Release of Bio-Formats 5.1.4
The OME Consortium are pleased to announce the release of Bio-Formats 5.1.4
Dear All,
Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.1.4. This is a point release focusing on bug-fixes.
Improvements include:
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Command line tools
- fixed display of usage information
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Automated testing
- fixed problems with symlinked data on Windows
- added unit tests for checking physical pixel size creation
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Cellomics
- fixed reading of sparse plates
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SlideBook
- fixed a few lingering issues withe native library packaging
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SimplePCI/HCImage TIFF
- fixed bit depth parsing for files from newer versions of HCImage
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SimplePCI/HCImage .cxd
- fixed image dimensions to allow for extra padding bytes
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Leica LIF
- improved reading of image descriptions
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ICS
- fixed to use correct units for timestamps and physical pixel sizes
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MicroManager
- fixed to use correct units for timestamps
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Gatan .dm3/.dm4
- fixed problems with reading double-precision metadata values
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Hamamatsu NDPI
- fixed reading of mask images
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Leica .lei
- fixed reading of bit depth and endianness for datasets that were modified after acquisition
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FEI TIFF
- updated to read metadata from files produced by FEI Titan systems
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QuickTime
- fixed to handle planes with no stored pixels
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Leica .scn
- fixed reading of files that contain fewer images than expected
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Zeiss .czi
- fixed channel colors when an alpha value is not recorded
- fixed handling of pre-stitched image tiles
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SDT
- added support for Zip-compressed images
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Nikon .nd2
- fixed to read image dimensions from new non-XML metadata
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OME-XML
- fixed writing of integer metadata values
Documentation updates include:
- updated instructions for running automated data tests
- clarifed JVM versions currently supported
Support for building the Native C++ implementation on Windows has also been completed and the pre-built packages will be released separately within the next few weeks.
Full details can be found at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.html
The software is available at: http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.4
Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community
Regards,
The OME Team