How to set options when saving TIF file

kbar

Is it possible to set the Byte Order and Compression values when saving a TIF?

BaseContainer bc; //What do we set here?
bmp->Save(tiffFile, FILTER_TIF, &bc, SAVEBIT::USE16BITCHANNELS);

ferdinand

Hello @kbar,

Thank you for reaching out to us. You cannot do what you want to do from the classic API. When we use the classic API interface BaseBitmap::Save internally, we always pass nullptr or the empty container when saving a FILTER_TIF. There is unfortunately no classic API translation layer anymore for this aspect of TIFF saving.

But you can get the underlying ImageRef with BaseBitmap::GetImageRef and then use the Image API directly to save things as you want them to be saved:

Note that other than in the classic API, image data is expressed by more than one type in the maxon API. To save a plain ImageRef, you will have first to insert it into a ImageTextureRef via ::AddChildren, as only it has the ::Save method.

Cheers,
Ferdinand