# How to automatically convert a labelmap volume to a segmentation node upon loading labelmap volume

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**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-automatically-convert-a-labelmap-volume-to-a-segmentation-node-upon-loading-labelmap-volume/9931 "2020-01-23T22:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-automatically-convert-a-labelmap-volume-to-a-segmentation-node-upon-loading-labelmap-volume/9931/9 "2020-01-25T01:37:08Z")

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In recent Slicer Preview releases, you can load the volume file directly as segmentation node. No need for an intermediate labelmap.

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