.. index:: Bitplane Imaris
.. index:: .ims
Bitplane Imaris
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Extensions: .ims
Owner: `Bitplane `_
**Support**
BSD-licensed: |no|
Export: |no|
Officially Supported Versions: 2.7, 3.0, 5.5
Readers:
- ImarisHDFReader (:bfreader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `)
- ImarisTiffReader (:bfreader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `)
- ImarisReader (:bfreader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `)
We currently have:
* an `Imaris (RAW) specification document `_ (from no later than 1997 November 11, in HTML)
* an `Imaris 5.5 (HDF) specification document `_
* Bitplane's bfFileReaderImaris3N code (from no later than 2005, in C++)
* several older Imaris (RAW) datasets
* one Imaris 3 (TIFF) dataset
* several Imaris 5.5 (HDF) datasets
We would like to have:
* an Imaris 3 (TIFF) specification document
* more Imaris 3 (TIFF) datasets
**Ratings**
Pixels: |Very good|
Metadata: |Very good|
Openness: |Very good|
Presence: |Fair|
Utility: |Fair|
**Additional Information**
- There are three distinct Imaris formats:
#. the old binary format (introduced in Imaris version 2.7)
#. Imaris 3, a TIFF variant (introduced in Imaris version 3.0)
#. Imaris 5.5, an HDF variant (introduced in Imaris version 5.5)