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Re: filmscanners: scanned files open larger than indicated
TIFF files become raw bitmaps in Photoshop. If the TIFFs were compressed, the
bitmaps will be larger.
----- Original Message -----
From: "PAUL GRAHAM" <peegee@btinternet.com>
To: "Filmscanners@Halftone. Co. Uk" <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 21:49
Subject: filmscanners: scanned files open larger than indicated
> Can someone tell me why my TIF files open larger in Photoshop than their
> indicated size on the disk?
> A 25Mb file opens as 76Mb in Photoshops scratch size indicator
> A 130Mb file at around 205Mb
> A 330Mb somewhere about 410Mb
>
> what is going on?
> these are regular tiffs, I dont use LZW anymore. or any compression as far
> as I know.
> and the memory bloat is really annoying
> I have PS6 on W2K.
>
> thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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