Hi guys :D
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 :D
These webpages (1) (http://home.earthlink.net/~ritter/tiff/) (2) (http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/faq.html) (3) (http://www.prepressure.com/formats/tiffit/fileformat.htm) 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.
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.
Tiff is big. Very big.
Tiff also supports layers and stuff, which is pretty unique
TIFF is one old format, but is widely adopted by lots of areas, including publishing firms, like here. :=
Wow thanks guys ;D
this Tiff has been bugging me for a long time :D
You might want to buy a bigger card now ;)