Glenn Linderman on wrote... | On approximately 9/4/2007 4:55 PM, came the following characters from | the keyboard of Anthony Thyssen: | | > [SOAPBOX START] | > Yes though if you are using 64 colors, why not use the more unuversally | > accepted GIF image format instead!!!! TIFF is so bloated with features | > only photoshop can handle all valid forms of TIFF. I would steer clear | > of that format unless you are specifically working with photoshop, or | > the application accepts no other, better defined, image file format. | | | While GIF may be eminently suitable for the OP, I take exception to the | comment that only photoshop can handle all valid forms of TIFF. | | I would say that not even photoshop can handle all valid forms of TIFF. | | Photoshop ignores the image density specified in (at least) G4 | compressed B&W TIFF files, and displays them instead with 50% less | width. This is bizarre, as far as I am concerned, even though FAX | machine typically have greater resolution vertically than horizontally, | Photoshop should not _assume_ that a random TIFF file of that nature | that it opens was incorrectly coded. | | Oh, and what particular forms of TIFF can IrfanView not handle, if you know? | | | > [SOAPBOX END] | You have a valid point Glenn.
Even Photoshop, which holds the propority standard for TIFF, can not handle all valid forms of TIFF. I have added your note about G4 compression, to the IM, TIFF format section, with your name, (give it a few days for it to appear). If you like you email address too, let me know. http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#tiff Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- As flat as an open can of coke, left on a programmer's desk over the weekend. --- Rick Cook, "Wizardry Consulted" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony's Home is his Castle http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/ _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
