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Mark Koch,

I share this same confusion.  The spec does not allow for 16-bit TIFF
but many people advertise this.  I've queried this list before about this
without any reply.  Possibly two such messages in close proximity
may lead to a release of the secret.

Doug Morris


On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Mark Koch wrote:

> I'm a bit confused.  After reading the TIFF 6.0 spec I was under the
> impression that TIFF grayscale images were restricted to 4 or 8
> bits/sample.  On the web I've noticed that some image-viewers declare
> capabilities for reading 16-bit grayscale TIFF.  Can someone please
> explain?
> 
> Mark Koch
> 
> 

