability of ASI focus drive and stage (TT8032)
Mac: Added missing label for “filter” field in “Experiment Log” view
(TT8099)
Mac: Fixed broken RTM support (TT8091)
Mac: Fixed internal error that could eventually occur after
switching between views many hundreds of times (TT8126)
Mac: Fixed problem where acquisition controls could be greyed out
after accessing a dialog from the Video Preview window (TT7506, TT8048)
Mac: Fixed problem where it was impossible to dismiss or click on
dialogs that appeared if an error occurred during an experiment (TT8132)
Mac: Fixed problem where movie tasks could shrink when moved in
the Movie Sequence view (TT8053, TT8113)
Mac: Fixed problem where the Voxel Spy readout would change in
the middle of each pixel rather than at the edges if the image was zoomed
(TT8016)
Mac: Fixed problem with using the “3D Rotate Object” task in a Movie
Sequence (TT8052)
Mac: Fixed spurious error when exporting a QTVR movie on Mac OS X
10.4 (TT8114)
Mac: Removed performance enhancement that could potentially be
causing library corruption (TT8105)
Mac: Worked around Mac OS X 10.4 bug where Altivec optimisations
would be disabled on the G5 – this drastically affected the speed of Iterative
Restoration (TT8085)
Windows: Added support for Aladdin HASP dongles in Volocity for
Windows x64 (TT8075, TT8112)
Windows: Added support for custom icons in libraries created by
Volocity for Windows x64 (TT8012)
Windows: Fixed internal error in Charting when viewing a “Horizon
Plot” chart (TT8038)
Windows: Fixed problem where editing names in the “library” view
did not work properly (TT8098)
Windows: Fixed problem with RTM Hardware module that could cause
a hang on start-up (TT8025)
Windows: Fixed typo in Ludl shutter timing dialog (TT8070)
Version 3.5 (9 May 2005)
Added Colocalization view – this performs voxel-based colocalization
measurements (TT5884, TT6606)
Added new icons for different filter changer types (excitation,
emission, cube and ND) (TT7766)
Added support for a delay after opening or closing Ludl shutters
(TT7429, TT7617)
Added support for ASI XY stages
Added support for Leica DM6000B built-in XY stage
Added support for locales – this means that we now properly honor
regional settings such as decimal point characters and time formats (TT7648)
Added support for Ludl XY stages (TT7561)
Added support for Olympus FluoView OIF format (TT7215)
Added support for ORBIT 1 filters, shutters and focus drive (TT7711)
Added support for QImaging Micropublisher cameras
Added support for QImaging Retiga 2000R camera
Added support for reading PerkinElmer files with calibrations in nm
instead of µm (TT7761)
Added support for setting µm per step for Ludl focus drives (TT7580,
TT7618)
Added support for TILLVision DBB and .rbinf file formats (TT7326)
Added support for XY stages and multi-point acquisition (TT7345)
Added support for Zeiss AxioImager Z1 microscopes (TT7357)
Advanced Image Tools module now requires an unlock code (TT7598)
Changed cursor for video calibration line tool from a pointer to a
crosshair (TT7889)
Errors in acquisition (e.g. unable to auto-expose) are now reported in
an alert to make it clear to the user why acquisition was stopped (TT7743)
Fixed a problem where repeatedly duplicating samples could cause
Volocity to lock up (TT7957)
Fixed crash if “Track Objects” was selected with only one timepoint
hilited (TT7606)
Fixed problem that could cause a crash if you tried to delete a
classifier but cancelled the delete (TT7686)
Fixed problem that could cause a crash when tracking (TT7643, IS08411)
Fixed problem that could cause a crash when using the lasso tool
(TT7666)
Fixed problem that could cause an error if a PSF was generated while
the video preview window was open (TT7582)
Fixed problem that could cause an error when reslicing a volume
(TT7679)
Fixed problem that could cause incorrect classification if “Separate
Objects” is selected and size thresholds have been set (TT7663, IS08478)
Fixed problem that could cause levels in movie sequence to never reach
their maximum values (TT7866)
Fixed problem that could prevent images being displayed in “extended
focus” mode with a read-only library (TT7677)
Fixed problem where “Undo Crop” would not work on image sequences
(TT8028)
Fixed problem where acquisition protocol description would not update
if Z top or bottom was changed but the Acquisition Setup dialog was not opened
(TT7891)
Fixed problem where calibration properties would not be retained in
resliced image (TT7825, IS08678)
Fixed problem where Fast Restoration preview does not update when
restoration is complete (TT7610)
Fixed problem where invalid characters in item names (e.g. “ or / or \)
could prevent items being exported (TT7645)
Fixed problem where light path settings would not update when you go to
edit the path (TT7637)
Fixed problem where live restoration could cause the focus drive to
gradually drift in one direction (TT8000)
Fixed problem where resolution of Retiga EXi camera would be
incorrectly reported (TT7699)
Fixed problem where Slice View would not show same scale units as HR
Rendering view (TT7608, IS08376)
Fixed problem where stopping acquisition while a light path was
changing could cause Volocity to get into an inconsistent state (TT7589)
Fixed problem where the “offset” and “gain” icons were reversed on the
Mac (TT7665)
Fixed problem where the light path buttons would not always reflect the
current light path after an acquisition had finished (TT8013)
Fixed problem with auto-exposure tool that could fail to cause an error
to be generated for an image that is too dark (TT7752)
Fixed range for QImaging QICAM offset control (TT7752)
Fixing problem where video zoom would not be remembered when video
preview window is closed (TT7621)
Improved “Properties” dialog – items no longer get default properties,
instead the property is left blank (TT7793)
Improved button icons in Slice View (TT7816)
Improved color balance for QImaging cameras (TT7749)
Improved icons in Charting module (TT7762)
Improved labelling of regions for multi-timepoint measurements.
