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2004.06.04 15:03 "Re: large TIFF - two alternatives", by Ed Grissom
In a previous message, Frank said: > >>f. StripOffsets and TileOffsets and ByteCounts can be LONG8 > > > > > > Can be ? How do you know which they are ? I think I am > > misunderstanding this. Either say that they _must_be_ LONG8 or > > define new tags StripOffsets8 and TileOffsets8 and ByteCounts8 > > that are always LONG8 > > The tag itself includes the type information, so I don't see any > particular problem with allowing either type for the StripOffsets > and TileOffsets field. Ah yes, I was not thinking properly. Obviously since in the current TIFF, these can be either short or long. -- ed grissom egrissom@ziimaging.com