Image Types .tif, .jpeg, and .tiff Won't Work

There are three image suffix types that do not work in my browser. They are *.tif, *.jpeg, and *.tiff.

I can put the three image types in a folder in my desktop and then insert them into HTML code in a web page, call the web page in my browser, and they will not display in the browser.

I can upload these exact same image types to my server - they won't work on the server, either.

There are three other images that work just fine both using just my desktop computer and browser and also the server. They are *.gif, *.jpg, and *.bmp.

Does anybody know why the *.tif, *.jpeg, and *.tiff won't work in the browser?

Thanks.

Volitics

These simply aren't formats that Web servers and browsers tend to support. You could probably add .jpeg to your server's mime type settings and direct it to use the same handler that .jpg uses and have that problem solved. TIF just isn't a Web format by either extension. I didn't know .bmp would work, and I suspect it works for MSIE only and is converted on the fly. PNG is also broadly supported now. You'll just need to convert to Web formats before uploading. Optionally, you could also upload your images as you get them and filter them through ImageMagick to convert on the fly.

dhouston;

Thank you for the help.

Best Regards;

Volitics

Hi there -

If you have photo editing software like Photoshop, PhotoshopLE, or other photo editing software, you can open your .tif, .tiff files and do a "save as" to save them as .gif or .jpg files. This way you can use these images in your web pages.

I know of a good tutorial which I'll fwd to you if I can find it - it'll help you figure out when it's appropriate to use .gif and when best to use .jpg (and how to compress image files for faster loading pages!). Jpgs use lossy compression, which means that they discard "useless" data to reduce file size - too much lossy = lousy image quality, so go easy on the compression.

It's best to save an image file in a non-lossy format, such as .psd in Photoshop, so that you can edit the image until it looks good to you - then save it as a .jpg to keep optimal image quality. Otherwise you'll get image degradation with each "save" you perform as the .jpg is throwing away data each time you save it.

All the best -
Robsta

Hi Volitics -

I found that article I mentioned in my previous post. It's very old (from '96) - I'm surprised it was still accessible - and Mac oriented (because most PC browsers don't handle Macintosh resource forks correctly, so they need to be disabled if you're creating images on a Mac).

Here's the link:
http://www.widearea.co.uk/designer/compress.html

There are some links here to pages that give a basic beginner's explanation of the two file types and examples of how each file type handles compression. If you're new to working with images for the Web, it's important to understand how file compression works, so you'll be able to create crisp images that load quickly.

Hope this is of help.

- Robsta

robsta;

Thank you for the information. I'll check out the link and learn more about the image types.

Thanks again.

Volitics