Release of Bio-Formats 5.7.0

Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.7.0 which includes the following changes:

File format fixes and improvements:

• Imaris HDF
  • fixed resolution problems in which dimensions and resolution order were incorrectly calculated (thanks to Eliana Andreica)
• Nikon NIS-Elements ND2
  • fixed a bug in offset calculation when native chunk map is being used
• MetaMorph
  • corrected delta T and position Z values for multi-channel images when channels are split across multiple files
• Amnis FlowSight
  • better handling of exceptions in isThisType method (thanks to Claire McQuin)
• PicoQuant Bin
  • better handling of exceptions in isThisType method (thanks to Claire McQuin)

Bug fixes and improvements:

• reviewed and corrected URLs throughout the Bio-Formats source code
• updated Bio-Formats Macro Extensions list with a missing function
• added a new option in Bio-Formats plugins to configure the slice label display using patterns

Documentation improvements:

• added new format page for OMERO Pyramid
• updated the developer page for working with whole slide images
• added new page for configuring options in Bio-Formats plugins
• updated documentation sidebar to enable navigation of previous versions

Full details can be found at Bio-Formats version history.

The software is available at archived downloads and will shortly be available from the Java-8 update site for Fiji users.

Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists.