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2004.09.17 12:55 "Re: BigTIFF Tag Value Count issue", by Joris Van Damme
> Primary signalling, but I prefer opt. 3 Noted. > The Number of values must be U64 too as my tag might describe an > additional value for every pixel of the image. And as the image can be > 4gig. this array will too. Shouldn't an extra channel be used to encode this data, instead of a tag? The mechanisms for the encoding of the raster is already there, outside of the tag mechanism. Otherwise, sooner or later, you'll end up wanting to tile/strip your tag data and whatnot. Joris Van Damme info@awaresystems.be http://www.awaresystems.be Download your free TIFF tag viewer for windows here: http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/astifftagviewer.html