The region numbers now restart for each timepoint (TT7765)
Improved memory management in Classifiers – this allows us to classify
larger images without running out of memory (TT7718, IS08596)
Improved performance of selections in Measurements vide (TT7987)
Improved quality of fast restoration (TT6679, TT7604)
Improved reading of position count from Ludl filter wheels (TT7529)
Improved responsiveness of QImaging camera controls (TT7659)
Improved speed of selecting measurements (TT7634)
Objectives are now labelled with their magnification rather than with a
number (TT7768)
Open/close shutter key (F8) now toggles the shutter for the current
lightpath rather than using the first fluo shutter (TT7927)
Removed link to Volocity Acquisition documentation in “Help” menu – the
manual is now a single document (TT7955)
Removed the ability to zoom image sequences in “thumbnail” mode as it
could be confusing (TT7770)
When a Z acquisition is finished, we now return to the starting Z
position rather than leaving the drive at the top (TT7625)
When binning is changed, the camera exposure is now automatically
adjusted to keep the image brightness the same (TT7629)
Worked around bug in Leica DMI6000 firmware that would report an
incorrect Z step size (TT7810)
Worked around problem that could corrupt libraries if the library was
on a server and was opened by a PC. This only affects certain types of
server (TT7912, IS09045)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause malformed 3D measurement
feedback and crashes (TT7995, IS09195)
Mac: Fixed crash on quit if the Voxel Spy palette is visible (TT7687)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause a crash if the wand tool was used
on the video preview (TT7720)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause the focus feedback to go beyond
100% (TT7734)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause the HR Renderer to stall if
channels were hidden (TT7740, IS08192)
Mac: Fixed problem where it was not possible to drag a Classifier to
the bottom of the list in the palette (TT7974)
Mac: Fixed problem where only integers could be entered for ND filters
– fractional values are now permitted (TT7801)
Mac: Fixed problem where video crop area could be lost if the view
preview is hidden and then shown again (TT7790)
Mac: Ludl MAC5000 is now driven through USB instead of serial – this
improves speed and reliability (TT7423)
Mac: Tidied some of the charting dialogs (TT7591)
Mac: Volocity is now a Mach-O executable. It uses a bundle that
contains all the modules, so only a single “Volocity” application icon is
visible. Modules can be managed through the Finder “Get Info” dialog
(TT7650)
Windows: Added Volocity 64 – this version of Volocity can take
advantage of the large address space available in Windows XP x64 Edition
(TT7690)
Windows: Color popup in light path dialog is now a rainbow rather than
a range of contrasting colors (TT7631)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause a crash when trying to edit a
movie sequence in a read-only library (TT7731)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause incorrect redraws when looking
at a sequence in timeline view while acquiring (TT7633)
Windows: Fixed problem where “Maximum distance between objects” in the
“Tracking” dialog would not be remembered when the dialog was next opened
(TT7799, IS08628)
Windows: Fixed problem where it was sometimes not possible to drag
tasks onto a movie sequence with a dual-monitor setup (TT7827)
Windows: Fixed problem where Measurements could crash when deleting
tracks from a session (TT7630)
Windows: Fixed problem where palettes would reappear if any application
is maximised after clicking the “show desktop” button in the task bar (TT7719)
Windows: Fixed problem where the name of a Classifier could become
corrupted when you drag and drop them (TT7713)
Windows: Fixed problem where Volocity could appear to lock up if the
Navigation forward/back icons were clicked very quickly (TT7958)
Windows: Fixed problem where Voxel Spy palette would not always work
when first shown (TT7593)
Windows: Fixed problem with dragging ROIs in the XZ and YZ planes of
the Image view (TT7698, IS08565)
Windows: Fixed problem with video controls that have negative values (e.g.
offset control on C9100-11) (TT7874)
Windows: Improved performance of importing files (TT7923)
Windows: Improving handling of out-of-memory errors (TT7587)
Windows: Made selected state of buttons clearer (TT7627)
Version 3.1 (31 Jan 2005)
Added “Slice View”. This view provides an alternative way of
visualising 3D images.
Added support for “Light Paths”. A light path is a combination of
device and shutter settings for a particular channel. Light Paths can be
switched during an experiment or manually from the “Video Preview”
window. Light Paths replace the functionality previously provided by
“States” (TT7268)
Added support for acquiring channels at different rates. This
allows “reference” channels to be acquired more slowly, increasing overall performance.
Added support for ASI MZ2000 XYZ stage controller
Added support for Improvision Acquisition Hub (TT7533)
Added support for Leica DM4000/5000/6000 contrast modes (TT6626)
Added support for Ludl MAC5000 filter wheels
Added support for Nikon TE2000 and 90i microscopes (90i is
Windows-only) (TT7574)
Fixed inconsistency with naming of “Experiment Log” on Mac and Windows
(TT7395)
Fixed problem where 3D feedback of measured objects could be out by up
to one voxel (TT7511)
Fixed problem where closing the library while an acquisition experiment
is running would cause an endless loop of error messages (TT7567)
Fixed problem where opening a library or library clipping created on a
different platform could cause a crash or incorrect behavior (TT7522, TT7571)
Fixed problem where the exposure time for the RTM would not be reported
properly in the experiment log (TT7523)
Fixed problem where very long measurement session names would cause
chart extraction to fail (TT7391)
Fixed problem with acquisition where shutters would not be opened for
auto-exposure (TT7369)
Fixed problem with charting where clicking on the legend title of a pie
chart would cause a slice of pie to be removed (TT7454)
Fixed problem with charting where extracting measurements that were all
the same would cause the chart not to be drawn (TT7404)
Fixed problem with charting where pie charts did not display
percentages correctly (TT7456)
Fixed problem with experiment logs where duplicate device change
entries would be recorded (TT7443)
Fixed problem with making movies from the HR Rendering view where the
view contains surface-rendered objects. In some timepoints, the objects
would not be rendered (TT7466)
Fixed problem with Olympus microscope support where the positions of
filter wheels 1, 2 and 3 were not displayed correctly (TT7439)
Fixed problem with Sutter DG-4 where brightness settings for each
filter would not be saved and restored properly (TT7418)
Fixed problem with Zeiss microscope support where controlling the Z
drive on older microscopes could cause an internal error (TT7390)
Improved error message when an incorrect License Server password is
entered (TT7476)
Improved measurement of black reference for RTM (TT7479)
Improved naming of X and Y axis menu options in Charting when chart is
in “Histogram” mode (TT7458)
Improved performance of experiment log – this in turn improves
performance of image capture (TT7446)
Improved performance of sorting measurements if any measurements are
selected (TT7498)
Improved reporting of problems when opening Metamorph STK files
(TT7389)
Mac: Fixed crash if the “Open Read-Only Library” warning is
cancelled (TT7505)
Mac: Fixed problem where opening a library created in Volocity
1.4.4 could cause Volocity 3.1 to crash (TT7556)
Mac: Fixed problem where removing data from the “Data” view of a
chart could cause a crash (TT7467)
Mac: Fixed problem where the column headers would not be updated
properly after dragging a selected measurement column to a new position
(TT7504)
Mac: Fixed problem where the Volocity build number would not be
reported properly in the session log (TT7530)
Mac: Fixed problem with Charting where changing the source of a
pie chart from “Volume” to “Category” would not work properly (TT7460)
Mac: Fixed problem with Charting where hiding the “Y” axis of a
histogram would not work properly (TT7462)
Mac: Fixed problem with Charting where pressing “enter” would not
“OK” dialogs (TT7455)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause error 1 when trying to modify an image
that was an exact multiple of 4096 in size (TT7419)
Mac: Improved behavior of the image view when all channels are turned
off (TT7431)
Volocity help files are now PDFs and are available from the “Help” menu
(TT7457)
Replaced “frames per second” with “timepoints per second” in
acquisition. This is a more accurate description (TT7394)
Windows: Added support for deleting chart data from the “data”
view (TT7468)
Windows: Fixed hiliting of column headers in the measurements
view – they now behave like buttons (TT7497)
Windows: Fixed problem where palettes could be restored
off-screen if the screen resolution changes (TT7509)
Windows: Fixed problem where unchecking a device in the “Devices”
preference panel would uncheck its child devices (TT7531)
Windows: Fixed problem where Volocity would crash if the
application was quitted while a 3D chart is rotating (TT7381)
Windows: Fixed problem with Navigation palette where channel
controls would be rebuilt more often than necessary. This prevents
flicker and other unwanted behavior (TT7541)
Windows: Fixed problems where “Cascade” and “Tile” menu items
would not resize the “Session Log” window correctly (TT7502)
Windows: Fixed spelling of “Category” in Charting (TT7459)
Windows: Fixing problems with Voxel Spy palette showing text in
the wrong position (TT7492)
Windows: Improved behavior of “magic wand” tool when clicking
within existing ROIs (TT7434)
Windows: Worked around limitation of Intel Indeo Video 4.5 AVI
codec where minimum image size if 640x480 pixels (TT7537)
Version 3.0.2
Added option to turn off “Automatically Join Broken Tracks” in tracking
(TT7246)
Added support for Olympus IX81 and BX61 microscopes (TT7267, TT7276)
Added support for ORBIT 2 high-speed shutter (TT7258)
Added support for QImaging cameras (TT7310)
Added support for Sutter DG-4 (TT7261)
Fixed problem where measurements feedback could appear incorrectly in
the HR Renderer if the resolution limit was not set to “highest” (TT7336)
Fixed problem where size thresholds would not always be honoured if
“Separate Touching Objects” is used in a Classifier (TT7362)
Fixed problem where Volocity could crash when deleting measurements
from a measurement session (TT7210, IS06719)
Fixed problem with reading some ICS/IDS files (TT7278, IS07029)
Fixed problems with palettes not minimising when Volocity is minimised
and not undocking correctly under some circumstances (TT7373, TT7374)
Fixed memory leak in restoration (TT7264)
Improved behavior of Movie Sequencer. Brightness, density etc.
