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2003.11.17 09:28 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson
2003.11.19 00:30 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Chris Hanson
2003.11.20 07:59 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson
2003.11.21 13:06 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Leonard Rosenthol
2003.11.21 17:21 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson
2003.11.21 21:25 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Leonard Rosenthol
2003.11.24 10:02 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson
2003.11.26 05:02 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson
2003.11.19 22:49 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Ross Finlayson

2003.11.21 21:25 "tiff2pdf contribution", by Leonard Rosenthol

At 9:21 AM -0800 11/21/03, Finlayson, Ross wrote:
> If you could explain the /Rotate field that would be good.  I think 
> there should be different rotate flags for view and print.

It tells a PDF renderer what degree to rotate the content. 
Some renderers due this as a pre-transform on the contents, so do a 
post -rasterization rotation, etc.   Doesn't matter - but it DOES 
effect all rendering as per the spec.

If you want something different for view vs. print, then 
you'd want to avoid /Rotate and use PDF 1.5 optional content and 
CTM's.


> The /Rotate would be sufficient for rotating the page, but there are 
> also the four more options to flip or mirror the page.

Not as far as PDF is concerned.   /Rotate is there to simply 
allow people (or software) to fix landscape pages that were done as 
portrait (or vice versa).

Those functions are handled by CTM...


> I've implemented it but it doesn't work right on tiled images with 
> TIFF orientation > 4.  I have here a tiled JPEG that has orientation 
> 4 and each row is flipped.  I'm wondering in what ways people 
> implemented TIFF orientation with tiled images.

Using CTM is the best way...


Leonard
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