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2007.06.29 15:03 "Re: Microsoft Image Viewer", by Jonathan Finger
That is the only way to reduce the image to a manageable size. ZIP compression could possible work even though it isn't as good as jpeg but unfortunately Microsoft won't open that format either. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Edward Lam [mailto:edward@sidefx.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:58 AM To: Jonathan Finger Cc: tiff@lists.maptools.org Subject: Re: [Tiff] Microsoft Image Viewer Jonathan Finger wrote: > When I use libtiff to create a jpeg compressed tiff it can not be viewed > by Microsoft image viewer (or any other Microsoft product). The image > appears as a black image of the correct height and width. Also > Microsoft image viewer throws an error that says it is an invalid > image. The tiff can be opened by other image viewers just not Microsoft > ones. Does anyone have any information on this problem and even > possibly a work around? Don't use jpeg compressed tiffs?