v0.5.7

Picasso 0.5.7 is here.

Changelog

• Render group information is faster (e.g., clustered data)
• Test Clusterer window (Render) has multiple updates, e.g., different projections, cluster centers display
• Cluster centers contain info about std in x,y and z
• If localization precision in z-axis is provided, it will be rendered when using Individual localization precision and Individual localization precision (iso). NOTE: the column must be named lpz and have the same units as lpx and lpy.
• Number of CPU cores used in multiprocessing limited at 60
• Bug fixes

Notes

⚠️ You need to start Picasso server only once. When starting while it is already running (and the port being in use), the new window will shut down immediately.
⚠️ The new Picasso server version creates a separate, new database which is not yet compatible with the old format.

v0.5.6

Picasso 0.5.6 is here.

Changelog

• Cluster centers contains analogous columns to the ones generated before the 0.5.x releases
• Clearer readme (installation instructions)
• Numerous bug fixes (custom colormap, robust .nd2 reading, close file, etc
• One click installer should not require administrator permissions (due to antivirus protection)

Notes

⚠️ You need to start Picasso server only once. When starting while it is already running (and the port being in use), the new window will shut down immediately.
⚠️ The new Picasso server version creates a separate, new database which is not yet compatible with the old format.

v0.5.4

Picasso 0.5.4 is here.

Changelog

• 3D rendering rotation window
• Multiple .hdf5 files can be loaded when using File->Open
• Localizations can be combined when saving
• Render window restart (Remove all localizations)
• Multiple pyplot colormaps available in Render
• View->Files in Render substantially changed (many new colors, close button works, etc)
• Changing Render's FOV with W, A, S and D
• Render's FOV can be numerically changed, saved and loaded in View->Info
• Pick similar is much faster
• Remove localization in picks
• Fast rendering (display a fraction of localizations)
• .txt file with drift can be applied to localizations in Render
• New clustering algorithm (SMLM clusterer)
• Test clusterer window in Render
• Option to calculate cluster centers
• Nearest neighbor analysis in Render
• Numerical filter in Filter
• New file format in Localize - .nd2
• Localize can read NDTiffStack.tif files
• Docstrings for Render
• Plugins can be added to all Picasso modules
• Sensitivity is a float number in Server: Watcher
• Many other improvements, bug fixes, etc.

Notes

⚠️ Windows Safety features and Windows Defender will ask multiple times for permission during the installation and download.
⚠️ If you experience problems starting Picasso, start as Administrator.
⚠️ There have been reports that anti-virus software falsely reports the installer. Read more about this here.
⚠️ You need to start Picasso server only once. When starting while it is already running (and the port being in use), the new window will shut down immediately.
⚠️ The new Picasso server version creates a separate, new database which is not yet compatible with the old format.

v.0.4.11

Picasso 0.4.11 is here.

Changelog

• More documentation for the watcher.
• The watcher of Picasso Server can automatically process different settings, see here.
• The watcher now logs what it is doing in the background.
• Fixed installation for Mac OS
• Small optimizations and bugfixes
• ⚠️ When wanting to process .ims-files with the Watcher, you will need to launch the server module as an administrator
• ⚠️ Performance warning: Processing large files (e.g. > 10k frames), running multiple watchers simultaneously, and having multiple processing groups on PCs with limited memory could lead to issues, so it is recommended to only run one watcher at a time in these cases.
• 📽️ An updated quickstart video can be found here

Notes

⚠️ Windows Safety features and Windows Defender will ask multiple times for permission during the installation and download.
⚠️ If you experience problems starting Picasso, start as Administrator.
⚠️ There have been reports that anti-virus software falsely reports the installer. Read more about this here.
⚠️ You need to start Picasso server only once. When starting while it is already running (and the port being in use), the new window will shut down immediately.
⚠️ The new Picasso server version creates a separate, new database which is not yet compatible with the old format.

v0.4.5

Picasso 0.4.5 is here.

Changelog

• The add to database functionality was changed to a "Sample Quality"-Button - This now also calculates kinetic information.
• Import and export for handling IMS (Imaris) files. See here Picasso IMS Integration.
• Added more docstrings/documentation for Picasso Server
• Fixed a bug where GPUFit was greyed out, added better installation instructions for GPUfit
• More documentation
• The watcher in Picasso Server now can call custom commands
• Added dockerfile for cross-plattform support
• An updated Movie (see attachment) to show the basic Picasso workflow. The sample files used in the video were taken from the SMLM Challenge from the EPFL (Realistic Simulations - 2D, Tubulin).

Notes

⚠️ Windows Safety features and Windows Defender will ask multiple times for permission during the installation and download.
⚠️ If you experience problems starting Picasso, start as Administrator.
⚠️ There have been reports that anti-virus software falsely reports the installer. Read more about this here.
⚠️ You need to start Picasso server only once. When starting while it is already running (and the port being in use), the new window will shut down immediately.
⚠️ The new Picasso server version creates a seperate, new database which is not yet compatible with the old format.

v0.4.1

Picasso 0.4 is here.

This one has a new server-module. To read about the functionality, check here.

Attached is also a short introduction video.

v0.4.0

Picasso 0.4.0 is here.

This one has a new server-module. To read about the functionality, check here:

Full Changelog: v0.3.9...v0.4.0

v0.3.9

Latest build.

v0.3.3

• Fix #213

v0.3.2

The one-click installation was not up-to-date with the master branch for some time. One-click installation should work again and be up-to-date now with Master.

There should now be also desktop icons when installing.

Windows installer