Can’t edit TIFF

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Zak
Jun 1, 2006
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I scanned a black and white document to to TIFF Group 4.

PS can open it and display it but I can’t edit it.
Do I need to convert it first? If so, then how?

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Tacit
Jun 2, 2006
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I scanned a black and white document to to TIFF Group 4.
PS can open it and display it but I can’t edit it.
Do I need to convert it first? If so, then how?

Photoshop can edit your TIFF just fine. However, most likely you scanned it as a bitmap. many of Photoshop’s tools and commands are not available for bitmaps.

Go to the Image menu and look at Mode. If the image mode is Bitmap, change it to Grayscale.


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Ian Pollard
Jun 2, 2006
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:54:29 +0100, Zak wrote:

I scanned a black and white document to to TIFF Group 4.
PS can open it and display it but I can’t edit it.
Do I need to convert it first? If so, then how?

Did you scan it as 16 bit or 8 bit. If it is 16 bit, you may have trouble using some tools to edit it. Check the box under Image>>Mode and see if the option to convert to 8 bit is available or grayed out. If it is available, click it and it will convert it to 8 bit. You can now edit it as normal. HTH

Ian


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