[CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

2009-01-29 Thread gerald
i think my windows programs are quite happy to open tiffs. i have received a number of pdfs that idiots create with word(?) i think, send them to me, then ask me to edit them. in the first place, it is a bastard form of pdf, and not happy to open. second place, i am not too good with distil

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

2009-01-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>tifs will open in windows photo gallery and can be edited. they are >transparent to the user. user probably does not know he is opening tif >instead of gif or jpg. my understanding is that tif is one of the more >efficient methods of file compression for pics. I find the best rule is to not

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

2009-01-29 Thread David K Watson
my understanding is that tif is one of the more efficient methods of file compression for pics. According to , which also matches my memory, "Today, most TIFF images and readers remain based upon uncompressed 32-bit CMYK or 24-bit RGB images." The article g

Re: [CGUYS] pdf's was scanned

2009-01-29 Thread Tom Piwowar
>The GIF image format uses LZW, for example. GIF maps all colors into a CLUT to make the file smaller. Works great if the image has a limited color space. If not, it posterizes the image. Not good. * ** List info, subscri