# Seeking Advice on Creating a 3D Mask with Colored Cell Annotations for Stardist 3D Training

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/seeking-advice-on-creating-a-3d-mask-with-colored-cell-annotations-for-stardist-3d-training/37911>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, segmentations, segment-editor\
**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/seeking-advice-on-creating-a-3d-mask-with-colored-cell-annotations-for-stardist-3d-training/37911 "2024-08-16T07:34:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mturin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mturin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mturin)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/seeking-advice-on-creating-a-3d-mask-with-colored-cell-annotations-for-stardist-3d-training/37911/1 "2024-08-16T07:34:29Z")

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Hello,  
I’m currently working on preparing a 3D mask from a volumetric dataset to train a Stardist 3D model. As part of this process, I need to annotate different cells within the volume, each with a unique color.

Could you please advise if there’s a way to accomplish this directly within 3D Slicer? Are there any plugins or tools available that support this kind of annotation?

Thank you in advance for your help!