4.4.0 release of Bio-Formats

[Melissa Linkert-2]

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Hello everyone,

Today, the OME Consortium (http://openmicroscopy.org/) is pleased to announce
the 4.4.0 release of Bio-Formats (http://loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats).

This release contains the following notable changes:

* Many, many bug fixes
* Added support for:
  - .nd2 files from Nikon Elements version 4
  - PerkinElmer Operetta data
  - MJPEG-compressed AVIs
  - MicroManager datasets with multiple positions
  - Zeiss CZI data
  - IMOD data

You can download Bio-Formats here:

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

As usual, we are now working towards the next release (4.4.1).  Items
 which may be included in the next release are listed on this roadmap:

http://trac.openmicroscopy.org/ome/query?group=status&component=Bio-Formats&milestone=OMERO-4.4.1

We are, as always, very grateful for the bug reports, test files, and patches
submitted by the community.  If you have any questions or comments, or if you
have found a bug, please contact us as instructed here:

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

Kind regards,

Melissa Linkert
Glencoe Software, Inc.