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ugh. what is it with "uncompressed" TIFs?

gwells (1711 pencils) | Tue, 2010-06-01 16:26
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I keep running into people giving me uncompressed TIF files.

i know that JPG is lossy and throws away data, but standard TIF compression is lossless. and instead of a 100MB file, i could get a 35MB file, which is easier to deal with. Especially when there are 30 of these files.

*runs Dr Brown on the folder and compresses them all*

i only wish that had been done *before* i had to transfer all of these 100mb ish files.

/rant off

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Art D. Rector | Wed, 2010-06-02 03:06

There's an old wive's tale that uncompressed tif files can cause problems with some RIPs. It's basically an excuse used to confuse clients who ask too many questions when a production facility either runs their job wrong or can't run it at all. That's probably where the problem originated.

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