🌟 Summary
The 'v8.3.3' release of the Ultralytics project introduces critical updates, focusing on enhancing compatibility with YOLO11 models within various components and improving consistency across different codebases and documentation.
📊 Key Changes
- Updated the Streamlit app to support YOLO11, replacing the older YOLOv8 model selection.
- Standardized color parameter descriptions across the codebase with consistent RGB tuples.
- Enhanced zero-mask plotting to improve segmentation functionalities.
- Refined documentation to transition from YOLOv8 to YOLO11, ensuring coherent guidance and examples.
- Updated Jupyter and Colab notebook references to align with YOLO11 model paths and usage.
- Adjusted configs and error reporting settings for improved clarity and user experience.
🎯 Purpose & Impact
- Model Selection & Compatibility: Ensures users can seamlessly work with the latest YOLO11 models, facilitating access to enhanced features and improved performance.
- Code & Documentation Consistency: Streamlines user and developer interactions by providing clear, standardized information, which is crucial for debugging and development.
- Performance & Robustness: Enhancements in the segmentation plotting and documentation not only improve functionality but also increase the robustness of model training and inference tasks.
- Improved User Experience: By updating notebooks, examples, and templates, users are guided towards utilizing the most current and advanced model versions, minimizing confusion and errors.
- Accessibility: Make it easier for both new and existing users to adapt and transition to the latest model scenarios in different environments including cloud setups and GPU accelerated platforms.
What's Changed
- Fix zero-mask plotting bug by @glenn-jocher in #16588
- Update YOLO11 docs by @glenn-jocher in #16589
- YOLO11 Tasks, Modes, Usage, Macros and Solutions Updates by @UltralyticsAssistant in #16593
- Update YOLO11 Actions and Docs by @UltralyticsAssistant in #16596
- Fix Docs links by @RizwanMunawar in #16604
- Update YOLO11 notebooks by @glenn-jocher in #16608
- Colab notebook update by @glenn-jocher in #16609
- Update Settings by @glenn-jocher in #16610
- Add YOLO11 macros tables by @ambitious-octopus in #16598
ultralytics 8.3.3update Streamlit app to YOLO11 by @RizwanMunawar in #16590
Full Changelog: v8.3.2...v8.3.3