save as tif, mac or pc?

[dougleax]

How come after I flatten an image and save as tif, sometimes it changes to be in Mac format?
I never save as Mac.
Never need to. people can still open the file even on a mac saved as PC.
I just dont like having to check if it is pc or mac format.
I always select PC and sometimes it switches back to mac the next time I save as tif..

[zippy2000]

a tif is a tif. it's cross platform




Dave is 100% right.

I am not sure about this, but I have heard that if you have the LZW compression selected in IBM byte order, problems can occur when printing.

Just a thought.

ZIP =}

[dougleax]

I am talking about the byte order selection when you save as tif in tiff options.
Sometimes it changes to Mac Byte order.
And if it doens't matter, why do the have the option?

[dave milbut]

ah... sorry. compression. correct. just ignore the dunce (me!) :)

[dave milbut]

is not using compression an option? or a different type of compression?

[dougleax]

Never never never want to use compression.
I never even mentioned compression.
Storage is very cheap anyway.
I just want to know why byte order changes to Mac when I save as tif.

[JasonSmith]

the byte order (little endian/big endian) is for old outdated RIP software.

[LenHewitt]

Zippy,

>>- again - I could be wrong.<<

You are. Photoshop will, of course, accept either byte-order on either
platform, and gas done since version 2.5 (the first Windows version).

I know of no current software (or any for many years!), on either platform,
that gives a hoot about byte-order.

[zippy2000]

Mmmm. very tactful - I stand corrected :)