tif file format, to read with what?
Just received from somebody some important files in tif format. I received them in Konquerer and decided to open them. The result was not what I expected. Some tiny colored balls on one black page. Used some other viewers with the same or even worse results. Does SuSE 9.0 or linux in general some special program to read such files or is tif propriety stuff. And what is the difference between tif and tiff? I googled but did not find a satisfactory answer ;-). In case that I cannot open these tif files, In what kind of format this Windows user should translate these files?
In a previous message, Constant Brouerius van Nidek
Just received from somebody some important files in tif format. [snip] Does SuSE 9.0 or linux in general some special program to read such files or is tif propriety stuff.
TIFF is a bog standard format so you shouldn't have any problems. What program did you use? Certainly, the GIMP will handle TIFFs (there's no difference between TIF and TIFF - the former is just because Windows only handles 3-letter extensions; it just stands for "tagged image file format"). What app did the other person use to generate them? You could ask for PNG files, which is another lossless format. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
On Thursday 01 April 2004 07:26, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, Constant Brouerius van Nidek
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Just received from somebody some important files in tif format. [snip] Does SuSE 9.0 or linux in general some special program to read such files or is tif propriety stuff.
TIFF is a bog standard format so you shouldn't have any problems. What program did you use? Certainly, the GIMP will handle TIFFs (there's no difference between TIF and TIFF - the former is just because Windows only handles 3-letter extensions; it just stands for "tagged image file format").
What app did the other person use to generate them? You could ask for PNG files, which is another lossless format.
John
Actually Gimp has quite a few problems with various tiff formats (there seem to be several). KFax viewer does fairly well. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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