TIFF???

BlackMan890 · Wed 16/02/2005 22:35:38

Hi guys

i was playing with my camera (with 8 mb card) and i noticed in the manual that it can take only 1 TIFF image, but i have exactly NO idea what it is, so i am asking you, to explain it to me, what is so special with TIFF?

English is not my native language, so plase do not use complexive words

Thanks by the way

SpacePirateCaine · Thu 17/02/2005 00:01:53

These webpages (1) (2) (3) have more information about the TIFF format than you ever wanted to know.

To summarize, however, TIFFs are image files that are nearly uncompressed, which means that they're really big in file size. Because of their size, they aren't really used by very many people, except in photo editing. The benefit of using TIFF files, however, is that they are nearly universally supported.

TheYak · Thu 17/02/2005 00:48:45

Another bonus is if a digital camera supports it. Mine isn't high-end enough to do anything other than .jpeg and they often won't let you tweak the compression. If you absolutely must have a file without compression artifacts or are looking to photograph textures for 3d-rendering, it would definitely be recommendable to give the .tiff file a shot. I'm currently using a few files in that format for photo-restoration, the job is detailed enough that I don't want any compression adding more dots of varying colors to the mix.