Gimp-2.8.0 load/save tiff with libtiff-5

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Thu May 24, 2012 1:36 pm **(#1)**

OS: win32
gimp: 2.8.0

There is/was a problem loading tiff files, if only libtiff-5 was present.
A solution was renaming libtiff-3 to libtiff-5.
I announced a patch to the file-tiff plug-ins, that uses the opening of tiff files directly without using file descriptors. :yes

The problem is, that libtiff uses different routines, when compiled in a windows environment, and these routines
uses the windows file handle, not the posix file descriptor, which is completely different.
The announced patch worked, but not for unicode filenames. :gaah

I announced a new patch today, which load/saves tiff files with libtiff-5 and using unicode. :hi5

The plugins attached uses this patch.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

Thanks Onkel Hatti!

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Fri May 25, 2012 10:51 am **(#3)**

I compiled it today for 64Bit Windows.
The patch is still in review of the gimp developer, so it is not official, but I hope
it will be...