[comp.sys.mac] TIF format

usenet@ge1cbx.UUCP (03/24/89)

Greetings, Mac-ers!

I realize that I'm a fish out of water using a IBM clone, anyway, here
goes:

I have a scanner that writes in TIFF format native, and can convert to
PCX format.

What I am looking for is the format to the TIFF format, or if that fails,
the format to PCX files.  I assume the format of the bytes would be the same
on either Mac or IBM, this must be true since one can transfer these files
back and forth...

Thanks,
Terry Lee
uunet!janus!merlin!terry

folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) (03/25/89)

There is a TIFF standard, whose overseer is Aldus.  You can get the docs
from the Aldus forum on CompuServe.  BUT the format for IBM/Mac is
different.  The TIFF file has a flag that says whether the byte order is
II (Intel, evil, evil :-)) or MM (Motorola).  Some programs can handle both,
some cannot.


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)