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<div>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.</div>
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<div><b>Bio-Formats</b></div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Other updates include:</div>
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<li> improved performance of ImageJ plugin when working with ROIs</li><li> TIFF export - switch to BigTIFF if .tf2, .tf8, or .btf extensions are used</li><li> fixed upgrade checking to more accurately report when a new version is available</li><li> Many bug fixes for formats including:
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<li> Zeiss CZI - fixed ordering of multiposition data and improved support for RGB and fused images</li><li> Nikon ND2 - improved ordering of multiposition data </li><li> Leica LIF - improved metadata validity checks and excitation wavelength detection</li><li> Metamorph STK/TIFF - record lens numerical aperture and fixed millisecond values in timestamps</li><li> Gatan DM3 - correctly detect signed pixel data</li><li> Imaris HDF - fix channel count detection</li><li> ICS export - fix writing of files larger than 2GB</li></ul>
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<div>Full details can be found at <a href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.html">
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.html</a></div>
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<div>The software is available at:</div>
<div><a href="http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.1">http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.1</a></div>
<div>and the C++ implementation is available from:</div>
<div><a href="http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats-cpp/5.1.1/">http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats-cpp/5.1.1/</a></div>
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<div><b>OMERO</b></div>
<div>OMERO 5.1.1 focuses on user-facing issues and cleaning resources for developers. Improvements include:</div>
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<div>For OMERO.web:</div>
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<li> significant review of the web share functionality</li><li> correction of thumbnail refreshing</li><li> fixes to the user administration panel</li><li> fix for embedding of the Javascript image viewer</li></ul>
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<div>For OMERO.insight:</div>
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<li> improved open actions</li><li> tidying of the menu structure</li><li> correction of the mouse zoom behavior</li><li> fix for the Drag-n-Drop functionality</li></ul>
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<div>Other updates include:</div>
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<li> overhaul of the CLI session log-in logic</li><li> cleaning and testing of all code examples</li><li> further removal of the use of deprecated methods</li></ul>
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<div>The software is available at:</div>
<div><a href="http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.1.1">http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.1.1</a></div>
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<div>Upgrade information is at <a href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/omero5.1/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html">
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/omero5.1/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html</a>.</div>
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<div>Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community">http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community</a></div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>The OME Team</div>
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<div>Dr Helen Flynn</div>
<div>OME Technical Writer</div>
<div>Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression</div>
<div>Open Microscopy Environment</div>
<div>University of Dundee</div>
<div><a href="http://openmicroscopy.org/">http://openmicroscopy.org</a></div>
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