Re: why tifs in Frame docs?

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Melanie,

Following on Dov's comment about possible misconfiguration, may I
suggest that you print examples of the very same files from within
Photoshop, if you have access to it, or a similar program (not
Illustrator), to the very same printer(s), using the very same print
drivers, on the very same PC/Mac.

If you get identical results, then I agree with Dov's note on
misconfiguration.  However, if the results from Photoshop are "correct"
and the results from FM are different, then this speaks directly to why
I do not use TIFF files ... in the case of TIFF files, the application
program (FM in this case) makes decisions/interpretations of how to
print them.  

I use EPS files to avoid this issue.

PHOTOSHOP WARNING: Because of the way Photoshop manages colors, it may
make some color management changes to the "color profiles" in a file
that was not previously opened in that version of Photoshop.  THUS,
unless you are 100% sure of yourself and experienced, do the test that I
propose with *COPIES* of said files.

Jay Smith


Melanie Shook wrote:
> 
> I have something to add to this - Using Tiffs produced weird colors for me.
> GIFs worked better.  I have no idea why.  Needless to say, I don't think
> tiffs are the best format.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:isaacs@Adobe.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 3:05 PM
> To: Erin Hynes
> Cc: Framers@FrameUsers.com
> Subject: Re: why tifs in Frame docs?
> 
> At 10/27/99 11:08 AM , Erin Hynes wrote:
> 
> >I've always been told that tifs are the best format for images in Frame.
> Now
> >someone has asked me why, and I have no answer. Can anyone explain?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Erin Hynes
> 
> I will attempt a simple response. TIFF is a non-lossy format (i.e., the
> compression used does not lose color or image information). It allows
> color specification in RGB or CMYK and is not limited to 256 colors as
> some other formats limit images to. And TIFF is fairly standard
> across platforms. It is an excellent container for screen shots and
> photographic images, although photographic images are probably better
> handled by JPEG, max quality / min compression. What is most important,
> though, is to develop your own set of consistent standards that you use
> for your content such that you get repeatable and consistent results.
> 
>          - Dov
> 
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