are now set to initial values derived from the sequence (TT7340, IS07119)
Improved labelling of charts with mainly negative values (TT7206)
Improved memory management when making a movie using the HR Renderer
and multi-timepoint sequences. This should help to avoid “out of memory”
errors with large sequences (TT7173, IS06539)
Improved performance of Classifier “fill holes” option (TT7335)
Improved performance when working with large datasets by using
memory-mapped files for image sequences (TT7120)
Unlock code preferences are now stored at the system level. This
means that only one Volocity LE unlock code is required for all users of a
machine (TT7332, IS07323)
Volocity 3DM has been split into individual Acquisition, Visualization,
Classification and Restoration modules rather than a single “3DM” module
(TT7254)
Mac: Fixed cosmetic defect in “Measure Objects” dialog “session name”
field (TT7281)
Mac: Fixed problem where it was not possible to draw very short lines
with the line tool when the image was zoomed in (TT7244)
Mac: Fixed problem where renaming a chart plot could cause an error
(TT7322)
Mac: Fixed problem where some menu items were disabled when a chart is
open (TT7321)
Mac: Fixed problem where track ID in image view only had space for 4
digits (TT7228)
Mac: Fixed problem with charting where changing axis units did not
always work (TT7318)
Mac: Worked around bug in Mac OS X 10.2.8 on G5 machines which caused
the Iterative Restoration module to give incorrect results (TT7204, IS06603)
Windows: Fixed inconsistency between “Renderer” menus between Mac and
Windows (TT7269)
Windows: Fixed problem where artefacts could appear on the image window
if the scale factor was not an integer (TT7311)
Windows: Fixed problem where selecting measurements in the measurements
view could sometimes cause a “pure virtual function call” error (TT7259,
IS06910)
Windows: Fixed problem where tools would not initially be selected in
some views (TT7364)
Version 3.0.1
Added special icon for Openlab LIFF files (TT7118)
Added support for additional data in LIFF files generated by Openlab
4.0 (TT7034)
Added support for Openlab 4.0 LIFF file format (TT7026)
Changed renderer “quality” preference to “resolution limit”. This
better reflects what this setting does as a setting of “low” can produce a
better image than “high” (TT7131)
Deconvolution now honors the channel property again when deconvolving
multiple single images (TT7103, TT7124, IS06388)
Fixed problem where area measurement on 2D images was incorrectly
taking Z calibration into account (TT7132)
Fixed problem where channels acquired using multiple states could be
incorrectly named (TT7121)
Fixed problem where Classifier could fail with internal error if object
separation results in a very large number of objects (TT6943)
Fixed problem where Classifiers could be lost if Volocity 3.0 was used
followed by an earlier version followed by Volocity 3.0 again (TT6938)
Fixed problem where cloaking channels during acquisition would hang
Volocity (TT7105)
Fixed problem where repeating tracking on a measurements session would
produce duplicate tracks (TT7143)
Fixed problem where the video preview did not get updated on RTM
systems if “Open Automatically” was selected as the shutter option (TT6941)
Fixed problem where using “Crop to Selection” on the “Movie” view would
result in an internal error (TT7190)
Fixed problem where Volocity could crash if timepoints were removed
from an image sequence that was created on a different platform (TT7209)
Fixed problem where Volocity could hang during very long (24+ hour)
acquisitions (TT7126)
Image tools that work on multiple images or channels now log problems
in the session log where appropriate (TT7200)
Improved import of Leica TIFF files – timepoint information is now read
more reliably (TT7201)
Improved layout of charting items in “Measurements” menu (TT6964)
Improved responsiveness of controls for Hamamatsu DCAM cameras (TT7092)
Improved translation of black level settings between fluorescence and
iso-surface renderer. They are now much more consistent (TT7117)
Shape recognition now works better for small 2D objects (TT6957)
Sliders in HR and 3D Rendering views now show their value while being
dragged (TT6257)
Mac: Fixed problem where adding or removing video controls would
reset the video control scroll position. This was particularly annoying
when using the Optigrid (TT7074)
Mac: Fixed problem where buttons were missing from “Split
Volumes” dialog (TT7113)
Mac: Installer now installs Aladdin HASP driver version 1.6
(TT7059)
Mac: Fixed installer permissions so that all modules are available to
all users (TT6992)
Mac: Fixed problem where setting “rainbow” colors on a measurement
session would not always honor the measurement order (TT6995)
Windows: Fixed problem that could cause a small redraw error in the
Image view for some calibration settings (TT5352)
Windows: Fixed problem where fonts could become corrupted after adding
images to an image sequence (TT7213)
Windows: Fixed problem where Volocity could crash on Windows XP systems
that did not have SP1 or SP2 installed (TT6919)
Version 3.0
Added “displacement” and “displacement rate” measurements for
tracks. These are the straight line distance and speed for an object
(TT6192, TT6193)
Added “hours / minutes / seconds” selection to “Resample Timepoints”
dialog (TT6514)
Added “meandering index” measurement for tracks (TT6194)
Added “time span” measurement for tracks. This gives the number
of time points that a track spans (TT6228)
Added Charting module. This module allows a wide variety of
graphs and charts to be created from measurement and tracking data,
Added new icons for almost all views and dialogs.
