Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!elroy!mahendo!jplgodo!wlbr!etn-rad!jru From: jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Image File Formats Message-ID: <313@etn-rad.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 13:21:33 EST Article-I.D.: etn-rad.313 Posted: Thu Dec 3 13:21:33 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Dec-87 06:30:16 EST References: <20906@hi.UUCP> <311@etn-rad.UUCP> <1719@houxa.UUCP> Reply-To: jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) Organization: Eaton Inc. IMSD, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 12 In article <1719@houxa.UUCP> jph@houxa.UUCP (J.HARKINS) writes: >In article <311@etn-rad.UUCP>, jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis) writes: >> I have been hearing a lot about a new file format for digital images. >> The name of this format is something like TIP or TIF or TIFF, .... > >TIFF stands for Tagged Image File Format. (Might be Format File, .... In my research for this standard , I have uncovered TIP, which is Truevision Image Processing from AT&T, TID or Translation Independent Data format for images from the ACM, and TIFF or Tagged Image File Format from Microsoft , HP et al. All these standards, and I only asked for a standard starting with TIxxx. As a wise man (or wise guy) once said -The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.-