Bio-Formats August 2008 Release
30 August 2008 - LOCI has released a new version of Bio-Formats. Support has been added for Olympus CellR/APL, MINC MRI , Aperio SVS (JPEG 2000 version).
LOCI has released a new version of Bio-Formats. This release contains the following changes:
- Fixed bugs in many file format readers
- Fixed several bugs with swapping dimensions
- Added support for Olympus CellR/APL files
- Added support for MINC MRI files
- Added support for Aperio SVS files compressed with JPEG 2000 (see note below)
- Added support for writing OME-XML files
- Added support for writing APNG files
- Added faster LZW codec
- Added drag and drop support to ImageJ shortcut window
- Re-integrated caching into the data browser plugin
You can download the latest release from http://loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats-download.html.
As noted above, we have added support for Aperio SVS files that use JPEG 2000. In order to open these files, you will need to install an additional library (JMagick) - installation instructions are available at [old-link* http://loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats-jp2k.html ].
If you have questions, concerns or comments about the software, please feel free to contact us at bioformats@loci.wisc.edu.
*old-link Removed as steps are no longer necessary in newer versions
