[Gimp-user] Saving Tiff for windows

[DJ]

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.

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