Added support for automatically informing the user when a new version
of Volocity is available for download. This feature can be disabled in
the preferences (TT6123)
Added support for calculating 2-photon PSFs (TT4649)
Added support for calculating spinning disk PSFs (TT3105)
Added support for changing the Navigation palette playback mode between
“skip time points” and “play all time points”. In “skip time points” mode
the Navigation palette will skip time points to keep up with the requested
playback speed. In “play all time points” mode, all time points will be
played (TT6485)
Added support for Classifying objects based on a percentage of maximum
intensity (TT6389)
Added support for classifying objects based on the standard deviation
from the mean of the image. This is an intensity-independent classifier
(TT6196)
Added support for different channel merge types in the Image view
(TT6153)
Added support for hardware shading to HR Renderer. This offers
improved visual quality but may run slowly on older graphics cards. This
option can be switched on in the “Rendering” preference panel (TT6613)
Added support for ignoring saturated and black pixels when performing
contrast enhancement. This gives better results (TT6224)
Added support for reading compressed TIFF and .lsm files (TT6716)
Added support for recording confidence in the session log for Iterative
Restoration (TT6487)
Added support for showing frame rate of resampled Image Sequences in
the new sequence name (TT6435)
Added Volocity 3DM support
Export file dialog now remembers the filter last used (TT6677)
Fixed crash when exporting “User Notes” view (TT6345, TT6354)
Fixed problem RGB Classifier values would sometimes not be saved
properly (TT6318)
Fixed problem where calibrated surface area measurements would be
incorrectly calculated. Old measurement sessions are now recalculated to
reflect the correct calibrated value (TT6746, TT6855)
Fixed problem where calibration information would not be read from some
Leica .lei files (TT6490)
Fixed problem where hiding all channels in the Image view could cause a
crash (TT6483)
Fixed problem where image contrast settings would not be carried
through when re-sampling the time points in a sequence to a new sequence
(TT6509)
Fixed problem where invalid calibrations (e.g. a calibration of 0)
would cause an error in the Classifier (TT6166)
Fixed problem where linked files would be requested repeatedly if they
were unavailable (TT6682)
Fixed problem where measurements would scroll to the top when deleting
a measurement (TT6218)
Fixed problem where more disk space than required would be used when
rescaling an image sequence (TT6365)
Fixed problem where order of items in the “Preferences” dialog could
change (TT6607)
Fixed problem where scale grid in HR and 3D Rendering views would be
scaled incorrectly for some calibration values (TT6361)
Fixed problem where showing some images in the Image view using
“extended focus” would cause an error (TT6303)
Fixed problem where the “channel” property was not being preserved when
a volume or volume sequence is split (TT6253)
Fixed problem where the black and white point of a deconvolved channel
would be incorrect if the time series was getting brighter over time (TT6223)
Fixed problem where undoing “Remove Noise” on an Image Sequence would
not update the thumbnails (TT6657)
Fixed problem with saving of preferences in “Set Timepoints…” dialog in
Image Sequence view (TT6333)
Improved behavior of Volocity in low-memory situations (TT6307)
Improved behavior when resampling timepoints of a sequence where the speed
varies by a large amount (TT6437)
Improved behavior when you copy measurements and paste them into
Excel. The measurements will now paste cleanly without any further work
being required (TT6291)
Improved brightfield rendering in HR Rendering view (TT4736)
Improved brightness of HR Renderer (TT6608)
Improved display of scale bar values (TT4506)
Improved importing of PerkinElmer datasets (TT5847)
Improved importing of Zeiss confocal image files (TT6259)
Improved object separation in Classifier (TT4587, TT4783)
Improved object tracking. Tracking now uses a new algorithm that
offers greatly enhanced reliability and accuracy (TT6534, TT6163)
Improved reporting of memory requirements in Iterative Restoration
(TT4607)
Improved speed of importing very large (1GB+) data sets (TT6478)
Improved speed of Iterative and Fast Restoration quite substantially
(TT6701)
Improved speed of rendering iso-surfaces
Improved support for importing STK files (TT6162, TT6213)
Improved titles for calibrated measurements (TT6137)
Mac: Fixed error where zooming images including tracks to 6400% would
cause an error (TT6186)
Mac: Fixed problem that could cause a crash when changing the
brightness control in the 3D Rendering view or Image view (TT6197)
Mac: Fixed problem where printing from Image, 3D and HR Rendering views
would sometimes not work correctly (TT6559)
Mac: Fixed problem where selections would be lost when switching from
extended focus to XYZ planes in the Image view (TT6187)
Mac: Fixed problem where trying to delete a channel in the Image
Sequence view when no channels are selected would cause an error (TT6151)
Mac: Fixed problem where when images are zoomed, the image would
auto-scroll incorrectly when using the line tool (TT6857)
Mac: Image Sequence “thumbnails” view is now “zoomed” to fit the
timepoints into the available space. This matches the PC behavior
(TT6436)
Mac: Improved performance of measurements table for large measurement
sessions (TT6402)
Mac: Mac OS X 10.2 or higher is now required. Volocity can no
longer run on Mac OS 9.
New Image and Movie sequences now have sequence numbers as part of the
name (e.g. Untitled Sequence 1, Untitled Sequence 2) (TT6710)
Removed support for original version 1 .mvd and .vdb library files
Restoration dialogs now show a merged image instead of a single
plane. This gives a better sense of the quality of the image (TT6731)
Windows: “Help Topics” menu now goes to Volocity User Guide (TT6381)
Windows: Added “Export…” to contextual (right-click) menu (TT6269)
Windows: Added support for docking palettes. This makes palette
management much easier
Windows: Fixed bug in 3D Rendering preferences when changing quality
levels (TT6148)
Windows: Fixed occasional errors when playing through an image sequence
(TT6401)
Windows: Fixed problem where delete key would not work on Image
Sequence “timeline” view (TT6453)
Windows: Fixed problem where Image Sequence view would not update
correctly when switching between items using the previous and next buttons
(TT6811)
Windows: Fixed problem where playing a sequence in the Image Sequence
“timeline” mode would remove the selection (TT6502)
Windows: Fixed problem where playing through a movie sequence that
changed brightess would cause the HR Rendering view to flicker (TT6293)
Windows: Fixed problem where using latest version of XVID codec would
not always work when exporting AVI movie files (TT6816)
Version 2.6.2
Mac: Worked around problem in Mac OS X 10.3.4 and later that could
cause error 1281 when printing, capturing snapshots or making QTVR movies from
the HR Rendering view (6557)
Windows: Fixed problem where SMA unlock codes could sometimes be
processed incorrectly (6628)
Version 2.6.1
Fixed problem where Z scale bar in XZ pane of Image view could not be
extended (6145)
Mac: Fixed problem where choosing “Scale Options…” in Image view would
cause an error (6144)
Mac: Fixed problem where changing HR Renderer brightness in a movie
sequence could sometimes cause a crash (6146)
Windows: Fixed problem where Iterative Restoration memory warning could
sometimes appear unnecessarily (6136)
Windows: Fixed problem where changing “3D Rendering” preferences could
cause an internal error (6148)
Version 2.6
Added option for applying auto-contrast to several channels or volumes
together instead of treating each channel separately. This allows users
to make visual comparisons between channels (5850)
Added option to not show objects when in measurement feedback.
This allows the user to display tracks without objects. Optionally the
bounding box of objects can be shown but not the objects themselves (6116)
Added support for “Average” and “Accumulate” modes as well as the
existing “Brightest Point” mode when merging channels. This can give
better visual results with some data (6073)
Added support for 2-photon PSF calculation (4513)
Added support for automatically rescaling large datasets when rendered
with the HR Renderer. This is controlled by the “Quality” setting in the
“Rendering” panel in the preferences (6072)
Added support for linking objects to their parent object when
performing “Internalisation” measurement session arithmetic (6048)
Added support for manually setting timepoint times in image sequences
(4769)
Added support for reading channel and timepoint information from BioRad
PIC files (5760)
Added support for reading color information from BioRad PIC files
(5878)
Added support for reading Metamorph STK file format (5440)
Added support for Software Maintenance Agreements (6033).
