.. _releasev2.0.0a4:

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 Release notes v2.0.0a4
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Quick Overview
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- Added Contour from ROI and Contour from Volume functionalities.
- Added shader-based Streamtube and Billboard actors.
- Introduced ImGui integration in FURY.
- Added user-friendly APIs for actor transformation.
- Refactored to improve the FURY architecture.
- Multiple simple bug fixes and enhancements.


Details
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GitHub stats for 2025/10/01 - 2025/12/19 (tag: v2.0.0a3)

These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.

The following 5 authors contributed 63 commits.

* Eleftherios Garyfallidis
* Maharshi Gor
* Mohamed Agour
* Praneeth Shetty
* Serge Koudoro


We closed a total of 41 issues, 20 pull requests and 21 regular issues;
this is the full list (generated with the script
:file:`tools/github_stats.py`):

Pull Requests (20):

* :ghpull:`1053`: NF: Contour from ROI and Contour from Volume Introduced.
* :ghpull:`1064`: BF: Blend mode and depth updated in material
* :ghpull:`1063`: NF: User Friendly APIs for actor transformation.
* :ghpull:`1062`: build(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates
* :ghpull:`1061`: MTN: Pindown the sphinx version below 9.0.0.
* :ghpull:`1050`: MTN: Analyze snapshot
* :ghpull:`1048`: BF: Jupyter integration working.
* :ghpull:`1058`: build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 in the actions group
* :ghpull:`1060`: ImGui introduced in FURY
* :ghpull:`1055`: CI: relax pre-commit and use a specific CI to check weekly
* :ghpull:`1046`: NF: Event type drag created.
* :ghpull:`1038`: Shader-generated Streamtube actor
* :ghpull:`999`: UI: Adding Panel2D
* :ghpull:`1054`: FPS support (setting and displaying)
* :ghpull:`1047`: NF: Callbacks introduced.
* :ghpull:`1049`: ENH: Enabled wire frame.
* :ghpull:`1036`: Shader-based Billboard actor
* :ghpull:`1043`: UI: Cleaning UI Backward Compatibility Code
* :ghpull:`1045`: BF: Rectangle2D warning for np.divide fixed and compatibility with 0.14.0 Pygfx version
* :ghpull:`1041`: Rel prep 2.0.0a3

Issues (21):

* :ghissue:`1053`: NF: Contour from ROI and Contour from Volume Introduced.
* :ghissue:`1064`: BF: Blend mode and depth updated in material
* :ghissue:`1063`: NF: User Friendly APIs for actor transformation.
* :ghissue:`1062`: build(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates
* :ghissue:`1061`: MTN: Pindown the sphinx version below 9.0.0.
* :ghissue:`1050`: MTN: Analyze snapshot
* :ghissue:`1048`: BF: Jupyter integration working.
* :ghissue:`1058`: build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 in the actions group
* :ghissue:`1060`: ImGui introduced in FURY
* :ghissue:`1055`: CI: relax pre-commit and use a specific CI to check weekly
* :ghissue:`1046`: NF: Event type drag created.
* :ghissue:`1038`: Shader-generated Streamtube actor
* :ghissue:`999`: UI: Adding Panel2D
* :ghissue:`1054`: FPS support (setting and displaying)
* :ghissue:`1047`: NF: Callbacks introduced.
* :ghissue:`1049`: ENH: Enabled wire frame.
* :ghissue:`1036`: Shader-based Billboard actor
* :ghissue:`1043`: UI: Cleaning UI Backward Compatibility Code
* :ghissue:`1045`: BF: Rectangle2D warning for np.divide fixed and compatibility with 0.14.0 Pygfx version
* :ghissue:`1044`: BF: Pygfx 0.14.0 compatibility
* :ghissue:`1041`: Rel prep 2.0.0a3