TIFFReadRGBAStrip - read and decode an image strip into a fixed-format raster
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4.7 Apr 30, 2025 TIFFREADRGBASTRIP(3tiff)
Description
TIFFReadRGBAStrip() reads a single strip of a strip-based image into memory, storing the result in the
user supplied RGBA raster. The raster is assumed to be an array of ImageWidth × RowsPerStrip 32-bit
entries, where ImageWidth is the width of the image (TIFFTAG_IMAGEWIDTH) and RowsPerStrip is the maximum
lines in a strip (TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP).
TIFFReadRGBAStripExt() provides the paramater stop_on_error. Its behaviour is described at
TIFFReadRGBAImage.
The row value should be the row of the first row in the strip (strip × RowsPerStrip, zero based).
Note that the raster is assume to be organized such that the pixel at location (x, y) is raster [ y ×
width + x ]; with the raster origin in the lower-lefthandcorner of the strip. That is bottom to top
organization. When reading a partial last strip in the file the last line of the image will begin at the
beginning of the buffer.
Raster pixels are 8-bit packed red, green, blue, alpha samples. The macros TIFFGetR, TIFFGetG, TIFFGetB,
and TIFFGetA should be used to access individual samples. Images without Associated Alpha matting
information have a constant Alpha of 1.0 (255).
See the TIFFRGBAImage page for more details on how various image types are converted to RGBA values.
Diagnostics
All error messages are directed to the TIFFErrorExtR() routine.
"Sorry,cannothandle%d-bitpictures":
The image had BitsPerSample other than 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16.
"Sorry,cannothandle%d-channelimages":
The image had SamplesPerPixel other than 1, 3, or 4.
Missingneeded"PhotometricInterpretation"tag:
The image did not have a tag that describes how to display the data.
No"PhotometricInterpretation"tag,assumingRGB:
The image was missing a tag that describes how to display it, but because it has 3 or 4 samples/pixel,
it is assumed to be RGB.
No"PhotometricInterpretation"tag,assumingmin-is-black\fP:
The image was missing a tag that describes how to display it, but because it has 1 sample/pixel, it is
assumed to be a grayscale or bilevel image.
"Nospaceforphotometricconversiontable":
There was insufficient memory for a table used to convert image samples to 8-bit RGB.
Missingrequired"Colormap"tag:
A Palette image did not have a required Colormap tag.
"Nospacefortilebuffer":
There was insufficient memory to allocate an i/o buffer.
"Nospaceforstripbuffer":
There was insufficient memory to allocate an i/o buffer.
"Cannothandleformat":
The image has a format (combination of BitsPerSample, SamplesPerPixel, and PhotometricInterpretation)
that TIFFReadRGBAImage() can not handle.
"NospaceforB&Wmappingtable":
There was insufficient memory to allocate a table used to map grayscale data to RGB.
"NospaceforPalettemappingtable":
There was insufficient memory to allocate a table used to map data to 8-bit RGB.
Name
TIFFReadRGBAStrip - read and decode an image strip into a fixed-format raster
Notes
Samples must be either 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 bits. Colorimetric samples/pixel must be either 1, 3, or 4
(i.e. SamplesPerPixel - ExtraSamples).
Palette image colormaps that appear to be incorrectly written as 8-bit values are automatically scaled to
16-bits.
TIFFReadRGBAStrip() is just a wrapper around the more general TIFFRGBAImage facilities. It's main
advantage over the similar TIFFReadRGBAImage() function is that for large images a single buffer capable
of holding the whole image doesn't need to be allocated, only enough for one strip. The
TIFFReadRGBATile() function does a similar operation for tiled images.
Return Values
1 is returned if the image was successfully read and converted. Otherwise, 0 is returned if an error was
encountered.
See Also
TIFFOpen (3tiff), TIFFRGBAImage (3tiff), TIFFReadRGBAImage (3tiff), TIFFReadRGBATile (3tiff), libtiff
(3tiff)
Synopsis
#include <tiffio.h>
intTIFFReadRGBAStrip(TIFF*tif,uint32_trow,uint32_t*raster)intTIFFReadRGBAStripExt(TIFF*tif,uint32_trow,uint32_t*raster,intstop_on_error)