[Bf-committers] TIFF support - submitted patch #2995

[Jonathan Merritt]

Hi Everyone,

I know we already have TIFF file support via QuickTime.  However, on 
some platforms this can be problematic (for myself under Linux, for 
example).

I have uploaded a patch (#2995) to the tracker that adds TIFF support 
using libtiff:
    http://www.libtiff.org/

The patch supports reading a wide range of TIFF files via the 
"RGBAImage" high level support in the libtiff library.  Writing of RGB, 
RGBA and greyscale images is supported directly, using 8 bits per 
channel in each case.  Images are compressed using the "deflate" 
compression algorithm.

Currently, if applied, the patch will require libtiff as a dependency.  
However, I can change it to optionally compile if that is a better option.

Jonathan Merritt.