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2004.05.18 09:35 "Further doubt on bits per sample", by <mayankg@iiitb.ac.in>

2004.05.18 13:13 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Frank Warmerdam

2004.05.19 05:35 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by <mayankg@iiitb.ac.in>

2004.05.19 14:02 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Bob Friesenhahn

2004.05.19 08:35 "Further doubt on bits per sample", by <mayankg@iiitb.ac.in>

2004.05.19 09:49 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Andrey Kiselev

2004.05.18 13:53 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Bob Friesenhahn

2004.05.21 10:16 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Gerben Vos

2004.05.21 10:16 "Re: Further doubt on bits per sample", by Gerben Vos

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> On Tue, 18 May 2004 mayankg@iiitb.ac.in wrote:
> 
> > I further have a doubt,
> > 1. How does the bits per sample cases of 1,4 or 5 are 
> > handled by the libtiff library? Does the readstrip/readtile
> > functions return the data, such that, the
> > pixel values are always packed in byte boundaries?
>
> Nope.  For strips, pixel values are packed without any padding.

Except at the end of every row (scanline). There, padding bits are
added if necessary, so the next row starts at a byte boundary.

					Gerben Vos.