1999.06.03 19:48 "Large File Support", by Bruce Forsberg
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1999.06.09 14:33 "Re: Large File Support", by Martin Bailey
"Within the remote sensing, and photogrammetry community the 4GB limit is becoming significant already"
This was an issue that came up in the ISO task force working on TIFF/IT-P2.
Does anybody on this list have a sense of how important the file size limit is in graphic arts applications? (I can't see anyone doing remote sensing using TIFF/IT!)
it's important for us. we manipulate image files for film recorders. at the limit, they can do 3000 dpi. for a 22 by 33 inch print, that's 22 * 3000 * 33 * 3000 = 6534000000 dots = 6534000000 * 3 = 19602000000 bytes = 19.6 GB uncompressed. i think. that would be exceptional, but not unachievable.
I assume (from the '* 3') that you're talking RGB contone, and therefore colour film recorders rather than imagesetters here.
I will admit that I had not expected anyone to use TIFF/IT rather than normal TIFF for that kind of work - am I wrong?
Regards
Martin Bailey
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