Supported Formats
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- BSD
- Multiple Images
- Pyramid
* - :doc:`formats/3i-slidebook`
- .sld
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/3i-slidebook-7`
- .sldy
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/abd-tiff`
- .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/aim`
- .aim
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/alicona-3d`
- .al3d
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/amersham-biosciences-gel`
- .gel
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/amira-mesh`
- .am, .amiramesh, .grey, .hx, .labels
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/amnis-flowsight`
- .cif
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/analyze-75`
- .img, .hdr
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/andor-sif`
- .sif
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/animated-png`
- .png
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/aperio-afi`
- .afi, .svs
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/aperio-svs-tiff`
- .svs
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/applied-precision-cellworx`
- .htd, .pnl
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/avi`
- .avi
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/axon-raw-format`
- .arf
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/bd-pathway`
- .exp, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/becker-hickl-fifo`
- .spc
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/becker-hickl-spcimage`
- .sdt
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/big-data-viewer`
- .xml, .h5
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |Very Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/bio-rad-gel`
- .1sc
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/bio-rad-pic`
- .pic, .raw, .xml
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/bio-rad-scn`
- .scn
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/bitplane-imaris`
- .ims
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/bruker-mri`
-
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/burleigh`
- .img
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/canon-dng`
- .cr2, .crw
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/cellh5`
- .ch5
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/cellomics`
- .c01, .dib
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/cellsens-vsi`
- .vsi
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/cellvoyager`
- .xml, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/cv7000`
- .wpi, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/deltavision`
- .dv, .r3d, .rcpnl
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/dicom`
- .dcm, .dicom
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/ecat7`
- .v
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/eps`
- .eps, .epsi, .ps
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/evotecperkinelmer-opera-flex`
- .flex, .mea, .res
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/fei`
- .img
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/fei-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/fits`
- .fits
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/gatan-digital-micrograph`
- .dm3, .dm4
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/gatan-digital-micrograph-2`
- .dm2
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/ge-microct`
- .vff
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/gif`
- .gif
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/hamamatsu-aquacosmos-naf`
- .naf
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/hamamatsu-his`
- .his
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/hamamatsu-ndpi`
- .ndpi, .ndpis
- |Very Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/hamamatsu-vms`
- .vms
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/hitachi-s-4800`
- .txt, .tif, .bmp, .jpg
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/i2i`
- .i2i
- |Very Good|
- |Very good|
- |Very Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/ics`
- .ics, .ids
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imacon`
- .fff
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imagepro-sequence`
- .seq
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imagepro-workspace`
- .ipw
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imagic`
- .hed, .img
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imod`
- .mod
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/improvision-openlab-liff`
- .liff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/improvision-openlab-raw`
- .raw
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/improvision-tiff`
- .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/imspector-obf`
- .obf, .msr
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/incell-1000`
- .xdce, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/incell-3000`
- .frm
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/inr`
- .inr
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/inveon`
- .hdr
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/ionpath-mibi`
- .tif, .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/iplab`
- .ipl
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/iplab-mac`
- .ipm
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/jeol`
- .dat, .img, .par
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/jpeg`
- .jpg
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/jpeg-2000`
- .jp2, .j2k, .jpf
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/jpk`
- .jpk
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/jpx`
- .jpx
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/keller-lab-block`
- .klb
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/khoros-viff-bitmap`
- .xv
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/kodak-bip`
- .bip
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/lambert-instruments-flim`
- .fli
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/lavision-imspector`
- .msr
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/leica-lcs-lei`
- .lei, .tif
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/leica-lif`
- .lif
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/leica-lof`
- .lof
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/leica-scn`
- .scn
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/leica-xlef`
- .xlef
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/leo`
- .sxm, .tif, .tiff
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/li-cor-l2d`
- .l2d, .tif, .scn
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/lim`
- .lim
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/metamorph-75-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/metamorph-stack-stk`
- .stk, .nd
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/metaxpress`
- .htd, .tif, .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/mias-maia-scientific`
- .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/micro-manager`
- .tif, .txt, .xml
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/mikroscan-tiff`
- .tif, .tiff
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/minc-mri`
- .mnc
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/minolta-mrw`
- .mrw
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/mng`
- .mng
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/molecular-imaging`
- .stp
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/mrc`
- .mrc, .st, .ali, .map, .rec, .mrcs
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nef`
- .nef, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nifti`
- .img, .hdr, .nii, .nii.gz
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nikon-elements-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nikon-ez-c1-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nikon-nis-elements-nd2`
- .nd2
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/nrrd`
- .nrrd, .nhdr, .raw, .txt
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-cellrapl`
- .apl, .mtb, .tnb, .tif, .obsep
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-fluoview-fv1000`
- .oib, .oif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-fluoview-tiff`
- .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-oir`
- .oir
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-omp2info`
- .omp2info
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-scanr`
- .xml, .dat, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/olympus-sis-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/ome-tiff`
- :model_doc:`.ome.tiff, .ome.tif, .ome.tf2, .ome.tf8, .ome.btf <ome-tiff/index.html>`
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/ome-xml`
- :model_doc:`.ome, .ome.xml <ome-xml/index.html>`
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/omero-pyramid`
-
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/oxford-instruments`
- .top
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/pcoraw`
- .pcoraw, .rec
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/pcx-pc-paintbrush`
- .pcx
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/perkin-elmer-densitometer`
- .pds
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/perkinelmer-columbus`
- .xml, .csv, .tif
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/perkinelmer-nuance`
- .im3
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/perkinelmer-operetta`
- .tiff, .xml
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/perkinelmer-ultraview`
- .tif, .2, .3, .4, etc.
