Large TIFFs can be problematic. For the some of my past projects
relying on TIFFs, I have created PNG files and JPEGs to help with
their reuse, but always uploaded the original TIFF. Note that at the
current time TIFFs cannot be browsed in the media player, so they are
not ideal if you want the images to be used on Wikipedia articles etc.
A relevant past discussion about this is at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T67217
Fae
On 27 October 2015 at 11:28, McGregor, Nora <Nora.McGregor(a)bl.uk> wrote:
Hi Folks! I’m trying to upload some high-res TIFFS
using the bulk uploader
tool however in Beta it’s struggling with creating the thumbnails: Example:
http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Tracing_of_Field_Sheet_…
1) Does this reflect the reality of how my upload will render on the
live site?
2) When using the bulk uploader am I limited to using .jpgs?
The original link to the URL for uploading is here:
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/bldatasets/WOA/WOOS_18_3.tif Is it because
TIFFS don’t render in the browser that the bulk uploader isn’t able to grab
it and display in the same way as the jpg? Please advise, hoping to get
these up asap and would prefer to use TIFFS. Cheers!
Nora McGregor
British Library
@ndalyrose
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