[Jointtrack-devel] JointTrack 2.1.0 released

[Mu, S. <smu...@gm...>]

We are glad to announce the release of JointTrack 2.1.0:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=167273&package_id=190235&release_id=610096

Change log:
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2.1.0 (feature, API, bug fix)
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User experience:
 % Changed: New jts file format. See the last section for more 
information. (core)
 % Added:   Utility: jtsconvert.exe to convert kinematics (.jts) file 
between different pose representations or convert old format .jts file 
to the new format.
 % Changed: Instead of having to click exactly on the model to move it, 
user interaction now acts on the current model. Be careful though: you 
may accidently rotate a model when you are just trying to bring the 
window to foreground. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Changed: All rotations are now about the model's origin(not center). 
(JTRendererVTK)
 % Changed: Changed how the program calculates rotation for left mouse 
button interaction (without pressing ctrl key). (JTRendererVTK)
 % Changed: Some default values (rotation search bounds and termination 
tolerance) in the 'config registration' dialog. (OptiSimAnneal_Ice)
 % Added:   "Optimize whole sequence" button. (GUIwx)
 % Added:   "Save all kinematics" and "Load all kinematics" buttons. 
(core, GUIwx)
 % Added:   User now gets a warning if the jts file being loaded 
contains more data than needed. (core)
 % Fixed:   Unchecking checkbox "image is black (bones) on white 
(background)" did not take immediate effect if the user has already run 
the optimization once with that checkbox checked. The bug remained in 
effect until the user switched to a different image. (CostFuncSFMahfouz)
 % Fixed:   During optimization the program may crash or hang if the 
user tries to interact with the model display windows. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Fixed:   "Reset" button for the canny edge parameters no longer 
causes error. (GUIwx)
 % Fixed:   No more problems at image loading when the user has invalid 
intensity/canny parameters in the UI controls. (GUIwx)
 % Fixed:   Pressing Q or E in the secondary model display window caused 
it to close. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Fixed:   User can no longer close the model display windows. User can 
no longer resize the main model display window. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Fixed:   Model may become half clipped in the secondary model display 
window when user manipulates the model using keyboard. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Fixed:   The secondary model display window initially may show up 
behind the main model display window. This no longer happens unless the 
main model display window is very big. (JTRendererVTK)
 % Fixed:   A singularity value (in the sense of Euler angles) may cause 
JointTrack to generate jts files with invalid values. (This was due to 
compiler optimization error, so it wouldn't happen in debug build.) (core)
 % Removed: Removed non-functioning buttons. (GUIwx)

Major API changes:
 % Added one inheritance level to plugin hierarchy so that 
non-image-based registration routine can be added later.
 % Data order in Pose.rotation vector is now required to conform to the 
actual Euler sequence (if Euler angle is being used).

Kinematics(.jts) file format change note:
 JointTrack still can load old format kinematics files. In addition to 
saving kinematics to new format files in JointTrack, user can also use 
command-line tool jtsconvert.exe to convert old format files to the new 
format.
 In old jts files, the six columns were "x_tran, y_tran, z_tran, x_rot, 
y_rot, z_rot". In order to represent symmetric Euler sequences (for 
example, 3-1-3), column orders have been changed to conform to the 
actual Euler sequence. New format jts files have column headers.