.. index:: Bio-Rad PIC .. index:: .pic, .raw, .xml Bio-Rad PIC =============================================================================== Extensions: .pic, .raw, .xml Developer: Bio-Rad Owner: `Carl Zeiss, Inc. `_ **Support** BSD-licensed: |no| Export: |no| Officially Supported Versions: Reader: BioRadReader (:bfreader:`Source Code `, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields `) Freely Available Software: - `Bio-Rad PIC reader plugin for ImageJ `_ We currently have: * a PIC specification document (v4.5, in PDF) * an older PIC specification document (v4.2, from 1996 December 16, in DOC) * a large number of PIC datasets * the ability to produce new datasets We would like to have: **Ratings** Pixels: |Outstanding| Metadata: |Outstanding| Openness: |Very good| Presence: |Very good| Utility: |Very good| **Additional Information** **Please note that while we have specification documents for this format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.** * Commercial applications that support this format include: * `Bitplane Imaris `_ * `SVI Huygens `_