As usual, I complicate my conceptions. :P It turns out that "file off-set" just means the byte position being referred to, in context. I was thinking it referred some binary file standard I was unaware of.
Thanks for the links, Will. The first one is really helping me to understand TIFF. John --- Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, Google worked on that one. I've gotten used to > stumping them lately and > it was a relief that the first two sites were very > useful. > > http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/tiff/ > http://www.ee.cooper.edu/courses/course_pages/past_courses/EE458/TIFF/ > > The first site guides you through writing TIFFs. > The second is more > informative and less practical looking and it waxes > on about proprietary > cruft. > > To answer your question, it looks like the offset is > four bytes right before > the first image file directory (IFD). I'm not sure > why those four bytes are > there or if you can use them as you like, but that's > what they are. > > Good luck, brave media coder. > > On Thursday 22 July 2004 10:29 am, John Hebert > wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I am trying to understand the TIFF file format and > I > > came across a term: "file off-set". I kinda have > an > > idea what this is, but I am not sure. > > > > I think it referring to a position in the file > where > > actual image data starts, so that a header section > can > > exist to provide meta-data about the image. (?) > > > > Can anyone define what a file off-set is or point > me > > to a good explanation? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! > > > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/
