Volocity Supported File Formats

Volocity Supported File Formats

Volocity Supported File Formats

File Formats for Import

Volocity supports the following file formats for reading:

  • BioRad PIC
  • Windows BMP
  • Volocity Library Clipping
  • DeltaVision
  • ICS/IDS (Image Cytometry Format)
  • JPEG
  • Leica LIF (generated by Leica confocals)
  • Neurolucida Tracing XML format
  • Openlab LIFF
  • PerkinElmer AIC
  • PerkinElmer Harmony "Index and Images" and "Index with Referenced Images" (generated by PerkinElmer Operetta High Content imaging systems)
  • Apple PICT
  • QuickTime Images (e.g., Photoshop PSD and other still image formats supported by QuickTime)
  • TIFF, including:
    • Improvision TIFF extensions (metadata in the ImageDescription tag)
    • Leica TIFF (generated by Leica confocals)
    • Olympus TIFF (generated by Olympus FluoView confocals, xcellence, and cell^R systems)
    • PerkinElmer TIFF (generated by PerkinElmer UltraVIEW systems)
    • GE TIFF (generated by GE Healthcare INCell 1000 systems)
    • OME TIFF (as described by the Open Microscopy Environment: openmicroscopy.org)
    • Zeiss LSM (a TIFF variant)
    • Zeiss ZVI
    • MetaMorph STK (a TIFF variant)
    • Olympus OIF (a TIFF variant)
    • TILLVision

File Formats for Export

Volocity supports writing the following file formats:

  • Windows BMP
  • Volocity Library Clipping
  • ICS/IDS (Image Cytometry Format)
  • JPEG
  • Openlab LIFF
  • MATLAB v5 image format (compatible with MATLAB versions 5 and 6)
  • TIFF (with Improvision extensions)
  • OME-TIFF (2007 schema, as described by the Open Microscopy Environment: openmicroscopy.org)
  • TIFF for Publication
  • QuickTime Movies
  • AVI Movies (Windows only)
  • WMV Movies (Windows only)

Volocity also supports writing views as QuickTime, AVI, and WMV movies where these formats are available.


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