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- In message <199412151424.JAA24464@dw3f.ess.harris.com>,
- "Bill Davis" <wdavis@dw3f.ess.harris.com> writes:
-
- >The problem with multiple images for TIFF is that the format
- >was designed for a single image. The name says it all: the I
- >stands for Image instead of document, image group, etc.
- >
- >When there are multiple images in a single file, the standard
- >is clear that they are variations of a single image. Only
- >the first one must be read by a compliant TIFF reader.
-
- That really depends on the subfile type of the IFD. The spec:
-
- NewSubfileType (254)
- ...
- Bit 1 is 1 if the image is a single page of a multi-page image (See the
- PageNumber field description.) ...
-
- ...
-
- PageNumber (297)
- ...
- This field is used to specify page numbers of a multiple page (e.g.
- facsimile) document...
-
- That is all you need to put multiple images in a single TIFF file. Any reader
- that handles multiple pages ought to be able to read such a TIFF file.
-
- It is quite another topic how you update a single page of such a document...
-
- Karsten
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