Save as BigTiff is all time on in the GIMP 2.10.32. By new start of gimp is again select.
It’s possible only to save as bigtiff, also the tiffs a 10-20 Mb.
This format can a lot of the programs not read. I want to delete this format from my GIMP save action.
There is a bug report about this: TIFF Export Creates BigTIFF Files With Limited Compatibility Even With Little Images (#8339) · Issues · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab and a future fix.
You can ‘borrow’ and use the old Gimp 2.8 file-tiff-save plugin which does not have all big-tiff options. Good for basic single page files. As this example:
But I do not really recommend it. Wait for the next version. Also I see no real difference in file size, This from ImageMagick (IM)
test-big.tif TIFF64 4408x2856 4408x2856+0+0 8-bit sRGB 48.0248MiB 0.010u 0:00.003
test.tiff TIFF 4408x2856 4408x2856+0+0 8-bit sRGB 48.0246MiB 0.000u 0:00.003
All using kubuntu 20.04 / Gimp 2.10.32 / IM 7.1.0
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Thanks a lot. I am back now to 2.10.30.
I tried a brute force method (with MacOS), which seems to work (i.e. deselect BIGTiff permanently and probably it will not work any more with BIGTiff, although you might select it). I took “file-tiff” from the plug-ins of Gimp 2.10.30 and replaced the “file-tiff” of Gimp 2.10.32. The checkmark for BIGTIff disappeared and the tif export resulted in a normal tif file as far as I can judge.
I left “file-tiff.dSYM” unchanged.
Please, accept my apologies for this blunt action. If you try yourself it is on your own risk, no warranty or such like!
My problem was that the saved BIGTiff file from Gimp 2.10.32 when opened with Preview always showed a resolution of 72 dpi, independent of the resolution (typically 300 dpi from scans) used in Gimp. This spoiled all further activities. With the brute force change I am back to the same behavior as with normal tif (or unchecking BIGTiff manually each time). So this works for me, that is my experience, not a proposal. I have no idea of any side effects.