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Subject: [Tiff] Re: Different bits per sample cases for chunky format TIFF files
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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:37:31 -0400
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mayankg@iiitb.ac.in wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible for a chunky format TIFF file to have different bits per sample 
> values for different components?
> Thanks,
> Mayank

Mayank,

It is legal per the specification to have differing pixel types for different
samples but this is not supported by libtiff and is exceedingly uncommon.  It is
certainly not baseline.

Best regards,

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