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/pgm`
- .pbm, .pgm, .ppm
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/photoshop-psd`
- .psd
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/photoshop-tiff`
- .tif, .tiff
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/picoquant-bin`
- .bin
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/pict-macintosh-picture`
- .pict
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/png`
- .png
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/prairie-tech-tiff`
- .tif, .xml, .cfg
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/princeton-instruments-spe`
- .spe
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/quesant`
- .afm
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/quicktime-movie`
- .mov
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/rhk`
- .sm2, .sm3
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/sbig`
-
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/seiko`
- .xqd, .xqf
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/simplepci-hcimage`
- .cxd
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/simplepci-hcimage-tiff`
- .tiff
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/sm-camera`
-
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/spider`
- .spi, .stk
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/targa`
- .tga
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/tecan-spark-cyto-workspace`
- .db, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/text`
- .txt
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/tiff`
- .tiff, .tif, .tf2, .tf8, .btf
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/tillphotonics-tillvision`
- .vws
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/topometrix`
- .tfr, .ffr, .zfr, .zfp, .2fl
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/trestle`
- .tif, .sld, .jpg
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/ubm`
- .pr3
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/unisoku`
- .dat, .hdr
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/varian-fdf`
- .fdf
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/vectra-qptiff`
- .tif, .qptiff
- |Very good|
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/veeco-afm`
- .hdf
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Very Good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/ventana-bif`
- .bif
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/vg-sam`
- .dti
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/visitech-xys`
- .xys, .html
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/volocity`
- .mvd2
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/volocity-library-clipping`
- .acff
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/wa-top`
- .wat
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/windows-bitmap`
- .bmp
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |Outstanding|
- |Poor|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/woolz`
- .wlz
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |yes|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/zeiss-axio-csm`
- .lms
- |Good|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Poor|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/zeiss-axiovision-tiff`
- .xml, .tif
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |Fair|
- |Fair|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/zeiss-axiovision-zvi`
- .zvi
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
- |no|
* - :doc:`formats/zeiss-czi`
- `.czi <https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/int/products/microscope-software/zen/czi.html>`_
- |Outstanding|
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Fair|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |yes|
* - :doc:`formats/zeiss-lsm`
- .lsm, .mdb
- |Outstanding|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |Very good|
- |Good|
- |no|
- |no|
- |yes|
- |no|
Bio-Formats currently supports **162** formats
.. glossary::
Ratings legend and definitions
+----------------+-----------------------+
+================+=======================+
| |Outstanding| | Outstanding |
+----------------+-----------------------+
| |Very good| | Very good |
+----------------+-----------------------+
| |Good| | Good |
+----------------+-----------------------+
| |Fair| | Fair |
+----------------+-----------------------+
| |Poor| | Poor |
+----------------+-----------------------+
Pixels
Our estimation of Bio-Formats' ability to reliably extract complete
and accurate pixel values from files in that format. The better this
score, the more confident we are that Bio-Formats will successfully
read your file without displaying an error message or displaying an
erroneous image.
Metadata
Our certainty in the thoroughness and correctness of Bio-Formats'
metadata extraction and conversion from files of that format into
standard OME-XML. The better this score, the more confident we are
that all meaningful metadata will be parsed and populated as OME-XML.
Openness
This is not a direct expression of Bio-Formats' performance, but
rather indicates the level of cooperation the format's controlling
interest has demonstrated toward the scientific community with respect
to the format. The better this score, the more tools (specification
documents, source code, sample files, etc.) have been made available.
Presence
This is also not directly related to Bio-Formats, but instead
represents our understanding of the format's popularity, and is also
as a measure of compatibility between applications. The better this
score, the more common the format and the more software packages
include support for it.
Utility
Our opinion of the format's suitability for storing metadata-rich
microscopy image data. The better this score, the wider the variety of
information that can be effectively stored in the format.
