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In article <87d2lghu2t.fld@apaflo.com>, Floyd L. Davidson <floyd@apaflo.com>wrote:

Floyd L. Davidson
Also, the TIFF related stuff is in a library, used by both UFRAW and GIMP, so it if it is something else it may not actually be related to the specifics of either of these programs!

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doesn't matter where the problem is.

at the end of the day, he can't open a standard image format.

Floyd L. Davidson
Are you actually that impaired?

Misconfigured software is not unusual for new users on the first try.

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why should anyone have to configure something just to open a standard format file??

that's what i mean by jumping through hoops.

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convert image1.tif -depth 8 -type truecolor -density 300 -units pixelsperinch newimage1.tif

Floyd L. Davidson
If that works, try it again without the "-density 300 -units pixelsperinch" options.

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didn't someone say there were no hoops to jump through??

sure looks like hoops to me.

Floyd L. Davidson
Incidentally, all of that works exactly the same way on an OSX or MS-WINDOWS machine.

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incidentally, you are wrong *again*.

none of that is necessary on a mac or windows system.