Importing Images

To get the list of file formats currently supported in OMERO, go to Supported Formats.

In order to import images into an OMERO server, you need to:

• Launch the OMERO.importer application.
• Connect to the server (see Getting Started).

To import images:

• User the File Chooser panel to browser and select the images.
• Add the selected images to the Import Queue by pressing the icon.
• The Import window pops up (see below).

Where and How

• Select or Add a project and dataset where to import the images.

• The File Naming section allows to select the name of the imported images

  • short version e.g. myImage.tiff
  • full version e.g. C:importantWork/stuff/myImage.tiff
  • customised version i.e. the short version plus a number of leading directories e.g. stuff/myImage.tiff

• Press the Add to Queue button.

Import

Once you have finished selecting images, press the Import button. You can view the progress in the Status column of the Import Queue.

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