4.2.2 release of Bio-Formats

[Melissa Linkert-2]

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Hello everyone,

Today, UW-Madison LOCI (http://loci.wisc.edu) and Glencoe Software (http://glencoesoftware.com) are pleased to announce the 4.2.2 release of Bio-Formats (http://loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats).

This release contains the following notable changes:

* Several bug fixes, notably:
  - Metadata parsing fixes for Zeiss LSM, Metamorph STK, and FV1000
  - Prevented leaked file handles when exporting to TIFF/OME-TIFF
  - Fixed how BufferedImages are converted to byte arrays
* Proper support for OME-XML XML annotations
* Added support for SCANCO Medical .aim files
* Minor improvements to ImageJ plugins
* Added support for reading JPEG-compressed AVI files

You can download Bio-Formats here:

http://loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats/downloads

We are now busily working toward the next major release, the focus of
 which is support for whole-slide images.  You can view the up-to-the-minute
 plan for the next release here:

http://dev.loci.wisc.edu/trac/software/milestone/bio-formats-4.3

As many of you know, Bio-Formats is kept alive by the feedback of those who use it - so please do let us know if you have any questions or comments!  For more information on where and how to send feedback, please see this page:

http://loci.wisc.edu/software/mailing-lists


Kind regards,

Melissa Linkert
Glencoe Software, Inc.