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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.

PNG (Portable Network Graphics)ΒΆ

Extensions: .png

Developer: PNG Development Group

Support

BSD-licensed: Yes

Export: Yes

Officially Supported Versions:

Supported Metadata Fields: PNG (Portable Network Graphics)

Freely Available Software:

We currently have:

We would like to have:

Ratings

Pixels: 4 - Very Good

Metadata: 3 - Good

Openness: 5 - Outstanding

Presence: 5 - Outstanding

Utility: 1 - Poor

Additional Information

Source Code: APNGReader.java

Notes:

Bio-Formats uses the Java Image I/O API to read and write PNG files.