TIFFSET
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: December 3, 2012
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NAME
tiffset - set or unset a field in a
TIFF
header
SYNOPSIS
tiffset
[
options
]
filename.tif
DESCRIPTION
Tiffset
sets the value of a
TIFF
header to a specified value or removes an existing setting.
OPTIONS
- -d dirnumber
-
change the current directory (starting at 0).
- -s tagnumber [ count ] value ...
-
Set the value of the named tag to the value or values specified.
- -sd diroffset
-
change the current directory by offset.
- -sf tagnumber filename
-
Set the value of the tag to the contents of filename. This option is
supported for ASCII tags only.
- -u tagnumber
-
Unset the tag.
EXAMPLES
The following example sets the image description tag (270) of a.tif to
the contents of the file descrip:
-
tiffset -sf 270 descrip a.tif
The following example sets the artist tag (315) of a.tif to the string
``Anonymous'':
-
tiffset -s 315 Anonymous a.tif
This example sets the resolution of the file a.tif to 300 dpi:
-
tiffset -s 296 2 a.tif
tiffset -s 282 300.0 a.tif
tiffset -s 283 300.0 a.tif
Set the photometric interpretation of the third page of a.tif to
min-is-black (ie. inverts it):
-
tiffset -d 2 -s 262 1 a.tif
SEE ALSO
tiffdump(1),
tiffinfo(1),
tiffcp(1),
libtiff(3TIFF)
Libtiff library home page:
http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/