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 NDPITools PLUGIN BUNDLE
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OVERVIEW
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The NDPITools plugin bundle adds to ImageJ the capability to display 
NDPI files and to extract part or all of a NDPI file as a standalone 
TIFF file or as a mosaic (set of small images which would reproduce the 
full image if joined together), by launching in a user-friendly way the 
ndpisplit program from the NDPITools software set.

Through the JAI codecs, it also adds support for JPEG-compressed TIFF 
files to ImageJ.

It borrows code from Jarek Sacha's ij-ImageIO plugins 
(http://ij-plugins.sf.net/plugins/imageio). For more detailed 
informations, see the subdirectory 'docs', or the home page at: 
http://www.imnc.in2p3.fr/pagesperso/deroulers/software/ndpitools/ .


PLUGINS
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NDPITools plugins install under the following ImageJ menu locations:

* Plugins/NDPITools:
  - Preview NDPI...
  - Extract to TIFF
  - Custom extract to TIFF / Mosaic...
  - Convert directory to TIFF / Mosaic...
  - Open TIFF...
  
* Help/About Plugins
  - NDPITools ...


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The NDPITools plugin bundle requires ImageJ 1.33m or newer and Java 1.4 
or newer (it was tested with Java 1.6 and may also work with Java 1.4 or 
1.5), and the ndpisplit program from the NDPITools (see 
http://www.imnc.in2p3.fr/pagesperso/deroulers/software/ndpitools/).


INSTALLATION
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The installation is as simple as placing NDPITools_.jar in ImageJ's 
plugins folder. Notice that the ndpisplit program from the NDPITools 
should also be installed to be able to open NDPI files.


CONTACT INFORMATION
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Author : Christophe Deroulers
E-mail : christophe.deroulers.nospam@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Webpage: http://www.imnc.in2p3.fr/pagesperso/deroulers/software/ndpitools/


LICENSE
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GNU GPL v. 3 (see License.rtf file)

Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Christophe Deroulers

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General 
Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
