[ome-users] file export

[josh.moore at gmx.de]

Forwarding to list.

> Hi Josh,
> 
> thanks very much for the quick reply. Well, right now I simply
> wanted a quick way of converting confocal images to something
> useful for various other software, and because the standardised
> file format is one of the main strengths of OME / OMERO, it was
> obvious to me to try it. Another major reason is that we are in
> the process of building up a test run in Imperial College, in
> collaboration between my microscopy facility, CISBIC (systems
> biology) and some people in physics. So I have started to use
> OMERO for real-life images, and was actually very surprised that
> you can import everything, but can't get it back out. Because
> OMERO is mainly a database, not an image processing tool, which is
> only just started to be implemented.
>
> I know there are beginning to be interfaces with some bits of
> software, like CellProfiler or Imaris, but that will never work
> with all software.
>
> So I propose the following export functions for a selection of
> images (from the image browser):
> 
>   * a few basic file formats (OME-TIFF, jpg, gif, png)
>   * assignment of channels into RGB channels (similar to Zeiss LSM export)
>   * ideal (that's what I would have needed recently): export of a
>   * few special views like maximum projection or tiled channel
>     view
>   * possible long-term optimisation: movie export
> 
> Please let me know if anything like this is already planned or in
> progress.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Martin