[ome-devel] Release of OMERO & Bio-Formats 5.1.1

[Curtis Rueden]

Hi 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.

Fiji has also been updated to the Bio-Formats 5.1.1 release. You can get
the update via ImageJ's Help > Update... command.

Regards,
Curtis Rueden
ImageJ & Fiji maintainer
UW-Madison LOCI

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Helen Flynn (Staff) <h.flynn at dundee.ac.uk>
wrote:

>  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.html
>
>  The software is available at:
> http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.1
> and 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/5.1.1
>
>  Upgrade 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/community
>
>  Regards,
>
>  The OME Team
>
>  Dr Helen Flynn
> OME Technical Writer
> Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression
> Open Microscopy Environment
> University of Dundee
> http://openmicroscopy.org
>
>
> The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096
>
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