v1.5.0

[nmanovic]

Summary

• Full support for 3D lidar annotation (import/export annotations and datasets in the release)
• Initial steps on the server to support integration with AWS S3, Google Drive and Microsoft Azure
• Backup or move your annotation tasks from one instance to another using import/export functionality
• Documentation how to integrate your own DL models to annotate data automatically
• Explicit "Done" button to finish drawing of polyshapes
• A manual way to reduce number of points in polygons for semi-automatic annotation methods
• Better UX for IOG semi-automatic method

Read about these and other features in documentation: https://openvinotoolkit.github.io/cvat/docs/

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Added

• Support of context images for 2D image tasks (Support of context images for 2D tasks #3122)
• Support of cloud storage without copying data into CVAT: server part (Support cloud storage #2620)
• Filter is_active for user list (Add is_active field in UserFilter #3235)
• Ability to export/import tasks (Az/import export tasks #3056)
• Add a tutorial for semi-automatic/automatic annotation (Tutorial about serverless functions #3124)
• Explicit "Done" button when drawing any polyshapes (Semi-automatic tools enhancements (Stage 0) #3417)
• Histogram equalization with OpenCV javascript (Histogram equalization feature #3447)
• Client-side polyshapes approximation when using semi-automatic interactors & scissors (Semi-automatic tools enhancements (Client-side points minimizer) #3450)

Changed

• Updated manifest format, added meta with related images (Support of context images for 2D tasks #3122)
• Update of COCO format documentation (update COCO format documentation #3197)
• Updated Webpack Dev Server config to add proxy (Webpack dev server proxy #3368)
• Update to Django 3.1.12 (Update to Django 3.1.12. #3378)
• Updated visibility for removable points in AI tools (Semi-automatic tools enhancements (Stage 0) #3417)
• Updated UI handling for IOG serverless function (Semi-automatic tools enhancements (Stage 0) #3417)
• Changed Nginx proxy to Traefik in docker-compose.yml (Replace Nginx proxy with Traefik #3409)
• Simplify the process of deploying CVAT with HTTPS (Replace Nginx proxy with Traefik #3409)

Fixed

• Project page requests took a long time and did many DB queries (Project tasks loading only when needed #3223)
• Fixed Python 3.6 support (Fixed assignment in if statement #3258)
• Incorrect attribute import in tracks (Fix incorrect attribute import in tracks #3229)
• Issue "is not a constructor" when create object, save, undo, save, redo save (Fixed issue: is not a constructor when create object, save, undo, save, redo save #3292)
• Fix CLI create an infinite loop if git repository responds with failure (Fix cli create git fail #3267)
• Bug with sidebar & fullscreen (Some JS code was simplified by using css, a reported issue was fixed in this way #3289)
• 504 Gateway Time-out on data/meta requests (Fix meta request performance #3269)
• TypeError: Cannot read property 'clientX' of undefined when draw cuboids with hotkeys (Fixed: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'clientX' of undefined" #3308)
• Duplication of the cuboids when redraw them (Fixed: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'clientX' of undefined" #3308)
• Some code issues in Deep Extreme Cut handler code (Added some fixes to DEXTR model handler #3325)
• UI fails when inactive user is assigned to a task/job (Fixed UI fails when inactive user is assigneed to a task/job #3343)
• Calculate precise progress of decoding a video file (Make function get_progress be compatible with more video format #3381)
• Falsely successful cvat_ui image build in case of OOM error that leads to the default nginx welcome page
  (Fixed cvat_ui image build in case of OOM error #3379)
• Fixed issue when save filtered object in AAM (Fixed issue when save filtered object in AAM #3401)
• Context image disappears after undo/redo (Fixed: Context image disappears after undo/redo #3416)
• Using combined data sources (directory and image) when create a task (Fixed combined image and directory extractors #3424)
• Creating task with labels in project (Fixed creation task problem #3454)
• Move task and autoannotation modals were invisible from project page (Fixed moving a task between projects #3475)

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This discussion was created from the release v1.5.0.