Fixed crash if “Merge Planes” was cancelled (5723)
Fixed internal error if a new Classifier was applied without being
edited in any way (5977)
Fixed internal error that could occur when an image sequence was
cropped and then one channel was cloaked in the Navigation palette (5816)
Fixed problem where calibration information was not preserved when
copying and pasting part of an image into a library (5871)
Fixed problem where calibration information was not read from some
PerkinElmer UltraView files (6031)
Fixed problem where color information could be lost from library
clippings (6081)
Fixed problem where deleting a measurement or track from a measurement
session could be very slow if the session contained many thousands of objects
(5888)
Fixed problem where editing a “3D Rotate Axis” task in a Movie Sequence
would (6003)
Fixed problem where Fast Restoration would fail on very small data sets
(6043)
Fixed problem where HR Renderer brightness, density and black level
settings were not transferred if the library was opened on a different platform
(5990)
Fixed problem where importing a Leica TIFF with a negative Z spacing
would cause a crash (6017)
Fixed problem where Photoshop PSD files that contained empty layers
were not imported properly (5893)
Fixed problem where progress bar did not update properly when merging
channels (5725)
Fixed problem where resizing a sequence would only resize the first
channel (6039)
Fixed problem where scale factors were not honoured in image thumbnails
(5926)
Fixed problem where time points could sometimes be ordered in reverse
order when some file types were imported into an image sequence (5872)
Fixed problem where timestamp information was not read from Leica TIFF
files (6027)
Fixed problem where toolbar shortcut keys were not working in HR
Renderer (5991)
Fixed problem with opening some ICS files (6130)
Fixed problem with reading movie sequences created in old versions of
Volocity (6036)
Iterative restoration can now be terminated by a confidence measure as
well as by limiting the number of iterations (2871)
Iterative restoration now reports the time taken for each iteration in
the session log (4378)
Iterative restoration now tells the user if performance could be
improved by adding more RAM to the computer (4607)
Measurements for velocity and calibrated velocity were only shown for
tracks in the tracking table. They are now shown in the objects table as
well (5826)
Scale bars now lock to a corner rather than being freely
moveable. This makes it much easier to position scale bars nicely (4506)
<Mac> Fixed problem where “Reverse Selection” was very slow on
measurements sessions that contained many thousands of objects (5911)
<Mac> Fixed problem where adjusting the “Density” control in the
HR Rendering view from a movie sequence could cause a crash (5971)
<Mac> Fixed problem where importing large data sets would get
progressively slower as more images are imported (5914)
<Mac> Fixed problem where it was not possible to open a library
by double-clicking it in the Finder if Volocity was using a license server
(6067)
<Mac> Fixed problem where measurements table would not work
properly with more than 65535 measurements in the session (5912)
<Mac> Fixed problem where measurements were not updated when
switching time points using a movie sequence (5880)
<Mac> Fixed problem where the movie sequence would allow
“Density” to be set higher than 100% (5989)
<Mac> Fixed problem where using the “Import…” dialog on Mac OS
9.2.2 could cause a crash (6009)
<Mac> Fixed problem with flicker when playing back an image
sequence in the image view (5902)
<Mac> Memory management has been greatly enhanced on Mac OS
X. Volocity is now able to unmap blocks of memory that are not in
use. This allows Volocity to deconvolve larger data sets without “out of
memory” errors. Volocity is also now able to utilise more than 4GB of
physical memory on G5 Macintosh computers (6038).
<Windows> Fixed problem on Windows 2000 where choosing menu items
when playing an image sequence could cause a crash (5890)
<Windows> Fixed problem that could cause a crash when exporting
multiple files (5900)
<Windows> Fixed problem that could cause an internal error when
clicking in the image sequence view (5967)
<Windows> Fixed problem that could cause the “name” field to
behave incorrectly when editing names in the library or gallery views then
pressing the “Enter” key (5868)
<Windows> Fixed problem that could prevent AVI movies generated
by Volocity from playing in some other applications (5829)
<Windows> Fixed problem where “Delete” key would intermittently
stop working in some views (6015)
<Windows> Fixed problem where “Show Objects Only in Current
Timepoint” option in measurements feedback could cause an internal error when
selecting measurements in the measurements table (5887)
<Windows> Fixed problem where AVI movie export could fail (5793)
<Windows> Fixed problem where cloaking or uncloaking a channel in
the image view would remove an ROI if one had been made (5897)
<Windows> Fixed problem where cloaking or uncloaking channels
while playing through an image sequence could cause a crash (5915)
<Windows> Fixed problem where cropping image sequences could
result in an “out of memory” error (5795)
<Windows> Fixed problem where drag image would not appear when
dragging items in the library or gallery views (5799)
<Windows> Fixed problem where exporting a QuickTime movie of an
image view would fail if an ROI was selected (5796)
<Windows> Fixed problem where it was very easy to drag-zoom on
the image view when you intended to click (5820)
<Windows> Fixed problem where memory could be leaked by the 3D
rendering view (5919)
<Windows> Fixed problem where pasting into an empty notes view
would not always work on the first try (6045)
<Windows> Fixed problem where pressing the “Delete” key when
editing item names would delete the item instead of the text (5874)
<Windows> Fixed problem where scale bar axis names would not be
drawn properly if the name was visible but the length was not (5935)
<Windows> Fixed problem where speed control in movie sequencer
did not work properly (5904)
<Windows> Fixed problem where the “Quality” slider was
incorrectly enabled for some AVI codecs (5797)
<Windows> Fixed problem where using the “Levels” dialog had no
undo (5886)
Version 2.5.1
<Mac> Worked around bug in Mac OS X 10.3 that could cause a crash
in the HR Renderer.
Version 2.5
Added “Extended Focus” mode to Image view. This shows the image
as a brightest-point merge. This mode is particularly useful for large
image sequences as it is less resource-intensive than the renderer.
Added “Merge Channels” tool to merge multiple channels to a single
channel.
Added “Merge Planes” tool to merge a volume to a single plane.
Added “Skeletal Diameter” measurement.
Added branding for Volocity-RTM
Added color swatches to Navigation palette. This makes it easier
to identify which channel is which.
Added compression support for channels in an Image Sequence.
Added “confidence” measure to Iterative Restoration. You can now
limit the restoration by confidence or by number of iterations or both.
Added drag and drop support to Image Sequence view.
Added Dummy Hardware support for testing.
Added elapsed time display to Image, HR and 3D views.
Added intelligent sorting for filenames when importing. This
tries to ensure for instance that filenames ending in “2” are sorted before
filenames ending in “11”.
Added missing “Area” column for measurements made on 2D images.
Added new “Tracks” table to Measurement view.
Added option to “Object Colors” dialog in the Measurements view to
colour objects according to their order. This allows you to sort the
objects and then colour them according to a property (e.g. smallest to largest,
longest to shortest etc.).
Added popup in Measure Objects dialog to choose which channel a
classifier will target.
Added RTM Hardware support.
Added support for “real time” frame rate when exporting QuickTime
movies.
Added support for 48 bit color data to Classifier.
Added support for copying and pasting part of an Image Sequence from
the Image Sequence view into the library as a new Image Sequence.
Added support for cropping an Image Sequence in time.
Added support for exporting the Image, 3D and HR views directly to a
QuickTime or AVI movie without having to use the Movie Sequencer. This
option also honors any timepoint selection that has been made in the Navigation
palette so it is possible to export part of a sequence.
Added support for hiding and showing measurement columns.
Added support for importing Deltavision files.
Added support for importing ICS/IDS files. These files are used
by Nikon confocal software among others.
Added support for Improvision License Server.
Added support for joining objects, lines or tracks in the Measurements.
Added support for playing a selection in the Navigation palette.
Added support for real-time playback in Navigation palette.
Added support for resampling an Image Sequence in time.
Added support for showing relative or absolute times in Image view, 3D
Rendering view, HR Rendering view, Image Sequence view and on Navigation
palette.
Added support for tracking and/or measuring selected objects rather
than all objects in Classifier.
Added support in Measurements feedback to only show objects in the
current timepoint. This allows you to see objects moving as you play
through the timepoints.
Added timeline mode to Image Sequence view. This deals much
better with large numbers of timepoints.
Added Video acquisition support.
Cloaked channels are now ignored when making measurements.
Fixed a problem with the LIFF filter which could cause a crash with
some datasets.
Fixed a problem with the LIFF filter which could cause some deep grey
images to not display.
Fixed inconsistency on navigation palette between HR and 3D views.
Fixed inconsistency with capturing snapshots between Mac and Windows
platforms.
Fixed problem in image view when displaying images that have non-zero
origins.
Fixed problem where “Change Depth” tool would only change the first
channel of a sequence even if several channels were selected.
Fixed problem where a folder could be dragged into itself. This
is no longer possible.
Fixed problem where exported LIFF files would not always have the
correct bit depth for deep grey data.
Fixed problem where making a QuickTime VR movie would fail if a zero
was passed as one of the parameters. This now works correctly.
Fixed problem where negative calibration could be read from Bio-Rad
files.
Fixed problem where some Bio-Rad PIC files were not read correctly and
would result in a blank image or an error.
Fixed problem where tab-delimited text files exported from the
Measurements view were not recognised in Excel.
Fixed problem where the HR Rendering view would show the first
timepoint in a sequence even though the navigation palette is showing a
different timepoint.
Fixed problem where track feedback in HR Rendering view would sometimes
have flat arrowheads instead of cones.
Fixed problems with iso-surface renderer where changing the calibration
of the volume would cause incorrect scaling of the surfaces.
Fixed problems with the QuickTime movie file filter and the QTVR export
filter where they would not always use the codec the user had requested.
HR Renderer now renders with finer detail.
HR renderer now uses much less memory than it did before. This
improves performance in many areas.
Image Sequence support has been reworked to improve performance with
very large (multi-gigabyte) image sequences.
Implemented “Split RGB” for 48 bit color images.
Improved error handling when importing files. In particular the
error that compressed TIFFs are not supported should be reported correctly now.
Improved performance when classifying and measuring many timepoints.
Improved speed of adding data to library.
Iso-surface renderer is now disabled for millions of colors
volumes. It was previously incorrectly enabled.
It is now possible to change the iteration limit when the Iterative
Restoration is paused.
Many improvements to the drawing of histograms in the Classifier and
Levels dialogs
Navigation palette now uses the frame rate that has been requested,
skipping frames to keep up if required.
Performance of Iterative Restoration has been substantially
increased. Iterations are now up to 50% quicker.
PSF implementation has been completely rewritten. PSFs no longer
need objective magnification or camera pixel size. Instead, they are
calculated at high resolution and adapted to the calibration of the volume to
be deconvolved. It is now essential that volumes are correctly calibrated
before being deconvolved.
When a volume is deconvolved, the calibration of the original volume is
now copied to the result volume.
When measurements are made on a 2D image, the column “Voxel Count” is
now renamed to “Pixel Count”.
<Mac> Change Object Colors dialog in measurements now remembers
the previous setting.
<Mac> Fixed intermittent crash on quit. This was a problem
with the Voxel Spy palette.
<Mac> Fixed problem where Navigation palette would scroll when
channels were shown or hidden.
<Mac> Fixed problem where some views were not drawn properly on
Mac OS X if part of the view was off-screen.
<Mac> Fixed problems viewing more than 4 channels in the 3D
Rendering view.
<Mac> Implemented setup dialog for lasso selection tool
<Mac> Long filenames are now fully supported on Mac OS X.
<Mac> TWAIN now works on Mac OS X
<Windows> Changed color of warning text in session log to make it
more readable.
<Windows> Fixed bug where you would get an error if you deleted
the last timepoint of a single channel volume sequence.
<Windows> Fixed problem where “marching ants” would sometimes not
be displayed for 2D images.
<Windows> Fixed problem where exporting a QuickTime movie would
result in an additional file being created ending with “.#res”. This
extra file is not automatically deleted.
<Windows> Fixed problem where it was not possible to delete
points on a line in the Image view.
<Windows> Fixed problem where measurements feedback could be left
behind after deleting a measurement session.
<Windows> Fixed problem where times in session log could become
incorrect on very fast dual-processor machines.
<Windows> Fixed problem where you could get an internal error if
you navigated to “My Computer” in the “Open” dialog.
<Windows> Improved visual look of many buttons.
<Windows> Worked around bug in ATI Catalyst 3.5 drivers where
making a movie from a movie sequence would cause an access violation in the
driver.
Version 2.0.1
Speed of shading in the High Resolution renderer has been dramatically
improved. On the PC we have seen a 4x speed increase. This makes the
channel controls much more responsive.
Improved Zeiss LSM file support. Volocity now reads channel names
and LUTs correctly and performance is substantially improved.
Fixed bug in LSM support where layers could be read in the wrong order.
Fixed bug in LSM support where channel and timepoint count were not
read correctly under some circumstances.
Added support for changing density and black level in the HR Renderer
from the Movie Sequencer.
Improved naming of measurement sessions generated by session arithmetic.
Improved reading of calibration information from Openlab LIFF files.
Fixed a problem where shape recognition in the Classifier did not work
properly on 2D datasets.
Improved object separation in the Classifier.
Fixed problem where surface area would not be measured for simple
(rectangular or cuboid) objects.
Improved reading of Leica TIFF files
Paste and Create New now insert items into the library more
intelligently rather than always inserting at the bottom.
Fixed problem where confocal PSFs created in Volocity 1.x were not read
properly in Volocity 2.x.
Fixed problems with scaling and drawing in the histogram panes in the
Classifier and Levels dialogs.
Fixed problem where some confocal PSFs would result in blank images
when used for deconvolution.
Fixed problem where tracking distances were not quite consistent with
the object centroids reported in the measurement table. This was due to a
rounding error.
Fixed problem where Tracking module would cause a bug report if there
were no objects to track. It now reports an error.
Fixed problem with incorrect PSF parameters causing PSF generation to
take a long time. The incorrect parameters are now caught and reported
before generation begins.
Fixed problem where Volocity could crash if the measurement summary
table were exported as comma-delimited text.
Improved PSF view to allow more flexibility.
Fixed problem where Volocity could crash if the HR rendering view is
closed while shading was in progress.
Fixed problem where Volocity could crash if a Movie Sequence was played
when a HR rendering view was open but not visible.
Added session log to Volocity. This log reports detailed error
messages and debugging information.
Fixed problem where copying and pasting linked items would cause an
error.
Improved performance when dealing with very large numbers of timepoints
in the Image Sequencer.
Fixed problem where you would sometimes not be prompted to overwrite an
existing file when exporting items.
Improved behavior when trying to make a volume from images of differing
sizes.
