d88-sak@nada.kth.se (Sebastian ]kerman) (06/13/90)
Why isn't there any converters from TIFF format to others, like GIF and such. I know of ONE program that can manage TIFF files and lots of converters that don't. Why so. Are they unusually complicated or... I'm interested to know where to find a TIFF convertion program for Unix or Mac. Please give me some pointers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memory Lost -- Ooops! Never ever subscribed to eunet.jokes EMAIL: d88-sak@nada.kth.se (Sebastian Akerman) Tel: +46-8-159993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (06/14/90)
First there are a number of programs that convert TIFF files from one form to another. You don't state your platform but on the PC side there is Hijaak (commercial) or vpic (shareware) will read a tiff file and save in another form. Mac side has a couple as well, Imagestudie, colorstudio, Image and photoshop come to mind. BUT... I will go on to say... It is infinitely easier to WRITE a proper TIFF file than it is to READ the 7 trillion possible variations of TIFF files!! tj
vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal) (06/15/90)
In article <1990Jun13.112049.4481@kth.se> d88-sak@nada.kth.se (Sebastian ]kerman) writes:
! Why isn't there any converters from TIFF format to others, like GIF and
!such. I know of ONE program that can manage TIFF files and lots of converters
!that don't. Why so. Are they unusually complicated or...
! I'm interested to know where to find a TIFF convertion program for Unix
!or Mac.
!Please give me some pointers.
I'm also interested in finding a TIFF to GIF conversion utility that
converts in ONE STEP (without running out of memory on large images on a
640K PC) and a GIF print utility for the HP Laserjet II that can do dithering
on color/grayscale images (preferably callable from a batch file).
Venu P. Gopal UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.comtj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (06/15/90)
I tried to mail but it bounced... Try the commercial (but inexpensive package) Hijaak. Does TIFF to GIF and a zillion others. (OK maybe just a few dozen others) Product from Inset systems. Look in your favorite software shop! tj
vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal) (06/29/90)
In article <1990Jun26.204345.20117@agate.berkeley.edu> c60c-3eg@web-3e (Michael Young) writes: > >> Why isn't there any converters from TIFF format to others, like GIF and >> such. I know of ONE program that can manage TIFF files and lots of converters >> that don't. Why so. Are they unusually complicated or... A program to convert TIFF file to GIF is available from Offe Enterprises, the makers of Viuimage GIF/TIFF viewer. It is priced at $25.00, so is cheap. It can also do black/white to grayscale conversion and store output in GIF or TIFF. Their no. is 708-357-6679. Venu P. Gopal UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com