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2004.08.16 23:18 "Re: ICC profile in tiff file on windows", by Chris Cox
At 1:07 AM +0200 8/17/04, Joris wrote: > Chris wrote: > > The profile itself is always big endian (it's a separate file > > embedded in a TIFF tag, and doesn't know anything about the TIFF > > containing it). > > The rest of the TIFF file follows the TIFF specifications, of course. > > If I may add (and double-check that I got it right): > > ICC specification (http://www.color.org/icc32.pdf) says that the ICC > profile tag (code 34675) is of datatype undefined (7). Undefined is > essentially the same as 'byte' of all encapsulating tiff datajoggling > purposes: it means there is no endian issue, and that the stream of > bytes should be takes just as is, without any byteswopping on any > platform whatsoever. > > Right. Right? Right. Chris