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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.1.4. This is a point release focusing on bug-fixes. Improvements include:</div>
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<div>* Command line tools</div>
<div> * fixed display of usage information</div>
<div>* Automated testing</div>
<div> * fixed problems with symlinked data on Windows</div>
<div> * added unit tests for checking physical pixel size creation</div>
<div>* Cellomics</div>
<div> * fixed reading of sparse plates</div>
<div>* SlideBook</div>
<div> * fixed a few lingering issues withe native library packaging</div>
<div>* SimplePCI/HCImage TIFF</div>
<div> * fixed bit depth parsing for files from newer versions of HCImage</div>
<div>* SimplePCI/HCImage .cxd</div>
<div> * fixed image dimensions to allow for extra padding bytes</div>
<div>* Leica LIF</div>
<div> * improved reading of image descriptions</div>
<div>* ICS</div>
<div> * fixed to use correct units for timestamps and physical pixel sizes</div>
<div>* MicroManager</div>
<div> * fixed to use correct units for timestamps</div>
<div>* Gatan .dm3/.dm4</div>
<div> * fixed problems with reading double-precision metadata values</div>
<div>* Hamamatsu NDPI</div>
<div> * fixed reading of mask images</div>
<div>* Leica .lei</div>
<div> * fixed reading of bit depth and endianness for datasets that were modified after acquisition</div>
<div>* FEI TIFF</div>
<div> * updated to read metadata from files produced by FEI Titan systems</div>
<div>* QuickTime</div>
<div> * fixed to handle planes with no stored pixels</div>
<div>* Leica .scn</div>
<div> * fixed reading of files that contain fewer images than expected</div>
<div>* Zeiss .czi</div>
<div> * fixed channel colors when an alpha value is not recorded</div>
<div> * fixed handling of pre-stitched image tiles</div>
<div>* SDT</div>
<div> * added support for Zip-compressed images</div>
<div>* Nikon .nd2</div>
<div> * fixed to read image dimensions from new non-XML metadata</div>
<div>* OME-XML</div>
<div> * fixed writing of integer metadata values</div>
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<div>Documentation updates include:</div>
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<div>* updated instructions for running automated data tests</div>
<div>* clarifed JVM versions currently supported</div>
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<div>Support for building the Native C++ implementation on Windows has also been completed and the pre-built packages will be released separately within the next few weeks.</div>
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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/5.1.4">http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.4</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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