[magick-users] More antialiasing ? [SOAPBOX comment only]

[Anthony Thyssen]

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 )    <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
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