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Re: Tiff Error Message

2008-01-19 by ferdinand_paris

Some programs have had problems with Lightroom putting out TIFFs with
a different default byte order.  Qimage has a problem with TIFFs like
this.  IIRC Lightroom is using "per channel", whereas some software
wants "interleaved".  You set this option in the second "save as" dialog.

F_P


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, William Presho <wpresho@...> wrote:
>
> Nope still the same problem..Thanks anyway..
> 
> Roy Harrington wrote:
> > The issue is the compression -- use LZW only.
> > Roy
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2008 10:52 AM, William Presho <wpresho@...> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> If I take the TIFF file created in CS3 and open it in Lightroom
and then
> >> export the file as a TIFF from Lightroom (with no work done, only
open
> >> and export) then QTR doesn't have a problem with it. So I am guessing
> >> that one of the settings you are talking about is the problem
will have
> >> to experiment some more. Thanks for the info,
> >>
> >> Mike Finley wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Possible causes are things in TIFFs that QTR doesn't like. I can't
> >>> remember what these are, but given that this should be a final print
> >>> file, try with:
> >>>
> >>> image flattened, no layers or alpha channels
> >>> uncompressed (or at least avoid ZIP compression)
> >>> I can't remember what colour channel interleaving  QTR wants -
but you
> >>> could save as greyscale anyway
> >>> don't allow any extra embedded things that CS3 allows (I don't
have CS3
> >>> so don't know)
> >>>
> >>> - basically strip back to a more basic TIFF and then if you want add
> >>> things back in until it breaks again!
> >>>
> >>> hope that helps
> >>>
> >>> William Presho wrote:
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> Hi
> >>>> I am using PS CS3 and QuadToneRIP version 2.5.2.1. The problem I am
> >>>> having is when I bring the image into Quad it gives me the
following
> >>>> error "TIFF format not supported". Can anyone tell me what the
problem
> >>>> is. I am using Adobe RGB 1998 in CS3.
> >>>>
> >>>>         
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