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Joachim Wesner on
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Hi,
according to official TIFF specifications, all valid TIFF readers MUST be
able to read both endian-formats!!!
You should complain with the vendor of that program!
JW
ImageJ Interest Group <
[hidden email]> schrieb am 25.05.2008 00:39:30:
> Hi,
>
> I am using a program (BD AttoVision) that can only read 16 bit TIFF
> files in the "little endian" TIFF format starting with "49 49 2A 00"
> ("II*."). However, ImageJ saves all files in the "big endian" TIFF
> format starting with "4D 4D 00 2a" ("MM.*"). This essentially nukes
> all my images if I open and save them from ImageJ.
>
> Please could you add an option to save little endian" TIFF files
> and/or to preserve the format.
>
> I use ImageJ macros to process a large number of these TIFF files
> and I was trying to figure out a workaround to the problem described
> above (it would have been as simple as using a regexp to switch
> bytes). Unfortunately, there is currently no ways to handle binary
> files (the "print(file, string)" command changes special characters
> such as newlines).
>
> Please could you also implement binary file support (e.g. a simple
> "save-string-to-file" command) to the macro language.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Niels
>
>
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