Feature List
List of features in the OME suite of software. Each is presented with videos, documentation, and pointers to downloads and code.
New features in latest OMERO release (4.1)
More File Formats
OMERO now imports all the formats read by Bio-Formats including microscopy, HCS, tissue scanner and graphics file formats. Over 60 in total.
Metadata
Improved metadata support — full visibility of image, microscope, and detector metadata.
Live Thumbnails
Adjust rendering of thumbnails and propagate across sets of images.
Movie maker
Create a movie from any image file and save as an annotation or export as MOV.
Export
Export any image as OME-TIFF, complete with metadata using the OME-XML standard.
Directory import
Choose a directory of images to import and filter the contents by image format if desired.
Quality Assurance
Feedback system that allows users to send comments, bugs, or data files, and to track responses and updates.
Demo server
Take the advantage of OMERO platform and ask for a free Demo Account here.
Existing OMERO features
Import images
Import images from microscope, graphics and other imaging formats.
Manage and organise
Manage, organise and delete images within Projects and Datasets.
Cross platform
Download, install and use clients on any platform. Log on to the server using the server name, user name and password.
Image rendering
Turn channels on/off, change channel colours, adjust brightness and contrast. Copy and paste settings between images.
Browse
Browse a large number of images on the sever as thumbnails.
View
View images without having to download the whole image. Scroll through Z and T dimensions to view image stacks and movies.
3D Projection
Configure parameters with a live preview, then do the projection and save the projected image.
Remote access
Connect to a server from any remote location. Choose a higher image compression level if connecting from a low bandwidth location.
Annotate
Annotate images with a description, comment or URL. Batch annotate several images at once.
Attach
Attach files to images, such as pdf or word documents (protocols, results, etc.).
Rating
Rate images 0-5 stars and filter images by their rating.
Tagging
Use tags to organise and manage images, and export a report of image tags.
Add Experiment Info
Edit Protocol and Experiment files and use these to annotate your data.
Filter
Filter displayed images by properties such as name, tag, rating and comment.
Search
Search using tags, names, or any other text data.
Draw ROIs
Draw ROIs, in 2D, or across 3D or 4D.
Measure
Measure distances, sizes, pixel intensity of ROIs and export to an Excel spreadsheet.
Share
Share sets of images with other users and have a conversation about the data.
Plug in
Calendar
Use the calendar on the web client to browse your recent imports and other activity.
Manage users
Server administrators can add and manage users and groups with the web-admin tool.
LDAP support
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support.
Personalise
Edit your account details and upload your photo to personalise your account.
Feedback & support
Documentation and user support on forum and mailing lists.
Preview features in OMERO 4.1
Features that are being released for feedback and testing
HCS support
Import InCell, MIAS and Flex formats including metadata. View 384-well and 96-well plates in OMERO.insight.
Movies: Configuration | Import
OpenGL support
OpenGL ImageViewer — minimizes memory footprint for image viewing.
DropBox
Full-fledged "DropBox" — allows automatic import from a defined directory of all supported file formats.
ROIs on the server
Server-side region-of-interest (ROI) support.
Tabular Data support
HDF-based storage of measurement results with an API for exporting to Excel.
Upcoming OMERO features
File system
Remote filesystem(s) access (solution for "Data duplication").
Import
"Server-side" import.
Large images
Large images support.
Distribution
Distributed computer resources.
Web support for HCS
View 384-well and 96-well plates in OMERO.web.

