[Image-SIG] PIL and tiff support

Stephan Richter srichter@cbu.edu
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:07:56 -0500


>Just be careful - it seems that a number of packages and systems out
>there claim all sorts of tiff support that they don't actually really
>have (at least, not entirely correctly). In particular, fax applications
>such as the cisco fax support are _really_ bloody picky.

I just used a couple that come standard with linux, such as tiffcp, which 
use the libtiff. All these tools are very fast and work without any 
troubles. I use it even on a production server to serve up snapshot of huge 
16000x12000 pixels size plans.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student
Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management