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Visualize, share, segment, and annotate your large 3D images online.
🌟Enhancements🌟

The proofreading tool got smarter: you can now define multiple segments around a desired split, and it will automatically pick the optimal split point.
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Need to undo changes and return to a previous version? Simply access the menu and select 'Restore older version’.

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🌟Enhancements🌟

Shared annotations got a big upgrade: they now update live—see your collaborators’ changes as they happen. Simultaneous editing is on the horizon 👀
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Sort your trees by name or by creation time by clicking the button in the right sidebar.

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🌟Enhancements🌟

Use Ctrl + Shift + Left, Ctrl + Shift + Right, Ctrl + Shift + Up and Ctrl + Shift + Down to rotate in 90 degree increments

Learn more about keyboard shortcuts: docs.webknossos.org/webknossos/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🌟Enhancements🌟

ICYMI: Webknossos viewports are now rotatable.

Use keyboard shortcuts to rotate the orthogonal viewport. Try Shift + Left, Shift + Right, Shift + Up and Shift + Down.

Learn more about keyboard shortcuts: docs.webknossos.org/webknossos/u...
August 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Did you know you can use the shortcuts K and L to toggle the sidebars in WEBKNOSSOS? You can also use '.' to maximize a viewport.

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🌟Big new feature🌟

Rotate the viewports. You can now freely rotate the orthogonal viewports. Trace your objects in the best angle.
July 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Did you know that you can toggle crosshairs and scalebars on or off in WEBKNOSSOS? Simply go to the settings in the left sidebar and customize your view.

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: buff.ly/M3nCDIL
July 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌟Enhancement🌟

If you copy the position to your clipboard (e.g. from Webknossos, an email from a colleague or your notes), you can now paste the position anywhere in the Webknossos UI. No need to activate the position control.
July 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Did you know you can create bounding boxes? They help define regions of interest, export specific data, and more!

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
July 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🌟Enhancement🌟

Make the 3D meshes of your segments translucent. Great for revealing inner segments, such as as cell organelles. Also, translucent meshes look really cool 😎
July 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Beginners

Did you know you can customize skeleton colors? Let WEBKNOSSOS choose a color for your tree or select your preferred shade by right-clicking and choosing 'Change Tree Color'.

Check out the Youtube Playlist for more tips: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
July 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌟Enhancement🌟

Only show selected segments. Toggle the “Hide unlisted segments” setting to pick which segments will be shown.
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Pros

Did you know you can easily decide whether you want to overwrite while annotating? For example, when using the eraser, just press “Shift” to remove only the active segment. This shortcut also works for the brush and lasso!
June 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🌟Enhancement🌟

Navigate WEBKNOSSOS faster with the new Command Palette. It allows you to streamline your workflow by quickly searching for tools, jumping to specific datasets, and accessing key features with just a few keystrokes.

Activate with 'Ctrl/Cmd + P'
June 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Pros

While using the brush, press and hold ‘Shift’ to temporarily activate the segment picker - or ‘Shift + Ctrl’ to switch to the eraser.

Check out the Youtube playlist for more tips: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
June 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Working with large datasets? Watch our workflow video to learn how to upload, organize with folders and metadata, set access permissions, and more - making data management seamless.
April 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Pros

To move a bounding box, simply make sure the bounding box tool is activated, hold ‘Ctrl’ and drag the box to reposition it.
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌟Enhancement🌟

You can now edit segment or skeleton tree names by double-clicking their entry in the list - or change their names directly the metadata tab. Plus, you can now double-click on a segment in the segmentation to activate it!
April 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Pros

Save your view settings as default! This way, when someone opens your dataset, they’ll see the exact same view as you.
Check out the Youtube playlist for more tips: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Tuesday tips 🐾 for Pros

To change the radius of a node, simply hold 'Shift' and scroll with the mouse wheel.
March 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟Enhancement🌟

Quickly check a dataset's volume by hovering over the extent icon in the info tab.
March 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⏳ 4 more days to go! Don't miss our online symposium on #VolumeEM data challenges - practical solutions for massive datasets & collaboration.

📅 March 6, 2025 | 5-7PM CET | Free registration
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March 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@normanrz.com from scalable minds will introduce WEBKNOSSOS at our symposium on vEM data challenges. Learn more about fast annotations, AI-driven segmentation & seamless collaboration!

📅 March 6, 2025 | 5-7PM CET | Free registration
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February 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM