PanoTools:
Re: PTStitcher and Pano12.dll
Erik Krause 2004-May-05 23:36:55
On 5 May 2004 at 14:32, Jim Watters wrote:
> I have looked into this. Yes most of the Tiff saving is done is
> PTStitcher. Changing only the pano12.dll to use LZW and compiling with
> a Tiff library with LZW enabled, PTStitcher would still create Tiff
> files with PackBits. It is possible that PTStitcher does not use
> pano12.dll to for Tiff but was compiled with Tiff library without LZW
> enabled. It is also possible that it is using pan12.dll but writing
> with PackBits.
>
> In the second case, it might be possible to use a resource/binary editor
> to modify the compiled PTStitcher directly from from PackBits to LZW or
> None.
>
> The other hope is to use Hugin replacement for PTStitcher, Nona. Kevin
> Kratzke has already made an replacement for PTMac that uses LZW.
>
> Photoshop has problem with very large Tiff files with PackBits. I was
> able to open 8000 X 8000 tiff images in PS, but 10k X 10k failed for
> both 8bit and 16bit.
>
> In Windows Explorer with WinXP if I select properties|Advanced click on
> a couple thing but make no changes. Then click OK. Windows grinds away
> and the file becomes about 1/2 the size (re-saved with better
> compression). Now it can be opened with Photoshop. Don't know if there
> is a way to automate this. If it is part of the OS or if some software
> that I have installed
--
Erik Krause
Contrast blending: http://www.erik-krause.de/blending
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