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2004.05.27 18:31 "Re: large TIFF - two alternatives", by Chris Cox
At 11:43 AM +0100 5/27/04, John Aldridge wrote: >Steve Carlsen wrote: > > > The second alternative is the way I would design TIFF if I were > > doing it over again today, taking advantage of the fact that no old > > TIFF readers will be able to read "Large TIFF" files anyway, even > > with the minimal approach. > > This is a serious question, and not intended as a flame: if I need > to support a new file format to get >2/4GB support, why wouldn't I > just use PNG? Lack of support in applications, lack of flexibility, and most PNG software won't go over 2 Gig. Chris