.. index:: Bitplane Imaris .. index:: .ims Bitplane Imaris =============================================================================== Extensions: .ims Owner: `Oxford Instruments `_ (formerly 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 `) Freely Available Software: - `Imaris writer `_ 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 * `public sample images `__ 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)