Today we are releasing OMERO and Bio-Formats 5.1.1. This is a point release that contains bug-fixes, but also adds several new features to Bio-Formats and OMERO.
Bio-Formats
Bio-Formats 5.1.1 adds TIFF writing support to the native C++ implementation and substantially improves our support for Windows by fixing the remaining functional differences between Windows and Mac/Linux.
Other updates include:
- improved performance of ImageJ plugin when working with ROIs
- TIFF export - switch to BigTIFF if .tf2, .tf8, or .btf extensions are used
- fixed upgrade checking to more accurately report when a new version is available
- Many bug fixes for formats including:
- Zeiss CZI - fixed ordering of multiposition data and improved support for RGB and fused images
- Nikon ND2 - improved ordering of multiposition data
- Leica LIF - improved metadata validity checks and excitation wavelength detection
- Metamorph STK/TIFF - record lens numerical aperture and fixed millisecond values in timestamps
- Gatan DM3 - correctly detect signed pixel data
- Imaris HDF - fix channel count detection
- ICS export - fix writing of files larger than 2GB
- Zeiss CZI - fixed ordering of multiposition data and improved support for RGB and fused images
Full details can be found at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... s-new.html
The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.1
and the C++ implementation is available from:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio ... cpp/5.1.1/
OMERO
OMERO 5.1.1 focuses on user-facing issues and cleaning resources for developers. Improvements include:
For OMERO.web:
- significant review of the web share functionality
- correction of thumbnail refreshing
- fixes to the user administration panel
- fix for embedding of the Javascript image viewer
For OMERO.insight:
- improved open actions
- tidying of the menu structure
- correction of the mouse zoom behavior
- fix for the Drag-n-Drop functionality
Other updates include:
- overhaul of the CLI session log-in logic
- cleaning and testing of all code examples
- further removal of the use of deprecated methods
The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.1.1
Upgrade information is at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... grade.html.
Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community
Regards,
The OME Team