With Vision4D open, go to Extras> Preferences.

In the preferences window, select the Scripting tab on the left and select "Anaconda environment".

You will then need to browse your computer for the Anaconda installation folder and select the Stardist environment previously created.

By default, the new enviroments are stored under the \envs folder located in the Anaconda installation folder  e.g. C:\Anaconda3\envs\stardist

Having selected the correct environemtn folder we can then run “Install arivis package” and "Test Environment" for compatibility:

arivis also provides a free python script to run the StarDist algorithm inside of V4D.

The script allows the user to select the active channel, as well as the time points and Z planes (full-range or sub-selection thereof), from which to segment objects. A new channel will be created to store the labeled objects found by StarDist.