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Dear All,
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
Full details can be found at
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.htmlThe software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.1and the C++ implementation is available from:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats-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/5.1.1Upgrade information is at
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/omero5.1/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html.
Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/communityRegards,
The OME Team
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