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2002.03.22 00:59 "Re: Decoding Kodak Tiffs", by Chris Cox
At 4:43 PM +0000 3/21/02, Paul Nolan wrote: > Hello, > > My company has just released the first handheld photo editing and wireless > transmission solution for photojournalists. A large wire service has asked us > to add support for the tiff files generated by their Kodak DCS 520 Pro > cameras. They are proprietary tiffs containing raw 12 bit CCD data, with a > 2:1 lossless compression applied. Kodak has an SDK for Windows and Mac, but > not Pocket PC, and is unwilling to provide the details needed to decode the > tiffs without using their SDKs. A long shot, but does anyone have any clues > as to the compression scheme they are using in these files? There are some > samples at http://www.kodak.com/US/en/developers/tools/03_dcs520.jhtml It's raw CCD data - you need demosaic-ing software and a lot of other things to process those images. Chris