Where do I get tiff uncompressed decompressor?

Factual Questions
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I’m trying to open a document and I need this, it is a mac/PC thing. Is there a place to download it? I seem to be a white belt in google-fu today

thanks!
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Your question doesn’t make any sense.
If the TIFF is uncompressed, it’s doesn’t need a decompressor.
What are you trying to do with the TIFF?

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[QUOTE=beowulff]
Your question doesn’t make any sense.
If the TIFF is uncompressed, it’s doesn’t need a decompressor.
What are you trying to do with the TIFF?
[/QUOTE]

trying to open a picture that was sent to me and it says:
Quicktime and
tiff (uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture,

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If your OS is Windows, I highly recommend the free graphics viewer Irfanview. I don’t think they have a Mac version.

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[QUOTE=flex727]
If your OS is Windows, I highly recommend the free graphics viewer Irfanview. I don’t think they have a Mac version.
[/QUOTE]

Thanks
I have Vista, I just gave it a try and it didn’t work. The image was made on a MAC

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Do you know who made it?
If so, have them save it in another format.
Or, send it to someone like (me) and have them do the same.

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[QUOTE=beowulff]
Do you know who made it?
If so, have them save it in another format.
Or, send it to someone like (me) and have them do the same.
[/QUOTE]

I’ll try to have it saved as something else I guess, I thought it was just a small program that i could download but I can’t find it.

thanks!

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TIFF is an odd format - under the TIFF umbrella, there are lots of image format and compression variations. I’m surprised, but not astonished, that you can’t open it…

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TIFFs created on a Mac have the bytes switched around compared to TIFFs expected by the PC. You should be able to view them on a PC by installing Quicktime, available for free from the Apple website.

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According to my research, the problem is that you’re trying to open a file created on a Mac that’s had a TIFF inserted. MacOS uses Quicktime to compress it, and PC’s can’t open it, not even with Quicktime installed. The document needs to be recreated; better yet, if it’s only an image, just have him save the image as a JPG (or a naked TIFF if loss is that much of a factor) and send it attached (NOT inserted) to an email.