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2006.06.07 11:39 "Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Sachin Garg

2006.06.07 12:51 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Joris Van Damme

2006.06.12 13:59 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Sachin Garg

2006.06.12 15:09 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Joris Van Damme

2006.06.13 07:29 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Rob Van Den Tillaart

2006.06.13 08:32 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Gerben Vos

2006.06.13 08:55 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Rob Van Den Tillaart

2006.06.13 16:04 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Joris Van Damme

2006.06.13 16:02 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Joris Van Damme

2006.06.14 09:08 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Gerben Vos

2006.06.13 08:32 "Re: Editing a tiff image using libtiff", by Gerben Vos

> An additional way to handle space is the introduction of an 
> 'alloc-tag'.
> This tag indicates the size of the 'allocated' block in the file in
> contrast to the size tag which indicates the count of the bytes used.

There are already the FreeByteOffsets and FreeByteCounts (288 and 289) tags
for keeping track of unused space. Nothing is specified about in which IFD
they belong, though (the first? the last? wherever you want, and use all of
them together?). The spec also says: "not recommended for general
interchange", probably partly because of this, and also because it's not
very nice to give someone a space-wasting file, I guess :-).

					Gerben Vos.