2010.06.11 21:39 "[Tiff] Class Y images with alpha channels", by Thomas Richter

2010.06.11 23:26 "Re: [Tiff] Class Y images with alpha channels", by Bob Friesenhahn

is there a possibility to add an alpha channel to a class Y (YCbCr) tiff image? I don't see this in the rev.6 specs.

You could add an alpha channel as an extra sample or a fourth plane in a planar TIFF, but since the specification does not mention doing this, perhaps only your own application could make sense of it. I think that using planar TIFF is safest since readers can skip reading the last plane and still return the YCbCr image, but not many readers support planar (separated) TIFF.

Bob
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