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On 27-Feb-09, at 1:30 PM, S Carlsen wrote:

> I would say "both." Start from a clean, well-thought-out, TIFF-ish  
> architecture -- one that is powerful enough to represent the  
> graphics and text constructs that are found in a PSD/PSB file.

If only we knew exactly how they are represented and rendered, that  
might be possible. But we don't.

Interoperability. See also: Samba.

--Toby

> (And more.)
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Toby Thain  
> <toby@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> So, for those who want to design equivalent add-ons to TIFF, do they
> start with a clean slate, or do they try to align their efforts with
> a mangled, incomplete 79-page codex?
>
>


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