CZI file format is used by Carl Zeiss to store image data. This file format is created to fulfill the requirements for imaging in microscopy.
This file format is used to save multidimensional images. The type of images mostly stored in this file format includes virtual slides, Z stacks, time lapse and multi position experiments. The image file is then combined with metadata and is stored in one single file with CZI extension. The metadata stored in this file format includes keywords, acquisition date, user comments, microscope type and its settings, illumination or laser intensity rating, contrast used and objective behind using it.
In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .CZI file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:
A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .CZI file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .CZI file, so download the update and check again.
If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:
It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.
There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .CZI extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .CZI file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.