2001.11.09 15:33 "Two questions re/ Windows ...", by Peter Davis

Hi. I've just learned about libtiff and this list. I'm a former Unix person currently serving time in Windows land. I have two questions:

1. Does anyone have a working Windows build of this? I noticed there's a makefile generously contributed for WinNT, but I can't get it to build.
2. I'm trying to understand how a TIFF image used as an EPS preview works. Specifically, if I save an EPS with a TIFF preview in Adobe Illustrators, for example, and then open it in Quark, Quark knows how to make the background areas transparent. I'm assuming there's either a transparency mask or a "chroma-key" color in the TIFF, but I don't know how to find it. Any clues on this?

Thanks very much,

-pd

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