Dear all,
Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.7.3 which includes the following changes:
File format fixes and improvements:
* TIFF
* fixed a NullPointerException when reading a TIFF file from the root system directory
* improved support for large images that are stored as a single uncompressed tile with multiple interleaved channels
* MRC (Medical Research Council)
* added support in original metadata for the fields ‘ISPG' and 'Is data cube'
* TillPhotonics TillVision
* directory listings for .pst files are now sorted
* MetaMorph
* directory listings are now sorted during file initialization
* Amira Mesh
* now supports Avizo in the file header in addition to the existing support for AmiraMesh
* Becker & Hickl SPCImage
* added a fix for IllegalArgumentException when reading files with compressed data
* Zeiss CZI
* fixed an IndexOutOfBoundsException when creating ROI objects
Bug fixes and improvements:
* removed unused target utils-formats-api from ant build
* automated Memoizer tests updated to use UUID for generating unique memo file directories
* detect and fix Findbugs' SBSC_USE_STRINGBUFFER_CONCATENATION using StringBuilder
* configuration files for the automated test suite now use raw physical size rather than formatted size
* added first version of Dockerfile for running the automated test suite standalone
Documentation improvements:
* added a support<
https://github.com/openmicroscopy/bioformats/blob/develop/SUPPORT.md> page to the Bio-Formats project
* updated reference URLs for the Aperio ImageScope and Micro-Manager
* documented issues with conflicts in the JAI ImageIO component<
https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.7.3/developers/components.html#forks-jai>
* clarified the default values of HCS keys for fake images in the documentation for Generating test images<
https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.7.3/developers/generating-test-images.html>
* corrected external links which failed automatic link checking
Full details can be found at
https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.7.3/about/whats-new.htmlThe software is available at:
https://www.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/downloads/and will shortly be available from the Java-8 update site for Fiji users.
Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/supportRegards,
The OME Team
The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
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