Known Issues
- RadiusHistogram – The documentation is missing in the Online Help.
- Isosurface (LDA) on FireGL V7350 does not render correctly.
- Voltex (LDA) on FireGL V7350 “Move low resolution” does not work. When checked, Amira freezes.
- Volren on FireGL V7350 in mode Shaded (Diffuse, Specular), the shading effect does not work properly.
Windows XP x64
- Using the DV Video Encoder in the MovieMaker module may cause an access violation. This is a bug in Windows that can be fixed with the following hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943443. The hotfix requires SP2.
Mac OS X
- Splitter in the GUI – Double clicking on the splitters does not expand the window frames.
- Amira Icon – When Amira is installed, the red icon might not be shown in the Amira installation directory. In this case please start the application by double clicking the script “start” in the sub-directory /bin, which is located in the Amira installation directory.
- Stereo Mode –OpenGL stereo is not available.
Linux
- The fencing mode of the Brush tool in the Segmentation Editor does not work with Alt key by default. In KDE the Alt key is used as the default meta key for window actions; therefore the Alt key has to be disabled as the meta key in the KDE options in order to enable fencing mode in Amira.
(Release Date: November 2008)

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