For what it's worth, we've found Media Cybernetic's program, Image Pro to
be pretty good.  It does have some quirks, and does have a steady learning
curve, but it is quite fast to use once you know what's going on.  It's
supported by a user group and that group is quite active.  It's not
rock-bottom cheap, but not bad considering that it really does work well.
I'm sure that NIH Image is greatly improved over what I saw even just a
few years ago, but this program worked ok for us.

I have no interest in Media Cybernetics other than as a user.

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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Mary Teruel, Dept. of Cell Biology DUMC wrote:

> Hi - Does NIH Image run well on a Pentium? I use it all the time on a Mac, but I really want to be able to use it on a Pentium running either Windows 95 or NT.
>     I like NIH Image, but I have found it to be quite a chore to find the documentation I need, especially when I'm writing my own macros. At this point, I wouldn't mind paying something for a good program that runs on a Pentium and is commercially supported.
>
> Mary Teruel
> Dept. of Cell Biology
> Duke University Medical Center
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 1997, 4:34:01 AM GMT Harvey J. Karten, M.D. wrote:
>
>
> >Re: requests for info on 3D software.
> >
> >You can use NIH-Image to generate z-projections, stereo rotation series,
> >ray projection 360 degree rotations, red/green stereos, animate
> >Z-series, etc. This can be done with images generated from a variety of
> >confocals and imported directly into NIH-Image using dedicated macros.
> >The methods for doing this are all described in a manual that I posted
> >at the website listed below (http:/www-cajal.ucsd.edu). It is also
> >available from the NIH Image web site.
> >
> >In addition, for generaating images of volume renderings, download the
> >latest version of MacVol 1.3. Based on the LeVoy (Stanford) library of
> >superfast renderings, this allows rotation, change in lighting, scaling,
> >etc. and produces a new images in one second or less. If you modify
> >opacity, then it may require an additional 20 seconds. The LeVoy library
> >was originally written for an SGI, but was ported to a Mac by Joe Strout
> >of UCSD. It is Freeware, as is NIH-Image.
> >
> >Harvey Karten
> >--
> >Harvey J. Karten, M.D.
> >Dept. of Neurosciences
> >University of California @ San Diego
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> >
>