Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.

Of course we all know how to post and share jpeg but, how do you go about sharing or making it possible for someone to view a much larger TIFF file online.

Thanks :wink:

Leitz Loc: Solms

Copy it to a flash drive and send it by post?

Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.

Updated to sharing "online". :roll:

Kuzano

DropBox is designed for large (really large) files over the internet.

However, you have an attendant problem which is not resolved by just getting the file to the recipient.

Viewing it.

TIFF is not one of those browser universal file formats like PNG, JPG, BMP, GIF, etc.

TIFF requires editing or reader software than can view it. Now PS, CC, and the other Adobe products can view it, because they can open TIFF.

There may be a way with the software you are saving to TIFF to embed a viewer along with the file, but by itself the file is worthless to anyone who does not have software that can open TIFF. If you know the recipient can open a TIFF file in the first place, then I suggest you look into Dropbox, or one of the similar large file solutions.

You open a Dropbox account, you upload your big file to Dropbox. Dropbox then allows you to send a Dropbox link (invitation) to the recipient. He/she then goes to Dropbox and downloads the file to their computer.

Dropbox is relatively (????) easy to set up and use. Then, it's just a question of having a viewer or decoder to open TIFF.

I'm going to assume someone is asking you to send a TIFF format, which means they have the capability to open it. If you are the one making the decision, it may be of no value to the recipient if they do not have TIFF capable viewing programs.

NOT ALL editing programs can open TIFF, and surely not basic internet browsers.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Picasa can open a tif, that's about 80 percent of the computers out there. Windows Photo Viewer and a few others.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Perhaps for "casual", or one time only situations, something like Dropbox or Google Drive will work.

Personally, I do this often enough that I need something really simple and uncomplicated. I have a website. I lease space on a server, and can upload files as I need, put them in directories that I name, and they can be made available by a menu just as you'd expect, or they can have no menu access.

This morning I had reason to share half a dozen TIFF files with a customer. I accessed the website with FTP. I used "mkdir" to create a new directory, and then used "cd" to access it. At that point I used "mput" to upload the files to be shared. Then I sent an email to the customer with the URL for the directory and a list of files in the directory. If anyone attempts to access the directory with a browser, access is denied. But if the filename is added to the URL the browser can access the file for viewing or to save to disk.

The cost of space on a server, a domain name, and DNS is pretty reasonable.

Edit: Here's an image made available on my website with no menu or other obvious public access. The directory is at

http://apaflo.com/nalukataq_preview

But a web browser will be denied access to that directory. The file is at this URL, and anyone that has the entire URL can access it. It's a small 8 bit TIFF, 600 pixels wide.

http://apaflo.com/nalukataq_preview/d8a_5415.tif

ronwande Loc: Hendersonville NC

Also FastStone Image Viewer. FastStone is also a pretty good image editor that doesn't take control of all your images. Best of all it is a free download. Google it.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

I have not come across an editor that could not open a 16-bit TIFF. I have Windows 7 64-bit so I can't speak for non-Windows platforms.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

I use dropbox for most of this type thing, and just email the person a link to the file. They do not have to sign up for dropbox to get it but dropbox is free and it's handy.

If I am working on or sharing multiple photos over time with another person, and we both want to view/add to the contents, I set up a shared folder in dropbox that we can both work with.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

:thumbup: It's only way to fly, I handled as many as 70 at a time.

I now have over 250 scans my ex wife has me working one. Drop Box is free up to 3 Gig's and you can build up to 16 with recommendations.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Dropbox is easy to use and you can control who can access your files and even put them back. It's free up to a limit I have not reached and I'm sure that it would not be expensive if I needed more space.

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

this web site will allow Png file format uploads , which is much larger than jpeg , close to tiff size if you choose to use , tommy

ralphc4176 Loc: Conyers, GA

There is no easy way to share an uncompressed TIFF online. If you want to share it online, JPEG and PNG are two widely used compression formats (among others) that virtually anyone can open. A single TIFF can be put onto a CD; a collection of TIFFs will need to be put on a DVD or a flash drive. And there are many that don't have the hardware or software to view a TIFF.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Compression has nothing to do with sharing a file online.

Clicking on this sentence will show that a TIFF file can be shared online


Very few viewers will not display a TIFF, and very few computers do not have some program, if not several, that display TIFF's.