Deal opened this issue on May 02, 2001 ยท 7 posts
Deal posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 11:34 AM
Is there a way to make a tiff file into a multi page type document? So someone can kind of flip thru pages? Also, is tiff better than jpeg or bmp?
Don posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 2:29 PM
Not quite sure I understand your query. Do you want to make ONE Tiff into multiple pages or several Tiffs? If several, look into Adobe Acrobat Distiller. You can make cross-platform docs, multiple pages, easy to "flip" thru. Many have Acrobat Reader, avaiable free. You may have it and not know it. Look on HD or on CDs with new Applications or Browsers. Tiffs are best for importing into another program, like a page layout program, Quark XPress. JPGs are best for WWW pages that have blending color. GIFs are also for WWW pages where the image is more hard edged, with flat color. I don't use BMPs much.
Deal posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 2:43 PM
Thanks I think I figured it out.
TOM posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 5:03 PM
Hi Deal, always keep in mind that jpg is a destructive file format. So always save a tiff or bmp file of your pictures...
Deal posted Thu, 03 May 2001 at 8:28 AM
What do you mean destructive?
Nance posted Thu, 03 May 2001 at 11:05 PM
Tif files use LZW compression which is "lossless", i.e. the no data is lost and the uncompressed version is identical to the original, but LZW generally cannot squish files down as small as jpeg compression. Jpeg compression is "lossy" (some data is thrown out during compression and later estimated for display).
Deal posted Fri, 04 May 2001 at 8:19 AM
Thanks fort all the help.