Pims

This release is the same as v0.4, it only has an improved readme.

This is a major release that includes compatibility with numpy 2.0, the end of libtiff support, and some bug fixes.

What's Changed

* MNT: numpy2 compatibility by tacaswell in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/457
* MNT: Drop support for libtiff by nkeim in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/441
* FIX: Be more lenient when parsing the TIFF DateTime metadata tag. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/424
* FIX: Don't emit warnings that duplicate exceptions on opening failure. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/434
* FIX: Close files in case of reader failure by nkeim in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/445
* MNT: Update/fix CI setup. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/437
* DOC: Update imageio link by dstansby in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/450
* DOC: branch name in link to example nb by dmarx in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/428
* DOC: Clarify sorting rule in ImageSequence docs by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/423

New Contributors
* dmarx made their first contribution in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/428
* dstansby made their first contribution in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/450

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7

This is a major release that includes compatibility with numpy 2.0, the end of libtiff support, and some bug fixes.

What's Changed

* MNT: numpy2 compatibility by tacaswell in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/457
* MNT: Drop support for libtiff by nkeim in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/441
* FIX: Be more lenient when parsing the TIFF DateTime metadata tag. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/424
* FIX: Don't emit warnings that duplicate exceptions on opening failure. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/434
* FIX: Close files in case of reader failure by nkeim in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/445
* MNT: Update/fix CI setup. by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/437
* DOC: Update imageio link by dstansby in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/450
* DOC: branch name in link to example nb by dmarx in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/428
* DOC: Clarify sorting rule in ImageSequence docs by anntzer in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/423

New Contributors
* dmarx made their first contribution in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/428
* dstansby made their first contribution in https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/pull/450

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/soft-matter/pims/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2rc1

This is a bugfix release recommended for all users.

- Fixed imageio \"infinite reader\" bug (PR 415)
- Added installation instructions for imageio-ffmpeg and moviepy (PR 417)

This is a major release recommended for all users. Your existing code to
open files may need to be edited slightly -- see the first change
listed below.

- API: all readers do not support the keyword arguments
`process_func`, `dtype` and `as_grey` anymore. Please consult the
documentation on Pipelines on how to convert videos. (PR 250)
- New built-in `as_grey` pipeline for convenient conversion to
greyscale (PR 305)
- New built-in `crop` pipeline for making a cropped sequence (PR 247)
- Major speedup for random access in PyAVReaderIndexed (PR 340)
- Bumped Bioformats version to 6.5.x (PR 301)
- Added instructions for installing/updating Bioformats (PR 346)
- Enhanced support for metadata in the CINE format (PR 317)
- Enhanced documentation for PyAV video support (PR 334)
- Added multidimensional capabilities to ImageIOReader (see
"multidimensional" documentation) (PR 320)
- Added support for nd2reader as alternative reader for Nikon nd2
files (PR 272)
- Removed fallback to scipy.misc.imread, which was removed from scipy
(PR 359)
- Fixed compatibility with PyAV 0.4.0 and newer (PR 300)
- Fixed compatibility and bugs in PyAV export (PR 283, PR 313)
- Fixed opening of PyAV videos with audio (PR 322)
- Fixed compatibility with newer versions of tifffile (PR 314, PR 339)
- Fixed response to missing ImageIO (PR 333)