Export
This indicates whether Bio-Formats is capable of writing the format
(Bio-Formats can read every format on this list).
BSD
This indicates whether format is BSD-licensed. By default,
format readers and writers are GPL-licensed.
Multiple Images
This indicates whether the format can store multiple Images (in OME-XML terminology)
or series (in Bio-Formats API terminology).
Pyramid
This indicates whether the format can store a single image at multiple resolutions,
typically referred to as an image pyramid.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:glob:
:hidden:
formats/3i-slidebook
formats/3i-slidebook-7
formats/abd-tiff
formats/aim
formats/alicona-3d
formats/amersham-biosciences-gel
formats/amira-mesh
formats/amnis-flowsight
formats/analyze-75
formats/andor-sif
formats/animated-png
formats/aperio-afi
formats/aperio-svs-tiff
formats/applied-precision-cellworx
formats/avi
formats/axon-raw-format
formats/bd-pathway
formats/becker-hickl-fifo
formats/becker-hickl-spcimage
formats/big-data-viewer
formats/bio-rad-gel
formats/bio-rad-pic
formats/bio-rad-scn
formats/bitplane-imaris
formats/bruker-mri
formats/burleigh
formats/canon-dng
formats/cellh5
formats/cellomics
formats/cellsens-vsi
formats/cellvoyager
formats/cv7000
formats/deltavision
formats/dicom
formats/ecat7
formats/eps
formats/evotecperkinelmer-opera-flex
formats/fei
formats/fei-tiff
formats/fits
formats/gatan-digital-micrograph
formats/gatan-digital-micrograph-2
formats/ge-microct
formats/gif
formats/hamamatsu-aquacosmos-naf
formats/hamamatsu-his
formats/hamamatsu-ndpi
formats/hamamatsu-vms
formats/hitachi-s-4800
formats/i2i
formats/ics
formats/imacon
formats/imagepro-sequence
formats/imagepro-workspace
formats/imagic
formats/imod
formats/improvision-openlab-liff
formats/improvision-openlab-raw
formats/improvision-tiff
formats/imspector-obf
formats/incell-1000
formats/incell-3000
formats/inr
formats/inveon
formats/ionpath-mibi
formats/iplab
formats/iplab-mac
formats/jeol
formats/jpeg
formats/jpeg-2000
formats/jpk
formats/jpx
formats/keller-lab-block
formats/khoros-viff-bitmap
formats/kodak-bip
formats/lambert-instruments-flim
formats/lavision-imspector
formats/leica-lcs-lei
formats/leica-lif
formats/leica-lof
formats/leica-scn
formats/leica-xlef
formats/leo
formats/li-cor-l2d
formats/lim
formats/metamorph-75-tiff
formats/metamorph-stack-stk
formats/metaxpress
formats/mias-maia-scientific
formats/micro-manager
formats/mikroscan-tiff
formats/minc-mri
formats/minolta-mrw
formats/mng
formats/molecular-imaging
formats/mrc
formats/nef
formats/nifti
formats/nikon-elements-tiff
formats/nikon-ez-c1-tiff
formats/nikon-nis-elements-nd2
formats/nrrd
formats/olympus-cellrapl
formats/olympus-fluoview-fv1000
formats/olympus-fluoview-tiff
formats/olympus-oir
formats/olympus-omp2info
formats/olympus-scanr
formats/olympus-sis-tiff
formats/ome-tiff
formats/ome-xml
formats/omero-pyramid
formats/oxford-instruments
formats/pcoraw
formats/pcx-pc-paintbrush
formats/perkin-elmer-densitometer
formats/perkinelmer-columbus
formats/perkinelmer-nuance
formats/perkinelmer-operetta
formats/perkinelmer-ultraview
formats/pgm
formats/photoshop-psd
formats/photoshop-tiff
formats/picoquant-bin
formats/pict-macintosh-picture
formats/png
formats/prairie-tech-tiff
formats/princeton-instruments-spe
formats/quesant
formats/quicktime-movie
formats/rhk
formats/sbig
formats/seiko
formats/simplepci-hcimage
formats/simplepci-hcimage-tiff
formats/sm-camera
formats/spider
formats/targa
formats/tecan-spark-cyto-workspace
formats/text
formats/tiff
formats/tillphotonics-tillvision
formats/topometrix
formats/trestle
formats/ubm
formats/unisoku
formats/varian-fdf
formats/vectra-qptiff
formats/veeco-afm
formats/ventana-bif
formats/vg-sam
formats/visitech-xys
formats/volocity
formats/volocity-library-clipping
formats/wa-top
formats/windows-bitmap
formats/woolz
formats/zeiss-axio-csm
formats/zeiss-axiovision-tiff
formats/zeiss-axiovision-zvi
formats/zeiss-czi
formats/zeiss-lsm