Fixed problem where the iso-surface would not correctly be regenerated
in the HR renderer if a channel was rendered with the iso renderer, closed and
reopened.
<Mac> Fixed problem with orientation and scale bars not showing
up in 3D views in Mac OS 9.2.2 with some graphics cards.
<Mac> Fixed problem with capturing snapshots of 3D views in Mac
OS 9.2.2 with some graphics cards.
<Mac> Fixed problem where it was not possible to display Notes
view in read-only libraries.
<Mac> Fixed problem where the “cancel” button would not work when
the HR rendering view is building its model.
<Mac> Fixed problem where using Crop in the Movie view would
cause an error.
<Mac> Fixed problem on Mac OS X where source location of files
was not displayed properly (the CD icon would not be used when the file came
from CD or DVD)
<Mac> Fixed problem where the “-“ part of the “zoom out” cursor
did not show up on a black background.
<Mac> Fixed error message when trying to use tracking on an empty
measurement session.
<Mac> Fixed bug where it was possible to type into Classifier
“size” fields when the size checkbox was not checked.
<Mac> Improved behavior when exporting images with filenames
longer than 31 characters.
<Windows> Fixed printing support in Movie Sequence view – it was
not working correctly.
<Windows> Implemented drag and drop of clippings from libraries
into Explorer.
<Windows> Improved contextual menu for movie sequencer.
<Windows> Fixed the date/time picker in the “Search” dialog
<Windows> The “Open” dialog is now better aware of multi-file
libraries. Double-clicking the folder will now open the library.
<Windows> Fixed problem where applying a classifier several times
in a row could sometimes lock up the software.
<Windows> Invalid characters (e.g. “;” or “\” are now stripped
when exporting files.
<Windows> Fixed display problems with Matrox graphics cards in
dual-head mode. Note that for this to work, monitor 1 must be set as the
“primary” monitor in the Matrox drivers.
<Windows> Volocity will now run in Windows 98, though this is not
recommended.
<Windows> Volocity now searches sub-folders in the “Modules”
folder for modules.
<Windows> Fixed problem where black border would sometimes appear
around buttons.
<Windows> Fixed problem where double-clicking a library in
Explorer while Volocity is running could result in an error.
<Windows> Fixed display problems with NVidia Quadro graphics
cards. This was due to a driver bug that we now work around for these
cards.
<Windows> Fixed problem where HR renderer controls could be
unresponsive on some systems.
<Windows> Fixed problem where Volocity could sometimes crash when
selecting tracks in the measurement view.
<Windows> Fixed problem where lower and upper limit text
disappears when “Get From Selection” is clicked on Classifier dialog.
<Windows> Fixed problem where Volocity could hang if the user
changed the screen resolution while an image view was open.
<Windows> Fixed problem where HR renderer toolbar would not
always correctly reflect the active tool.
<Windows> Fixed problem where using “paste” on an un-adopted
image could cause a crash.
Version 2.0
The Volocity product range has been reorganized. Volocity LE is now the
free version of Volocity and does not require a dongle. Volocity Visualization,
Volocity Classifier and Volocity Restoration are cost-options that require a
dongle to load.
Added High-Resolution Renderer to Volocity. This renderer offers
improved speed and quality, perspective rendering, overlays, multi-processor
support, iso-surface rendering and many other advantages.
"XYZ" View has been merged into "Image" view
"Volume Sequencer" has been renamed "Image
Sequencer" and now supports both 2D and 3D images.
The "View" menu has now gone. Instead we have a view-specific
menu for each view tab (e.g. "Measurements" or
"Rendering").
Added Fast Restoration module. This offers fast deconvolution of
volumes.
Added Classifier module on Macintosh
Added Tracking module
Added "Illumination Correction" module for correcting lamp
flicker.
Added "Voxel Spy" palette for close-up image information
Volocity now supports only the "mvd2" version 2 library
format. Older libraries will be converted to the new format when opened. This
format offers improved performance and reliability.
Improved export functionality, including support for automatically
naming exported files.
Added 2D scale bars for 2D views. These are automatically generated
from calibration information.
Added 3D scale grid for 3D views. This is automatically generated from
calibration information.
Numbers for cubic and square microns are now properly superscript in
Measurements table.
Added keyboard shortcuts for many toolbar items
Added keyboard shortcuts in Image view - Page-up and page-down keys can
be used to move up and down between Z planes.
Added more flexible feedback options for measurements. It is now
possible to change the color of individual sets of measurements and the opacity
of the feedback as a whole.
Added measurements feedback to High-Resolution renderer.
Crop to selection now works on regions not just on their bounding box.
The "Split Volumes..." menu item now also splits Image
Sequences.
Added "Sum" measurement. This is the "integrated
density" of voxel intensities in an object.
Added support for reading Perkin-Elmer X-Y calibration information.
Simplified button layout on Classifier palette
Added "Levels" dialog for performing non-destructive image
enhancement.
Fixed importing of 32-bit LIFF files that have been saved from Openlab
on Mac OS X
Fixed reading of calibration information from Olympus Fluoview TIFF
files
Thumbnails are now generated for both volumes and images. They are
generated in the background using multiple processors if available.
Overlays (e.g. scale bars) are now properly exported into movies and
snapshots.
Changed the default orientation of 3D views. The default view is
looking slightly down onto the XY plane at a 10 degree angle.
Orientation of volumes in the Image, 3D Rendering and HR Rendering
views is now consistent.
Renamed "Polyline" to "Line" in measurements.
Added support for updating Volocity dongles using release codes
Fixed problems reading timing information from Perkin-Elmer files.
Added support for Measurement Session Arithmetic. This allows users to
perform calculations between measurements sessions (e.g. merge or
colocalization).
Iso-surface generation is now done in the background. This improves the
responsiveness of Volocity when making selections.
Fixed a bug in the Movie Sequencer that could cause movie sequences to
play incorrectly. In particular, some zoom tasks were occasionally ignored.
Fixed problem where thresholding in the Classifier was not always
working correctly.
Improved functionality and reliability of Alignment module.
Added "Orientation" indicator in 3D views
The order and size of measurement columns is now saved correctly
Improved performance of capturing OpenGL scenes to an image (e.g. in
"Capture Snapshot" or when generating movies).
Improved behavior of "ball" control in 3D views.
"Image" view now uses perspective for 3D pane. This gives an
enhanced 3D effect.
It is now possible to move ROIs without performing a cut operation in
both 2D and 3D views.
Reading of Zeiss LSM files is greatly improved. We now read all
calibration, time and wavelength information.
Improved editing of movie sequences
Improved “shape from selection” in Classifier – shape is now used more
realiably
Improved quality of stereo rendering in 3D and HR rendering views
Classifiers now work correctly on floating-point images
Classifiers now work where min/max size is specified as being less than
1.0
Added missing printing support to movie sequence view
Fixed problem where movie sequences could “skip” when playing through
timepoints
Fixed problem where movie sequence rotate tasks would not move as far
as expected
Added “reverse selection” to Measurements view
<Mac> Fixed problem in standard renderer where 4 channel image
would disappear if all channels were rendered with MIP.
<Mac> Fixed problem where hidden channel could become
"current" channel in Image view
<Mac> Volocity now runs extremely well on Mac OS X. Mac OS X 10.2
or later is the recommended platform for Volocity.
<Mac> Implemented printing for measurements. This functionality
was erroneously missing.
