ZEN uses BioFormats as an integrated library for reading and writing life sciences image file formats. It is capable of parsing both pixels and metadata for a large number of formats. It achieves this by converting proprietary microscopy data into an open standard called the OME data model. With BioFormats, you can read proprietary formats and convert them into an intermediate format, e.g., CZI or OME-TIFF. For example, it is possible to load simple images you can import simple images, such as camera images or more complex images, such as a light microscope image with overlays, to your ZEN Connect project.

1. You have licensed the Third Party Import.

1. Select File > Export/Import > BioFormats Import.
2. Navigate to the image with the proprietary image format you want to import, select it, and click Open.

1. The image is converted and added to ZEN (not to the ZEN Connect project itself).

Alternatively, you have the following options to import data in your ZEN Connect project:

• Adding an Image to the ZEN Connect Project.
• Importing Data

For more information on BioFormats, see http://www.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/