Mainstream view software quiz who can perfectly support TIFF format

In prepress design, the TIFF format file is widely used. Because of the richness of prepress design software, support output format is more and more, due to cross-platform, multi-software fusion production and file complexity, need to solve some of the problems of output, and the TIFF format can play a role in the design and printing of the bridge, so as to improve the production and output of the desired effect. So, for the TIFF format file browsing, the current mainstream graphics software support in the end? Today's small series brings up a small review of this issue.

First, the evaluation of the use of the map software

The evaluation selected is the most common several look at the picture software, including ACDSee, beauty map, Picase, QQ image and the system with Windows7 Photo Viewer. And the content of the evaluation is mainly from three aspects, namely: 1, whether the TIFF format to support 2, browse TIFF if there is distortion, and 3, browse TIFF file will appear color distortion. We have selected 30 different images for testing to exclude individual sex. Here we only use one of the typical pictures as an example to illustrate the evaluation situation.

Second, the evaluation process:

1, whether the TIFF format is supported

The TIFF format is unique in that you can save a single picture, as well as multiple pictures as multi-page TIFF. With this feature in mind, we tested the single TIFF picture and the multi-page TIFF picture separately. Single TIFF format Picture: After testing, selected five look at the picture software Picasa and new sharp look at the picture Software Beauty Show outstanding performance.

The remaining three performance all have the loss of skill, in the test of the 30 pictures are different degrees of occurrence can not be smoothly read. In the test can be normal display of multi-page TIFF picture link, in addition to old-looking software Picasa, the other four can be normal support.

Tutorial Figure 01 Software Browsing Multi-page TIFF comparison

2. See if there is any distortion when browsing TIFF

The second is to look at the software in the TIFF format to open the picture, whether there is a problem of deformation. We selected a still-life TIFF picture with multiple alpha channel information, and compared the browsing effects of each software by magnifying the contrast and many other methods. The measured results show that the ACDsee, the beauty map, the WIN7 system Picture Viewer display relatively good performance, less deformation probability. Of the 30 test pictures, only one of the three pieces of software was deformed. QQ image as well as Picasa performance is general, the test each have 4 pictures appear deformation.

Figure 02 Software browsing TIFF Picture Display comparison

It is worth noting that the beauty of the picture look at this software, the performance of the better TIFF picture display capabilities, obviously better than the ACDSee and WIN7 picture Viewer. In addition, in the beauty of the picture, even if the picture is enlarged to show the TIFF, still keep the original clear, this is what makes us very happy.

3, when browsing the TIFF file will appear color distortion

Finally, we will review the software to see if the TIFF image is distorted and chromatic aberration. QQ image, WIN7 Viewer are obvious color distortion phenomenon, two software has 5 pictures of serious distortion. The beauty of the picture is a slight loss of level in this link, 30 test pictures have a color distortion. The winner of this round is acdsee and Picasa two old software, excellent "0 distortion" results, impressive.

Figure 03 Comparison of color distortion when browsing TIFF files by each section of software

Brief summary of Evaluation

To display the design work to the customer conveniently, need to use to look at the software, and a good performance, to provide many professional picture format support to look at the software, it is the focus of designers attention, and from the simple evaluation process, acdsee as a look at the software "predecessors", the performance is still outstanding, And look at the picture software rookie beauty, also very good performance of its quality display accuracy, picture format support the characteristics of the whole! Picase, QQ images and the system's own Windows Photo Viewer in the TIFF picture format is not a perfect way to support, performance general.

Finally, the chart form for everyone to briefly summarize the software in this evaluation of the comprehensive performance:

Fig. 04 The comprehensive performance of each section software in this evaluation