<Mac> Fixed problem where spinning arrows in Navigation palette
could overwrite last digit of timestamp
<Mac> Fixed problem where views would not auto-scroll when
dragging unless the mouse was moved continuously
<Windows> Added support for exporting AVI files. These can
be used directly in PowerPoint for Windows.
<Windows> Added scaling option in "Make Volumes"
command.
<Windows> Further improvements to memory management to try and
avoid "out of memory" errors.
<Windows> Fixed problem in Measurements module where
"ASCII" and "Comma-delimited ASCII" options had been
reversed.
<Windows> Fixed a problem in the Classifier module where fetching
classifier data from the current selection would reset the classifier name.
<Windows> Added scroll-wheel support throughout Volocity
<Windows> Added support for auto-scroll while dragging
Version 1.4.5
<Windows> Improved memory management. This should help
prevent “out of memory” errors when running deconvolution.
<Windows> Fixed problem in Iterative Restoration where cropped
volume sequences could cause a crash in the XYZ view after they have been
deconvolved.
Version 1.4.4
<Windows> Added new Classifier module. The Classifier
palette allows users to perform automatic object detection and measurement.
Calculation of confocal PSFs has been greatly enhanced
<Windows> Fixed bug in image and XYZ views where marching ants
could turn darker as the window was resized
Fixed bug where making a movie with multiple volume views open could
sometimes generate an error
Fixed bug where the measurements would not always switch to the right
session when making or repeating measurements
Fixed bug where trying to measure a PSF on a volume that was only 1
layer deep in Z could cause an Access Violation.
Fixed bug where compacting a version 1 library could cause a “File not
found” error
Version 1.4.3
Fixed bug in XYZ view where wand and line tools would not work
correctly on volumes that had previously been cropped
<Windows> Added support for distributed link tracking. This
feature allows Windows to find files that have been moved without user
intervention.
Version 1.4.2
Fixed a problem where the User Notes view could appear as the default
view for items which was confusing
Items with numbers in the name are now sorted intelligently – for
instance xxx100 will be correctly sorted after xxx2. This applies to
sorting views and measurements.
Fixed a problem where scrolling an image or XYZ view with “Smooth Zoom”
switched on could produce artefacts in the view.
Improved support for importing metadata from Leica TCS confocal files
Improved support for Zeiss LSM files – Volocity can now open 2 channel
LSM files.
Pasting a large image into a smaller image window used to crop to the
size of the destination image. Volocity now allow floating selections
that are larger than the destination image.
Fixed a problem where zooming in the 3D Rendering view while playing a movie
could cause a drastic slowdown. This was caused by having the “alt” or
“control” key held down which forced a rebuild of the 3D encoding.
Added total number of measurements made to measurement summary view
Fixed a problem where Volume Sequences saved as “Clipping” files could
not be re-imported
Fixed a problem where converting a “millions of colours” volume to
“floating point greyscale” could produce a blank image. The data was
present but the contrast enhancement was set up incorrectly.
Improvements to accuracy of volume alignment module
Added support for column-interlaced stereo rendering. This allows
Volocity to be used with stereo screens like the Dresden 3D Display
Further improvements to rendering quality of VOIs in Volume View
<Mac> Added “Open Recent” menu
<Mac> Fixed a problem where the XYZ view “crosshairs” would
display incorrectly after a volume had been cropped
<Mac> Quit and Preferences menu items now appear in the correct
location under Mac OS X
<Mac> Fixed “spinning cursor of death” problem when rotating
volumes in the 3D Rendering view or playing Volume Sequences in Mac OS X
<Mac> Improvements to dialog and view appearance in Mac OS X
<Mac> Improvements to performance in Mac OS X
<Mac> Fixed problem where “recursive sort” of views was not
working correctly
<Windows> Fixed cosmetic problem with Navigation palette where
“chasing arrows” could be drawn over the timestamp
<Windows> Fixed a problem where it was possible to reduce a
volume to 0 size using the “Change Size…” dialog
<Windows> Fixed a problem where the 4D Restoration preview would
not always update for every iteration
<Windows> Fixed a problem where the XYZ view would not always
zoom to the point the user clicked with the “zoom” tool
<Windows> Fixed a problem where 3D Rendering was slower in 1.4.1
than in 1.4.0
<Windows> Made the status bar at the bottom of the main window
more intelligent so that it does not cut text off unnecessarily.
<Windows> Fixed a problem where the vertical text in the Volume
Sequence view could appear as a solid black block if the screen depth was set
to less than 24 bit
<Windows> Volocity splash screen had a blue tint. This has
been corrected.
<Windows> Fixed a problem where generating a Quicktime VR movie
with the Intel Codec could result in an error
<Windows> Fixed a problem where it was not possible to make
multiple selections in the XYZ view using the shift key
<Windows> Improved speed of drawing “marching ants” around
selections. This was slowing down other parts of the application.
Version 1.4.1
Added “User Notes” module
Improved rendering quality of VOIs in Volume View
Improved speed and quality of deconvolution
Added 3D Rendering preferences panel. This panel allows you to
improve rendering speed of large volumes and offers the option to turn off
filtering when rendering fine structure.
Many other improvements to performance and stability
<Mac> Improved performance under Mac OS X
Version 1.4
<Mac> Added volume measurements
<Mac> Added volume sequencer
<Win> Improved memory management when working with very large
volumes and images
Added support for reading information from Olympus confocal TIFF files
Added support for reading user data from Openlab LIFF files
Added controls for selecting the target channel for selections and
other operations when viewing multi-channel volumes sequences in the XYZ view
Magic wand tool now works on “target” channel in XYZ view
Channels can now be cloaked in volume sequencer to make them
hidden. This can also be done using buttons on the Navigation palette.
<Mac> Improved appearance of all views and dialogs under MacOS X
Version 1.3.1
<Win> Added volume measurements
<Win> Added volume sequencer
<Win> Fixed numerous small bugs and cosmetic defects
<Win> Added support for multi-file databases
Version 1.3
Fixed problem where flip and rotate were not available when images were
selected in library and gallery views.
Added warning hint when opening read-only libraries
Added option to show volume size information in the library and gallery
views
Added support for reading TIFF files generated by PerkinElmer confocal
microscopes
Added support for reading AIC files generated by PerkinElmer confocal
microscopes
Fixed problem where minimum dimension for a volume to be renderered was
16. This limitation is now gone.
Auto-contrast now works on all image depths and gives improved results
Selections in the XYZ view are now made in 3D rather than as 2D
"cores"
Improved database performance and reliability
<Mac> Added preference panel to reset hint dialogs
<Mac> Fixed problem where using the options button on the
"Export..." dialog would prevent changes of the file name.
<Mac> Fixed problem with -43 error when exporting multiple files
<Mac> Added
support for multi-file databases. Multi-file databases are more efficient at
storing very large amounts of data such as many large images or volumes.
Multi-file databases can be created with the "New Library..."
command. This feature will be available under Windows in the next release.
<Win> Fixed around 125 cosmetic defects and problems with
stability and program behavior. This release substantially increases
performance and reliability.
Version 1.2
<Mac> Volocity
is now a Carbon application and will run under Mac OS X. Volocity
requires a green dongle under Mac OS X.
Many improvements to the stability and reliability of libraries.
Many minor interface fixes and improvements.
Version 1.1
Not publically released
Version 1.0
First public release