PAGenT-v0.3.0-alpha

PAGenT v0.3.0‑alpha (2025‑04‑22)

Note: The core fractal‐aggregation engine remains under active development; this release delivers a fully functional image‑mask & noise pipeline and GUI front‑end.

✨ New Features

• Command‑Line Pipeline (image_mask_generation/pipeline.py):

  • Parse XML clusters into data.csv
  • Generate 1‑bit particle and cluster masks (1024×1024 px)
  • Render base cluster images and apply selectable noise:
    • Gaussian (gauss), Poisson (poisson), Combined (combined), TEM‐style background (tem)
  • Full CLI flags for --mask_type, --noise_types, --tem_style, --tem_mean, --tem_std, --tem_color

• PyQt5 GUI (image_mask_generation/gui.py):

  • Browse working directory & XML folder (defaults to <wd>/xmls/)
  • File name filters, Particle/Cluster mask toggles
  • Multi‐select noise options with spinboxes for TEM mean/std
  • RGBA color picker (with alpha) for TEM overlay
  • Light/Dark theme switch
  • Threaded execution with live log panel and completion status

• Documentation:

  • Updated README with installation steps, CLI examples, GUI screenshots, and configuration reference.

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