TIFF Convertion issue for Rich TIFF format

Question

I am using LibTiff.Net to convert the TIFF images to writable bitmaps to display in my siverlight application.

For the below header formats I am able to convert successfully:

static byte[] tiff = new byte[] { 73, 73, 42 };         // TIFF     
static byte[] tiff2 = new byte[] { 77, 77, 42 };         // TIFF  

If the TIFF header is something like { 60, 63, 120 } the library is failing to read the image.

Answer 1

{ 60, 63, 120 } is { 0x3C, 0x3F, 0x78 } which is <?x in ASCII

It looks like you are trying to open an XML file (which starts from <?xml). Or you are trying to open broken TIFF without required header.