.. index:: Bio-Rad PIC
.. index:: .pic, .raw, .xml

Bio-Rad PIC
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Extensions: .pic, .raw, .xml

Developer: Bio-Rad

Owner: `ZEISS International <https://www.zeiss.com>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: BioRadReader (:bfreader:`Source Code <BioRadReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/BioRadReader>`)


Freely Available Software:

- `Bio-Rad PIC reader plugin for ImageJ <https://imagej.net/ij/plugins/biorad.html>`_


We currently have:

* a PIC specification document (v4.5, in PDF) 
* an older PIC specification document (v4.2, from 1996 December 16, in DOC) 
* a large number of PIC datasets 
* the ability to produce new datasets



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Outstanding|

Metadata: |Outstanding|

Openness: |Very good|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Very good|

**Additional Information**

**Please note that while we have specification documents for this
format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.**

* Commercial applications that support this format include: 

  * `Bitplane Imaris <http://www.bitplane.com/>`_ 
  * `SVI Huygens <https://svi.nl/>`_
