2009.02.27 19:55 "Re: [Tiff] OT: Text layer possible in tiff format?", by S Carlsen

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

Yes, that's probably true in an absolute, rendered pixel-for-pixel sense; but between the PSD spec and other knowledge that people on this list have acquired over the years, we could probably get close enough for the results to be extremely useful for many applications.

Re: "SVG captures quite a lot of the required rendering capability. Overlays could be represented via SVG. The main question then would be if the SVG is subordinate to the TIFF images, or if the TIFF images are subordinate to the SVG."

Yes, that may be a possible approach. Also see:

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/FXG+1.0+Specification

- Stephen -

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Bob Friesenhahn < bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:

> 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.

SVG captures quite a lot of the required rendering capability. Overlays could be represented via SVG. The main question then would be if the SVG is subordinate to the TIFF images, or if the TIFF images are subordinate to the SVG.