Improving TIFF previews.

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Joseph Chamberlain
Nov 6, 2007
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Dear members:

The TIFF files I have stored in my system are viewed in Bridge’s slideshow with lower resolution than that of my monitor which is an Apple Cinema Display 23" (1920 x 1200). I am currently using Bridge CS2 although I also have Bridge CS3 installed in my system.

My idea is that the previews in the TIFF files are of lower resolution than that of my monitor. In this case, do any of you know if there is an application for the Macintosh that allows one to resize the embedded previews in TIFF files so that they are full size previews ? The TIFF images I am trying to view come from two different sources – a point-and-shoot 3.3 megapixel Olympus Z3030 camera and a Nikon Coolscan 4000 slide scanner used to scan color slide film.

In case these TIFF images are converted to DNG and the option to include full size JPEG previews is chosen the images generated display well under the slideshow with the proper resolution. This would be an alternative but I am not sure if I wish to convert these images to DNG at this point since support for DNG is not nearly as universal as that for TIFF (Apple’s Preview which is an application I use frequently does not provide ample support for DNG).

Another possibility is the fact that Bridge treats the TIFF files in a different manner than it does RAW. I have used Bridge mostly with RAW images from numerous different cameras and have never experienced a problem (with CS2 that is) displaying these images with the slideshow view. Perhaps Bridge treats the TIFF files differently and produces downsampled images during the slideshow view despite the fact that the embedded file previews are of good enough resolution and quality.

Do you have any idea of the reason why I am experiencing this problem with TIFF files ? Is there an application that will allow me to resize the embedded preview in TIFF files .

Is there a way (perhaps an application) for me to check the size of the embedded preview in a TIFF file ?

Thank you for your help.

Joseph Chamberlain

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