Comments on: The TIFF file format http://www.prepressure.com Prepress, printing, PDF, PostScript, Fonts and stuff... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: satish http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-150618 satish Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:39:07 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-150618 hi,I am not able to open large size coloure tiff image in my photo viewer why? hi,I am not able to open large size coloure tiff image in my photo viewer why?

]]> By: carlosaya http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-149471 carlosaya Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:40:29 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-149471 Hi, I have some pics tiff-formatted which do not opened properly -half of it and low resolution and poor color quality- in microsoft office picture manager but they do look great when I use windows live gallery or I convert them to .pdf. Before they opened properly in MOPM. thanks Hi, I have some pics tiff-formatted which do not opened properly -half of it and low resolution and poor color quality- in microsoft office picture manager but they do look great when I use windows live gallery or I convert them to .pdf. Before they opened properly in MOPM. thanks

]]> By: Laurens http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-143890 Laurens Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:48:33 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-143890 If images don't have an extension (the .tif part in their file name) applications have to try and predict if they can handle the file. Sometimes that goes wrong. If your image's names don't end with .tif, try adding that and then open them in Photoshop. Else simply doubleclick the files after renaming them and see if any other application will open them. That should tell you if those files are corrupted. I've seen files get corrupted and ending as 0k files. Check the file size of your images - if they are 0k something went wrong in the past 10 years. If images don’t have an extension (the .tif part in their file name) applications have to try and predict if they can handle the file. Sometimes that goes wrong. If your image’s names don’t end with .tif, try adding that and then open them in Photoshop. Else simply doubleclick the files after renaming them and see if any other application will open them. That should tell you if those files are corrupted. I’ve seen files get corrupted and ending as 0k files. Check the file size of your images – if they are 0k something went wrong in the past 10 years.

]]> By: Mandy Clarke http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-141594 Mandy Clarke Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:04:20 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-141594 I have some old tif photo's from 2001 and i am currently using Photoshop CS5 how can i open the photo's it is saying that it can not open I have some old tif photo’s from 2001 and i am currently using Photoshop CS5 how can i open the photo’s it is saying that it can not open

]]> By: Luke http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-135113 Luke Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:28:03 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-135113 If i was to save a large photoshop image of around 3.84G to Tiff, would i then be able to convert it to PDF? Because it is so large, my current photoshop document is a PSB and I dont currently have the option to save to PDF. It is a large exhibition stand design and needs the PDF format to send to the printers. Any info would be great. Thanks. If i was to save a large photoshop image of around 3.84G to Tiff, would i then be able to convert it to PDF? Because it is so large, my current photoshop document is a PSB and I dont currently have the option to save to PDF. It is a large exhibition stand design and needs the PDF format to send to the printers. Any info would be great. Thanks.

]]> By: Laurens http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-112573 Laurens Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:23:11 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-112573 I don't use Photoshop Elements but Photoshop itself. As far as I know both systems use the same ACR RAW conversion plug-in. There is a setting in ACR to define if you want a conversion to 8 or 16-bit. In Photoshop's ACR interface, it can be found at the bottom of the RAW iimport window. You should check if your module has the same option. I don’t use Photoshop Elements but Photoshop itself. As far as I know both systems use the same ACR RAW conversion plug-in. There is a setting in ACR to define if you want a conversion to 8 or 16-bit. In Photoshop’s ACR interface, it can be found at the bottom of the RAW iimport window. You should check if your module has the same option.

]]> By: zara http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-112330 zara Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:54:59 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-112330 If i shoot a photo in raw and save as a TIFF in adobe photoshop elements 8, is this 16 bit? If so, how do I convert/save as an 8 bit TIFF file? The photostock site I want to sell on requires TIFF files (8 bit). If i shoot a photo in raw and save as a TIFF in adobe photoshop elements 8, is this 16 bit? If so, how do I convert/save as an 8 bit TIFF file? The photostock site I want to sell on requires TIFF files (8 bit).

]]> By: Natalie http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-111063 Natalie Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:43:15 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-111063 I did some work in Uganda this past summer, and set up a scanning workflow at a local archive in a basic digitization effort. 180 boxes of documents have been scanned thus far, all as TIFF images. Problem is, the 2 TB external hard drive I left there is nearly full. How would my colleagues go about compressing the images in order to decrease storage space? I know LZW is the most common algorithm used with TIFF compression, but could you explain exactly how to go about using it? (I've tried downloading LZW but have no idea what to do from there) I did some work in Uganda this past summer, and set up a scanning workflow at a local archive in a basic digitization effort. 180 boxes of documents have been scanned thus far, all as TIFF images. Problem is, the 2 TB external hard drive I left there is nearly full. How would my colleagues go about compressing the images in order to decrease storage space? I know LZW is the most common algorithm used with TIFF compression, but could you explain exactly how to go about using it? (I’ve tried downloading LZW but have no idea what to do from there)

]]> By: Patrick http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-109433 Patrick Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:31:33 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-109433 I'm a JPEG shooter. I normally process my images with Lightroom first and then Paint Shop Pro. I usually save my images in the highest JPEG setting with lightroom and then reopen them in Paint Shop Pro for 2nd editing. My question: Is it better to save the images in TIFF format with Lightroom and then finalize the editing in Paint Shop Pro and then output in JPEG? Will I get benefit from doing this way or same as what I've been doing? Thanks a lot! I’m a JPEG shooter. I normally process my images with Lightroom first and then Paint Shop Pro. I usually save my images in the highest JPEG setting with lightroom and then reopen them in Paint Shop Pro for 2nd editing.

My question: Is it better to save the images in TIFF format with Lightroom and then finalize the editing in Paint Shop Pro and then output in JPEG? Will I get benefit from doing this way or same as what I’ve been doing? Thanks a lot!

]]> By: Laurens http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-104015 Laurens Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:33:46 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/tiff#comment-104015 There are some pretty sophisticated compression algorithms (such as JBIG) available for PDF. Not all of these exist for the TIFF file format. I would however first check if the new software doesn't accidentally save 8-bit files whereas for PDF 1-bit black&white was used. That would be a more logical explanation for the large difference in file size. There are some pretty sophisticated compression algorithms (such as JBIG) available for PDF. Not all of these exist for the TIFF file format. I would however first check if the new software doesn’t accidentally save 8-bit files whereas for PDF 1-bit black&white was used. That would be a more logical explanation for the large difference in file size.

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