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Saving Tiff for windows

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Saving Tiff for windows Rohan 23 Apr 06:18
  Saving Tiff for windows DJ 23 Apr 09:51
  Saving Tiff for windows Michael Schumacher 23 Apr 10:13
   Saving Tiff for windows sinewave 23 Apr 12:23
    Saving Tiff for windows Rohan 24 Apr 05:22
Rohan
2009-04-23 06:18:41 UTC (over 15 years ago)
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Saving Tiff for windows

Hi all.

I am running GIMP in OS X and need to save .Tiff files so that they will open in windows. Is there a way of doing this with GIMP. Or any other suggestions?

I usually use Photoshop Elements for this but I am using files that seem to be too big for PSE to handle (trying to glue together two 500x20000 pixel images).

Any help greatly appreciated. I have spent way too much time on google trying to solve this.

DJ
2009-04-23 09:51:59 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Saving Tiff for windows

Hi Rohan,

RS> I am running GIMP in OS X and need to save .Tiff files so that they will open RS> in windows. Is there a way of doing this with GIMP. Or any other RS> suggestions?

I saved an image file on Gimp/Linux with each of the Gimp TIFF compression options, and then tried to open them in Windows with the Windows and Fax Viewer, MS Paint, and PSP. My PSP/Windows might be a bit old, because when I saved an image back to Linux and then opened it with Gimp/Linux, I got an error complaining about "Incorrect Count For Field, DateTime". This doesn't surprise me. I saved them back with MS Paint, and no problem.

Gimp TIFF Compression Options *****************************
Worked:
lzw
none
packbits

Did Not Work:
jpg
deflate

I'd try saving the tiff files using lzw compression on the Mac.

A neat thing about Gimp is, if you type an extension in the Name field, (file01.tiff), it's obeyed. In other words, you don't have to use the drop-down selection or list-box at the bottom. It saves a few key strokes :-)

Let us know how this works.

Thanks.

Michael Schumacher
2009-04-23 10:13:54 UTC (over 15 years ago)

Saving Tiff for windows

Von: "Rohan S."

I am running GIMP in OS X and need to save .Tiff files so that they will open in windows. Is there a way of doing this with GIMP. Or any other suggestions?

What does happen right now?

Michael

sinewave
2009-04-23 12:23:41 UTC (over 15 years ago)
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Saving Tiff for windows

". . . . and need to save .Tiff files so that they will open in windows. Is there a way of doing this with GIMP."

I do this and it works every time:

From the GIMP command bar:

Click "File > Save As..."

In the "Save Image" window: Click the box marked "Select File Type (By Extension)" In the dropdown window scroll to the btottom and click on "TIFF image tif,tiff". Click "Save"

In my GIMP there are 2 lines starting with "TIFF image". The second does not have the "Extensions" shown, and gives an error message. Always select the one showing the extensions.

The resulting .tif file opens in Windows Office Picture Manager.

Rohan
2009-04-24 05:22:03 UTC (over 15 years ago)
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Thanks for the advice everyone.

I am using a piece of software that is a total pain and will only read TIFF files in IBM byte order. In photoshop you can specify which byte order to save your file, is there a way of doing this in GIMP?

Thanks again.