Friday, June 23, 2006
When is black white?
Here's an interesting piece on the interpretation of the CCITT compression standard in TIFF, from the TIFF mailing list archive, by TIFF expert Joris Van Damme.
Labels: TIFF
Friday, June 02, 2006
Microsoft announces WMP
Microsoft has introduced Windows Media Photo (WMP), described as "a new file format for continuous-tone still images that surpasses the limitations of existing image formats." It uses TIFF-like IFD's, but appears intended in its overall design to compete with JPEG and JPEG 2000. The preliminary specification is freely downloadable.
Is generating PDF free?
People have generally assumed that anyone can write software to create PDF files. But recently Adobe threatened legal action, pressuring Microsoft to withdraw support for PDF output from the next version of Microsoft Office.
The grounds for legal action aren't clear from any of the articles I've read, but the incident suggests that Adobe is actively asserting control over who may create PDF files and under what conditions. This could affect other creators of PDF output as well.
Labels: PDF
