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Re: Upgrading to Mavericks

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On 2014-03-31, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.03.31, 18:47 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-03-31, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2014.03.30, 13:51 , Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
>>>> In article <300320140119284013%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kevin McMurtrie:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On the downside...
>>>>>> Native support for large TIFF is totally broken...
>>>>>
>>>>> What does that mean? What is a large TIFF? I routinely work with TIFFs
>>>>> up to about 400MB in Lightroom and Photoshop CS 6 and Photoshop CC and
>>>>> I have experienced no problems.
>>>>
>>>> That's using Adobe's image library.  The one built into Mavericks is
>>>> broken so Safari, Preview, Mail, Finder, Quick View, etc. don't work.
>>>> The low-res preview appears then it is replaced with garbage pixels.
>>>
>>> I just opened several 450 MB TIFF's (~8800 x 8800 pixels)in Preview with
>>> no issue.   I could zoom in to pixel level, rotate, etc.
>>>
>>> Dragged and dropped to Mail where it shows in full (or I can reduce to
>>> an icon that is converted to a tiny copy of the image.  (Red warning
>>> about the size).
>>>
>>> In Finder coverflow it looks pixelated.  I can live with that.
>>
>> Interesting. People use CoverFlow in Finder windows?
>
> Sometimes.  When I want to quickly locate an image it's handy.  Also 
> handy when sorting images into other folders.

Cool. Yeah, I guess I can imagine it being useful. I've never given
CoverFlow much of a thought. I'll have to play with it some time.

>> How does it look in QuickView?
>
> I have no idea what Quickview is.   Do you mean QuickLook?

: D Yes, I meant QuickLook! Sorry. Why did I type QuickView?!

> Quicklook will show them.

Interesting, and are they pixelated as with CoverFlow?

> GetInfo will show all TIF's as smaller "thumbnails".  The 450 MB TIF's 
> take a bit of time show.
>
> Note that I do have Adobe Photoshop (CS5) and Bridge installed - but I'm 
> not using those to view the files.  Did installing those install 
> something that helps 10.9.2 open and view the files?

I suppose it's possible they could have installed a QuickLook plug-in
module that supports TIFF image files, and that module took over as the
default handler for TIFF image files. 

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Upgrading to Mavericks Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2014-03-29 16:09 -0700
  Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-29 19:37 -0400
  Re: Upgrading to Mavericks billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-30 01:45 +0000
  Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-03-29 21:20 -0700
    Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-30 01:19 -0400
      Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-03-30 10:51 -0700
        Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-30 19:10 +0000
          Re: Upgrading to Mavericks dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-31 07:18 +1100
            Re: Upgrading to Mavericks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-03-31 00:02 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-31 17:39 +0000
          Re: Upgrading to Mavericks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-03-30 23:56 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-31 17:38 +0000
            Re: Upgrading to Mavericks John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-03-31 20:41 -0700
              Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-01 17:00 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Mavericks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 12:01 -0400
        Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-31 17:56 -0400
          Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-31 22:47 +0000
            Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-31 19:39 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-01 03:22 +0000
                Re: Upgrading to Mavericks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 23:30 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-01 17:01 -0400
                Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-01 23:41 +0000
                Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-01 23:51 +0000
                Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-02 18:16 -0400
            Re: Upgrading to Mavericks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-03-31 23:59 -0400
              Re: Upgrading to Mavericks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-01 15:49 +0000
    Re: Upgrading to Mavericks billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-31 11:48 +0000

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