http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/reading-and-modifying-meta-information-from-a-czi-tp5014488p5014492.html
Thank you for the clarification, it's going to be helpful. I will check the
> Hi Mikel,
>
> > I need to read the meta information contained in a CZI file, and I
> > would like to manually edit some of the fields and save the file
> > again.
>
> ImageJ cannot do this. The Bio-Formats library reads and converts
> proprietary file formats (PFFs) like CZI into standard formats like
> OME-TIFF. It does not, and will not in the future, save data to those
> PFFs—especially the more complex ones like CZI.
>
> See this article for details:
> *
http://jcb.rupress.org/content/189/5/777.full>
> What you can do is read out the metadata from your CZI, modify it, and then
> save the result to a standard open format—most likely OME-TIFF.
>
> You can find some examples of how to call Bio-Formats from Java code at:
> *
>
>
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/developers/java-library.html>
> The PrintTimestamps example shows how to read metadata as OME-XML:
> *
>
>
https://github.com/openmicroscopy/bioformats/blob/v5.1.4/components/formats-gpl/utils/PrintTimestamps.java>
> And MinimumWriter shows how to write out an image file:
> *
>
>
https://github.com/openmicroscopy/bioformats/blob/v5.1.4/components/formats-gpl/utils/MinimumWriter.java>
> Or you could just write out the OME-XML string to a .ome.xml file,
> depending on your needs.
>
> Further questions about how to use Bio-Formats can be directed to the OME
> team; see:
> *
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Mikel Ariz Galilea <
[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I need to read the meta information contained in a CZI file, and I would
> > like to manually edit some of the fields and save the file again.
> > Specifically, I am trying to modifiy the (X,Y) positions of the
> microscope
> > for the different scenes stored. Is that possible?
> > I have read about the ZeissCZIReader (
> >
> >
>
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/formats/zeiss-czi.html> > )
> > but I am not sure on how to use it for this purpose.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any hint or suggestion.
> >
> > Mikel
> >
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