Note
This documentation is for the new Bio-Formats 5.1 version. See the latest Bio-Formats 5.0.x version or the previous versions page to find documentation for the version you are using.
FocalPoint is an image browser, similar to Windows Explorer or other file manager application, specifically designed to work with more complex image types. FocalPoint uses Bio-Formats to generate thumbnails for some formats.
FocalPoint is bundled with Bio-Formats, so no further installation is necessary.
It should be possible to use a newer version of Bio-Formats by overwriting the old loci_tools.jar within the FocalPoint distribution. For Mac OS X, you will have to control click the FocalPoint program icon, choose “Show Package Contents” and navigate into Contents/Resources/Java to find the loci_tools.jar file.