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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
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OMERO now imports all the formats read by Bio-Formats including microscopy, HCS, tissue scanner and graphics file formats. Over 60 in total.
Metadata
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Improved metadata support — full visibility of image, microscope, and detector metadata.
Live Thumbnails
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Adjust rendering of thumbnails and propagate across sets of images.
Movie maker
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Create a movie from any image file and save as an annotation or export as MOV.
Export
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Export any image as OME-TIFF, complete with metadata using the OME-XML standard.
Directory import
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Choose a directory of images to import and filter the contents by image format if desired.
Quality Assurance
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Feedback system that allows users to send comments, bugs, or data files, and to track responses and updates.
Demo server
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Take the advantage of OMERO platform and ask for a free Demo Account here.

Existing OMERO features

Import images
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Import images from microscope, graphics and other imaging formats.
Manage and organise
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Manage, organise and delete images within Projects and Datasets.
Cross platform
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Download, install and use clients on any platform. Log on to the server using the server name, user name and password.
Image rendering
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Turn channels on/off, change channel colours, adjust brightness and contrast. Copy and paste settings between images.
Browse
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Browse a large number of images on the sever as thumbnails.
View
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View images without having to download the whole image. Scroll through Z and T dimensions to view image stacks and movies.
3D Projection
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Configure parameters with a live preview, then do the projection and save the projected image.
Remote access
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Connect to a server from any remote location. Choose a higher image compression level if connecting from a low bandwidth location.
Annotate
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Annotate images with a description, comment or URL. Batch annotate several images at once.
Attach
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Attach files to images, such as pdf or word documents (protocols, results, etc.).
Rating
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Rate images 0-5 stars and filter images by their rating.
Tagging
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Use tags to organise and manage images, and export a report of image tags.
Add Experiment Info
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Edit Protocol and Experiment files and use these to annotate your data.
Filter
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Filter displayed images by properties such as name, tag, rating and comment.
Search
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Search using tags, names, or any other text data.
Draw ROIs
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Draw ROIs, in 2D, or across 3D or 4D.
Measure
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Measure distances, sizes, pixel intensity of ROIs and export to an Excel spreadsheet.
Share
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Share sets of images with other users and have a conversation about the data.
Plug in
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Use Matlab, ImageJ, or CellProfiler to access images in OMERO and analyse using 3rd party routines.
Calendar
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Use the calendar on the web client to browse your recent imports and other activity.
Manage users
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Server administrators can add and manage users and groups with the web-admin tool.
LDAP support
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support.
Personalise
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Edit your account details and upload your photo to personalise your account.
Feedback & support
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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
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Import InCell, MIAS and Flex formats including metadata. View 384-well and 96-well plates in OMERO.insight.
OpenGL support
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OpenGL ImageViewer — minimizes memory footprint for image viewing.
DropBox
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Full-fledged "DropBox" — allows automatic import from a defined directory of all supported file formats.
ROIs on the server
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Server-side region-of-interest (ROI) support.
Tabular Data support
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HDF-based storage of measurement results with an API for exporting to Excel.

Upcoming OMERO features

File system
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Remote filesystem(s) access (solution for "Data duplication").
Import
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"Server-side" import.
Large images
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Large images support.
Distribution
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Distributed computer resources.
Web support for HCS
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View 384-well and 96-well plates in OMERO.web.
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