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2005.04.13 03:17 "Re: Baseline TIFF Reader", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, katrina maramba wrote: > > If I use TIFFOpen and TIFFReadRGBA Image, am I a baseline TIFF > reader only or do I support extensions? You will support extensions. For example, Group4 compression, LZW compression, JPEG compression, Zip compression, tiled TIFF, and likely many other valuable features are officially extensions. > If I support extensions, what can I do to only be a Baseline TIFF > Reader? Is there a macro or a define on what to support? > > I apologize if my questions would seem insensible. I just want to > ask everything just to make sure. Thanks! Your question is insensible. :-) If you want to disable capabilities, you should use libtiff's lower-level interfaces and choose not to implement non-baseline features. Presumably libtiff itself can be edited to disable many features. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/