tiffset - set or unset a field in a TIFF header
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Description
Tiffset sets the value of a TIFF header to a specified value or removes an existing setting.
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
Name
tiffset - set or unset a field in a TIFF header
Options
-ddirnumber
change the current directory (starting at 0).
-stagnumber [ count ] value...
Set the value of the named tag to the value or values specified.
-sddiroffset
change the current directory by offset.
-sftagnumberfilename
Set the value of the tag to the contents of filename. This option is supported for ASCII tags
only.
-utagnumber
Unset the tag.
See Also
tiffdump(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), libtiff(3TIFF) Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ libtiff December 3, 2012 TIFFSET(1)
Synopsis
tiffset [ options ] filename.tif
