CompuServe Messages

>> I would love to have the ability to save images to a MacIntosh Image format. Currently, it is hell to get any kind of an image out of my computer and into that of a service bureau because they all use these dang Macs! Andy << Have you tried TIFF? We use TIFF files extensively on both platforms with no compatibility problems. The only difference between a Mac TIFF and a DOS TIFF is the byte order. Motorola is big-endian and Intel is little-endian (or vis versa). Most programs that read TIFFs will read both byte ordered files. If you have any problems, just open the file in Photoshop and save_as with the new byte order. Compression schemes can be a problem. Quark will import compressed TIFFs but will usually fail to print them whether they came from Pc or Mac. Photoshop and 3DS have _no_ trouble reading each others files. The only technical problems occur if the SB doesn't really know how to read a DOS disk and to set file type. They can end up treating your image file as a text file. We used to have a transfer program that if you didn't preset the file type _each time_ it assumed the file was an ASCII text file and would attempt to convert it into a mac text file by default! Not the best default for image files<g>.