As I have discovered, Tif is the worst format on the face of the planet. Nothing opens it, not even photoshop! (even thought the school only has 5.0)

Ive downloaded two programs from download.com but one of them put a stamp over the entire image because it was a trial, the other one puts it in some mystery folder that doesnt exist anywhere on the drive....

If anyone knows a FREEWARE converter that is simple and exports to my specified location, thatd be great....

*sets a cookie on a plate as a prize*

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"Ahhhh!! I'm Burnin'! I'm Burnin!!!" - Cleaner from Max Payne 2

uhhh... MS Paint opens .tifs, as does Photoshop 7.0.

Ifranview

For all your image viewing needs.

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paint wouldnt open Tifs on this machine... Ifranview... as much as i hate it (bad past experiences) i'll make this exception. Thanks

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"Ahhhh!! I'm Burnin'! I'm Burnin!!!" - Cleaner from Max Payne 2

How can you hate it? Irfanview is one of the best programs ever created! What problems did you have with it!?

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pebkac maybe

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Slowview or the GIMP.

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GBK: You should check out feh on linux. It's the best image viewer ever

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I don't have the original setup program but YEARS ago I downloaded a shareware/demo version of Paint Shop Pro. What I've been doing for years, whenever I do a system restore, is "reinstall" the entire zipped program folder. It doesn't seem to rely on any registry entry because I have used this program in this manner on three different machines (at least) over the years. The only problem is that whenever you open it it will tell you which day of your trial use you are on. Since it's just zipped up the way it was that day, it will start on some number like 37. But, the program never becomes non-fully functional. It just tried to get you to buy it by bugging you everytime you open it. I still use it regularly and it is perfect for converting to and from many formats, including tif, and resizing. I don't think there is anything wrong with offering you a copy, if you'd like, since it was a freely distributed program to begin with. Total, its just over 3 MB and will run right it whatever folder you unzip it to.

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...Or perhaps an ID-10-T error...

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Wookie: Just download and install the GIMP. It blows the hell out of PSP.

Brian: I usually use Kuickshow to view images . . . but Ill look into feh, thanks.

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Hrm, feh's configure croaked on imlib2. Apparently it requires Enlightenment, which I do not have installed... Oh well.

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I downloaded GIMP a long time back. I didn't have a chance to get used to it. I still use PSP for simple resizing or converting. I use PhotoDraw for other stuff.

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photoshop > gimp > psp
As far as tifs are concerned, I love em. You can use em to create masks from 3d programs, which is useful for using 3d in 2d graphics.

I use ACDSee... It's not freeware, but the free trial is full-power... Enough to justify the $50US price tag...

http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Products/ACDSee/index.htm

As far as I know, it converts EVERY format of image, as long as they aren't ludicrously rare. It does TIFFs, TGAs, PCXs, and even can create pallettized 4 or 8-bit BMPs. The list of actual formats is more than 30, and it supports all forms, be they palletized, or anywhere from 1-bit to 24-bit.

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Project Dogwaffle

Though I prefer it for drawing rather than image editing. For editing GIMP owns all.

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I perfer my PSP5 I got FOR FREE with my old 56K modem. Compresses images fast and easy, and that's all I need it to do. When I have something I really want to make, I use photoshop instead.

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Which one of the GIMP files for windows do you need?! There's loads!

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GIMP Installer

You also need the GTK runtime environment. Here

If you want to save .gifs, and you live in a country where the patent does not apply, then you need this file.
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[This message has been edited by Ric_Olie (edited March 17, 2004).]

Cheers! Have a biccy!

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Dude, you really need debian.

apt-get install feh


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Photoshop 5 most definatly opens tif files.

Either someone put a different extention on it, or your file is corrupted, or something else. Last time I checked though, Photoshop 5 opened them. Hell, I have a copy of Photoshop 3 laying around that I put on my Powerbook 109CS that'll open them.

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The nice thing about irfanview is that it can tell with a file extension is wrong for the type of image the file contains. And it will open it if possible, and notify you of the correct extension.

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Yes. Yes I do.

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