[ITK-users] Big tiff file

[Dženan Zukić]

Hi Gib,

TIFF is limited to 4GiB <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIFF#BigTIFF>.
Unless you must use TIFF, better switch to MetaImage or NRRD.

Regards,
Dženan

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Gib Bogle <g.bogle at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I am joining a stack of 2D tiffs into a 3D tiff, and have run into a
> problem with big files.  When the uncompressed size of the 3D file is more
> than 2GB I get an error when I try to view it with Irfanview.  At first I
> thought maybe I needed to upgrade from ITK4.8.0, but after installing and
> using ITK4.12.2 I see that I have the same issue.  Irfanview says:
>
> "Invalid or unsupported TIF file"
>
> I now suspect that the problem is not ITK-related, rather it is a
> limitation of Irfanview.
>
> I have two questions:
>
>
> Is there a limit on the allowed size of a tiff file?
>
> Is there another program (preferably free) that can open for viewing tiff
> files bigger than 2GB?
>
>
> It is useful but not essential for me to be able to view these big 3D
> files.  I will use ITK functions to process the 3D files, and I'm assuming
> that any file that ITK can create it can also read.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Gib
>
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