Re: Bio-Formats -- issue open Imaris 5 files

Posted by ctrueden on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Bio-Formats-release-2006-Sep-27-tp3701231p3701233.html

Hi Falk,

> I just started playing with the bio-formats plugin... opening Imaris 5
> files ends up in an error message:
>
> Sorry, there was a problem reading data:
> Imaris magic number not found.
>
> Is there an workaround???

Imaris 5 is a new format, and unfortunately Bio-Formats does not
support it yet. We will work on adding it as soon as we can. In the
meantime, you can try using the Imaris software to save the file to a
different format. Ideally, you could save as Imaris 4 or earlier,
since Bio-Formats supports that. Otherwise, you can try saving as
TIFF, OME-XML or some other compatible format (depending on what
options the software has).

Also, if you are able to provide us with some sample Imaris 5 data, it
would make adding support a lot easier for us. Let me know if you are
interested, and I can send you our FTP server information.

-Curtis