


For example, by default Fiji uses some built-in logic to open TIFF files, but this logic may fail with certain TIFFs. However, for certain file formats, you may wish to explicitly activate the Bio-Formats Importer to override the default behavior of Fiji. Often, you will not need to worry about this plugin to import your data, because Bio-Formats is largely integrated with the File › Open command of Fiji. It will also extract and set basic metadata values such as spatial calibration if they are available in the file. It can open many dozens of proprietary life sciences formats, and standardize their acquisition metadata into a common OME data model. The Bio-Formats Importer is a plugin for reading data into Fiji. See especially the Using Bio-Formats page for detailed instructions. See the Bio-Formats website for additional information about Bio-Formats in general.

You will find them all under the “Bio-Formats” submenu of Plugins. What follows is a brief overview of the available plugins. See LOCI’s Bio-Formats site for a historical narrative of the project. Import data from many life sciences file formats, and export to several open formats.
