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2006.03.31 16:05 "Re: 16-bit TIFF to 8-bit BMP/TIF ???", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Edward Lam wrote: > > I'm I relative newbie when it comes to LibTiff but this link provides basic > (but good) information on using libtiff: > http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/libtiff.html > > As noted under the TIFFRBAImage Support section, libtiff already has basic > support for 16-bit to 8-bit sample conversion already. Assuming that you have > available memory to read the entire image at once, this looks like it might > be the quickest way. Yes, and this built in support does not apply the desired square root so probably all that you would get is a blown-out or all-black image. :-) Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/