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From: "McDougle, Brian" <Brian_McDougle@cissc.canon.com>
To: "'tiff@sgi.com'" <tiff@sgi.com>,
        "'Rajat Varma'"
	 <rajat@ncbs.tifrbng.res.in>
Subject: RE: Writing tiff files in strip format
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 10:29:17 -0800
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Rajat,

Multi-strip TIFF files were designed so that you can decompress an image
in the smallest possible chunk of memory. Consequently, you can choose
any number of rows per strip when you compress the image. It all depends
upon the compression engine and the expected decompression engine.

Brian McDougle
Product Engineer, Imaging Products
ISV Support Group
Canon Information Systems, Inc.
Email: bmcdougle@cissc.canon.com


>----------
>From: 	Rajat Varma[SMTP:rajat@ncbs.tifrbng.res.in]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, March 11, 1997 6:41 AM
>To: 	tiff@sgi.com
>Subject: 	Writing tiff files in strip format
>
>
>Dear all
>
>	When I read my tiff files they are organized in a particular manner
>that is 8 rows perstrip and so on. How does one decide how to make these 
>distributions, that after I have read and extracted the data out and when 
>I am writing again, how do I decide how many rows per strip should I 
>give for instance if have my entire data in just one strip how would it 
>affect me?
>
>thanks
>
>rajat
>
>
