make 3D Viewer transitions smoother?

[Sam Lord]

I'm wondering if there is a setting to make the transitions between
renderings in the 3D Viewer to occur more smoothly. When I make a 3D
volume of a stack and I rotate the volume from the top view to a side
view, at some angle the volume rendering changes from isolated disks
to blurring those disks together in z. This transition occurs in one
step, and looks jarring. Here's an example: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/fiji-3d%20360.avi

I notice that the Micro-Manager version of the plugin gives smoother
transitions between the renderings:

This is the 3D Viewer in the newest version of Fiji:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/fiji-3d.avi

This is from the 3D Viewer in Micro-Manager 1.4 (which I think is an
older version of the plugin):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/uM-3d.avi

The Edit->Options->Memory settings are nearly the same in both
programs (3991 vs 4000 MB). Are there some other settings I should try
changing?

Thanks,

-Sam

Computer:
iMac running OS X 10.7.4
3.06 GHz Intel Core i3
8GB RAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB

[Sam Lord]

I was given the hint that the viewer will look better with isotropic data
(i.e. the voxel depth the same as the pixel width). You can interpolate the
data and add slices to make this so by either reslicing the stack or using
the interactive rotation transform plugin. This is helpful.

-Sam

Post by Sam Lord
I'm wondering if there is a setting to make the transitions between
renderings in the 3D Viewer to occur more smoothly. When I make a 3D
volume of a stack and I rotate the volume from the top view to a side
view, at some angle the volume rendering changes from isolated disks
to blurring those disks together in z. This transition occurs in one
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/fiji-3d%20360.avi
I notice that the Micro-Manager version of the plugin gives smoother
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/fiji-3d.avi
This is from the 3D Viewer in Micro-Manager 1.4 (which I think is an
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/538627/uM-3d.avi
The Edit->Options->Memory settings are nearly the same in both
programs (3991 vs 4000 MB). Are there some other settings I should try
changing?
Thanks,
-Sam
iMac running OS X 10.7.4
3.06 GHz Intel Core i3
8GB RAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB