My message seems to have got chopped by the Internet, so here is a repeat:
 
Patty Jansma wrote:
>We are having problems with the 256 optimized merge function on the Bio-Rad
>comos 6.01 program. If you merge two identical files on all pixels or the
>first image of a zseries on the 256 optimized merges, everything works fine.
>If you choose a section from the middle of a data set to merge with the same
>section, there is a pixel shift of 40-50 pixels in the y direction. We have
>tried reinstalling Comos 6.01 and this didn't solve the problem. Bio-Rad
>doesn't have any idea why it is happening. Any suggestions?
 
What happens if you write the individual slices you wish to merge to
single-slice images (temp1 and temp2).  Does this resolve the problem?
If it does presumably you could write a .cmd file to do it automatically.
(Incidentally, the most recent release of SOM that I have hangs the
entire computer if you attempt ANY sort of merge - I am still using a
3-year old version which lacks many of the new features but is at least
reliable).
                Guy Cox
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