v2025.2.20

Read Leica image files (LIF, LOF, XLIF, XLCF, XLEF, and LIFEXT)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files: LIF (Leica Image File), LOF (Leica Object File), XLIF (XML Image File), XLCF (XML Collection File), XLEF (XML Experiment File), and LIFEXT (Leica Image File Extension).

Changes

• Rename LifFileFormat to LifFileType (breaking).
• Rename LifFile.format to LifFile.type (breaking).

v2025.2.10

Read Leica image files (LIF, LOF, XLIF, XLCF, XLEF, and LIFEXT)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files: LIF (Leica Image File), LOF (Leica Object File), XLIF (XML Image File), XLCF (XML Collection File), XLEF (XML Experiment File), and LIFEXT (Leica Image File Extension).

Changes

• Support case-sensitive file systems.
• Support OMETiffBlock, AiviaTiffBlock, and other memory blocks.
• Remove LifImageSeries.items and paths methods (breaking).
• Deprecate LifImage.xml_element_smd.
• Fix LifImage.parent_image and child_images properties for XML files.
• Work around reading float16 blocks from uint16 OME-TIFF files.

v2025.2.8

Read Leica image files (LIF, LOF, XLIF, XLCF, XLEF, and LIFEXT)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files: LIF (Leica Image File), LOF (Leica Object File), XLIF (XML Image File), XLCF (XML Collection File), XLEF (XML Experiment File), and LIFEXT (Leica Image File Extension).

Changes

• Support LIFEXT files.
• Remove asrgb parameter from LifImage.asarray (breaking).
• Do not apply BGR correction when using memory block frames.
• Avoid copying single frame to output array.
• Add LifImage.parent_image and child_images properties.
• Add LifImageSeries.find method.

v2025.2.6

Read Leica image files (LIF, LOF, XLIF, XLCF, and XLEF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files: LIF (Leica Image File), LOF (Leica Object File), XLIF (XML Image File), XLCF (XML Collection File), and XLEF (XML Experiment File).

Changes

• Support XLEF and XLCF files.
• Rename LifFile.series property to images (breaking).
• Rename imread series argument to image (breaking).
• Remove LifImage.index property (breaking).
• Add parent and children properties to LifFile.
• Improve detection of XML codecs.
• Do not keep XML files open.

v2025.2.5

Read Leica image files (LIF, LOF, and XLIF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image file formats: LIF (Leica Image File), LOF (Leica Object File), and XLIF (XML Leica Image File).

Changes

• Support XLIF files.
• Revise LifMemoryBlock (breaking).
• Replace LifImage.is_lof property with format (breaking).
• Require imagecodecs for decoding TIF, JPEG, PNG, and BMP frames.

v2025.2.2

Read Leica image files (LIF and LOF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image file formats: LIF (Leica Image File) and LOF (Leica Object File).

Changes

• Add LifFlimImage class.
• Derive LifImage and LifFlimImage from LifImageABC.
• Rename LifImage.guid property to uuid (breaking).
• Add LifFile.uuid property.

v2025.1.31

Read Leica image files (LIF and LOF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image file formats: LIF (Leica Image File) and LOF (Leica Object File).

Changes

• Support LOF files.
• Make LifFile.xml_header a function (breaking).

v2025.1.30

Read Leica image files (LIF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files (LIF). LIF files are written by LAS X software to store collections of images and metadata from microscopy experiments.

Changes

• Remove LifFile.flim_rawdata (breaking).
• Add index, guid, and xml_element_smd properties to LifImage.

v2025.1.26

Read Leica image files (LIF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files (LIF). LIF files are written by LAS X software to store collections of images and metadata from microscopy experiments.

Changes

• Fix image coordinate values.
• Prompt for file name if main is called without arguments.

v2015.1.25

Read Leica image files (LIF)

Liffile is a Python library to read image and metadata from Leica image files (LIF). LIF files are written by LAS X software to store collections of images and metadata from microscopy experiments.

Changes

• Initial alpha release.