2000.03.13 14:11 "TIFF image file size", by Bruce Cameron

2000.03.13 14:11 "TIFF image file size", by Bruce Cameron

A colleague has the following error when animage processing program [OrthoBase] finishes and writes a TIFF image file --

Error writing data for field "BitsPerSample"

Now this is a very large file [over 3 Gbytes], and OrthoBase says it is because

"The TIFF header limits size to 32 bits (2Gig) (pixels or bytes - I'd have to check) even if file system supports larger files."

I am not aware of a size limit, and even if it were the actual error makes no sense - the BitsPerSample tag is a UINT16 but actual values in that field should in no way get that big.

Comments on file size limits and the meaning of that error are solicited.