tiffcp - copy (and possibly convert) a TIFF file

tiffcp  combines  one  or  more files created according to the Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0 into a
       single TIFF file.  Because the output file may be compressed using a different algorithm than  the  input
       files, tiffcp is most often used to convert between different compression schemes.

       By  default,  tiffcp  will  copy  all  the  understood  tags  in a TIFF directory of an input file to the
       associated directory in the output file.

       tiffcp can be used to reorganize the storage characteristics of data in a  file,  but  it  is  explicitly
       intended to not alter or convert the image data content in any way.

       The following concatenates two files and writes the result using LZW encoding:
              tiffcp -c lzw a.tif b.tif result.tif

       To convert a G3 1d-encoded TIFF to a single strip of G4-encoded data the following might be used:
              tiffcp -c g4 -r 10000 g3.tif g4.tif
       (1000 is just a number that is larger than the number of rows in the source file.)

       To  extract  a  selected  set  of  images  from a multi-image TIFF file, the file name may be immediately
       followed by a `,' separated list of image directory indices.  The first image is always in  directory  0.
       Thus, to copy the 1st and 3rd images of image file ``album.tif'' to ``result.tif'':
              tiffcp album.tif,0,2 result.tif

       A  trailing  comma  denotes remaining images in sequence.  The following command will copy all image with
       except the first one:
              tiffcp album.tif,1, result.tif

       Given file ``CCD.tif'' whose first image is a noise bias followed by  images  which  include  that  bias,
       subtract the noise from all those images following it (while decompressing) with the command:
              tiffcp -c none -b CCD.tif CCD.tif,1, result.tif

       If  the  file  above  were  named ``CCD,X.tif'', the -,= option would be required to correctly parse this
       filename with image numbers, as follows:
              tiffcp -c none -,=% -b CCD,X.tif CCD,X%1%.tif result.tif

       tiffcp - copy (and possibly convert) a TIFF file

-a     Append to an existing output file instead of overwriting it.

       -bimage
              subtract  the  following monochrome image from all others processed.  This can be used to remove a
              noise bias from a set of images.  This bias image is typically an image of noise  the  camera  saw
              with its shutter closed.

       -B     Force  output  to  be written with Big-Endian byte order.  This option only has an effect when the
              output file is created or overwritten and not when it is appended to.

       -C     Suppress the use of ``strip chopping'' when reading  images  that  have  a  single  strip/tile  of
              uncompressed data.

       -c     Specify  the  compression  to  use  for  data written to the output file: none for no compression,
              packbits for PackBits compression, lzw  for  Lempel-Ziv  &  Welch  compression,  zip  for  Deflate
              compression,  lzma for LZMA2 compression, jpeg for baseline JPEG compression, g3 for CCITT Group 3
              (T.4) compression, g4 for CCITT Group 4 (T.6) compression, or sgilog for SGILOG  compression.   By
              default  tiffcp  will  compress  data  according  to the value of the Compression tag found in the
              source file.

              The CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 compression algorithms can only be used with bilevel data.

              Group 3  compression  can  be  specified  together  with  several  T.4-specific  options:  1d  for
              1-dimensional  encoding, 2d for 2-dimensional encoding, and fill to force each encoded scanline to
              be zero-filled so that the terminating EOL code lies on a byte boundary.  Group 3-specific options
              are specified by appending a ``:''-separated list to the ``g3'' option; e.g.  -cg3:2d:fill to get
              2D-encoded data with byte-aligned EOL codes.

              LZW, Deflate and LZMA2 compression can be specified together with a predictor value.  A  predictor
              value  of  2 causes each scanline of the output image to undergo horizontal differencing before it
              is encoded; a value of 1 forces each scanline to be encoded without differencing. A value 3 is for
              floating point predictor which you can use if the encoded data are in floating point format.  LZW-
              specific options are specified by appending a ``:''-separated list to the ``lzw'' option; e.g.  -clzw:2 for LZW compression with horizontal differencing.

              Deflate and LZMA2 encoders  support  various  compression  levels  (or  encoder  presets)  set  as
              character  ``p''  and  a preset number. ``p1'' is the fastest one with the worst compression ratio
              and ``p9'' is the slowest but with the best possible ratio; e.g.  -czip:3:p9 for Deflate encoding
              with maximum compression level and floating point predictor.

              For the Deflate codec, and in a libtiff build with libdeflate enabled,  ``p12``  is  actually  the
              maximum level.

              For  the  Deflate  codec,  and  in  a libtiff build with libdeflate enabled, ``s0`` can be used to
              require zlib to be used, and ``s1`` for libdeflate (defaults to libdeflate when it is available).

       -f     Specify the bit fill order to use in writing output data.  By default, tiffcp will  create  a  new
              file  with  the  same  fill  order  as  the original.  Specifying -flsb2msb will force data to be
              written with the FillOrder tag set to LSB2MSB, while -fmsb2lsb will force data to be written with
              the FillOrder tag set to MSB2LSB.

       -i     Ignore non-fatal read errors and continue processing of the input file.

       -l     Specify the length of a tile (in pixels).  tiffcp attempts to set the tile dimensions so  that  no
              more than 8 kilobytes of data appear in a tile.

       -L     Force output to be written with Little-Endian byte order.  This option only has an effect when the
              output file is created or overwritten and not when it is appended to.

       -M     Suppress the use of memory-mapped files when reading images.

       -ooffset
              Set initial directory offset.

       -p     Specify the planar configuration to use in writing image data that has one 8-bit sample per pixel.
              By  default,  tiffcp  will  create  a new file with the same planar configuration as the original.
              Specifying -pcontig will force data to be written with multi-sample data packed  together,  while
              -pseparate will force samples to be written in separate planes.

       -r     Specify  the  number  of  rows  (scanlines)  in each strip of data written to the output file.  By
              default (or when value 0 is specified), tiffcp attempts to set the rows/strip that no more than  8
              kilobytes  of  data appear in a strip. If you specify special value -1 it will results in infinite
              number of the rows per strip. The entire image will be the one strip in that case.

       -s     Force the output file to be written with data organized in strips (rather than tiles).

       -t     Force the output file to be written with data organized in tiles (rather than strips). options can
              be used to force the resultant image to be written as strips or tiles of data, respectively.

       -w     Specify the width of a tile (in pixels).  tiffcp attempts to set the tile dimensions  so  that  no
              more  than  8  kilobytes  of data appear in a tile.  tiffcp attempts to set the tile dimensions so
              that no more than 8 kilobytes of data appear in a tile.

       -x     Force the output file to be written with PAGENUMBER value in sequence.

       -8     Write BigTIFF instead of classic TIFF format.

       -,=character
              substitute character for `,' in parsing image directory indices in files.  This  is  necessary  if
              filenames  contain  commas.   Note that -,= with whitespace immediately following will disable the
              special meaning of the `,' entirely.  See examples.

       -msize
              Set maximum memory allocation size (in MiB). The default is 256MiB.   Set  to  0  to  disable  the
              limit.

pal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcmp(1), tiffmedian(1), tiffsplit(1), libtiff(3TIFF)

       Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/

libtiff                                         February 24, 2007                                      TIFFCP(1)

tiffcp [ options ] src1.tif...srcN.tifdst.tif