1<!-- Creator : groff version 1.18.1 --> 2<!-- CreationDate: Sat Feb 24 18:37:20 2007 --> 3<html> 4<head> 5<meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> 6<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> 7<title>TIFFCP</title> 8</head> 9<body> 10 11<h1 align=center>TIFFCP</h1> 12<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> 13<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> 14<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> 15<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> 16<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br> 17<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> 18 19<hr> 20<a name="NAME"></a> 21<h2>NAME</h2> 22<!-- INDENTATION --> 23<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 24 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 25<tr valign="top" align="left"> 26<td width="8%"></td> 27<td width="91%"> 28<p>tiffcp − copy (and possibly convert) a 29<small>TIFF</small> file</p> 30</td> 31</table> 32<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> 33<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> 34<!-- INDENTATION --> 35<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 36 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 37<tr valign="top" align="left"> 38<td width="8%"></td> 39<td width="91%"> 40<p><b>tiffcp</b> [ <i>options</i> ] <i>src1.tif ... srcN.tif 41dst.tif</i></p> 42</td> 43</table> 44<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 45<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 46<!-- INDENTATION --> 47<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 48 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 49<tr valign="top" align="left"> 50<td width="8%"></td> 51<td width="91%"> 52<p><i>tiffcp</i> combines one or more files created 53according to the Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0 into a 54single <small>TIFF</small> file. Because the output file may 55be compressed using a different algorithm than the input 56files, <i>tiffcp</i> is most often used to convert between 57different compression schemes.</p> 58<!-- INDENTATION --> 59<p>By default, <i>tiffcp</i> will copy all the understood 60tags in a <small>TIFF</small> directory of an input file to 61the associated directory in the output file.</p> 62<!-- INDENTATION --> 63<p><i>tiffcp</i> can be used to reorganize the storage 64characteristics of data in a file, but it is explicitly 65intended to not alter or convert the image data content in 66any way.</p> 67</td> 68</table> 69<a name="OPTIONS"></a> 70<h2>OPTIONS</h2> 71<!-- INDENTATION --> 72<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 73 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 74<tr valign="top" align="left"> 75<td width="8%"></td> 76<td width="91%"> 77<p><b>−b</b> <i>image</i></p></td> 78</table> 79<!-- INDENTATION --> 80<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 81 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 82<tr valign="top" align="left"> 83<td width="19%"></td> 84<td width="80%"> 85<p>subtract the following monochrome image from all others 86processed. This can be used to remove a noise bias from a 87set of images. This bias image is typically an image of 88noise the camera saw with its shutter closed.</p> 89</td> 90</table> 91<!-- TABS --> 92<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 93 cols="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 94<tr valign="top" align="left"> 95<td width="10%"></td> 96<td width="3%"> 97 98<p><b>−B</b></p> 99</td> 100<td width="5%"></td> 101<td width="80%"> 102 103<p>Force output to be written with Big-Endian byte order. 104This option only has an effect when the output file is 105created or overwritten and not when it is appended to.</p> 106</td> 107<td width="0%"> 108</td> 109<tr valign="top" align="left"> 110<td width="10%"></td> 111<td width="3%"> 112 113<p><b>−C</b></p> 114</td> 115<td width="5%"></td> 116<td width="80%"> 117 118<p>Suppress the use of ‘‘strip 119chopping’’ when reading images that have a 120single strip/tile of uncompressed data.</p> 121</td> 122<td width="0%"> 123</td> 124<tr valign="top" align="left"> 125<td width="10%"></td> 126<td width="3%"> 127 128<p><b>−c</b></p> 129</td> 130<td width="5%"></td> 131<td width="80%"> 132 133<p>Specify the compression to use for data written to the 134output file: <b>none</b> for no compression, <b>packbits</b> 135for PackBits compression, <b>lzw</b> for Lempel-Ziv & 136Welch compression, <b>jpeg</b> for baseline JPEG 137compression, <b>zip</b> for Deflate compression, <b>g3</b> 138for CCITT Group 3 (T.4) compression, and <b>g4</b> for CCITT 139Group 4 (T.6) compression. By default <i>tiffcp</i> will 140compress data according to the value of the 141<i>Compression</i> tag found in the source file.</p> 142</td> 143<td width="0%"> 144</td> 145</table> 146<!-- INDENTATION --> 147<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 148 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 149<tr valign="top" align="left"> 150<td width="17%"></td> 151<td width="82%"> 152<p>The <small>CCITT</small> Group 3 and Group 4 compression 153algorithms can only be used with bilevel data.</p> 154<!-- INDENTATION --> 155<p>Group 3 compression can be specified together with 156several T.4-specific options: <b>1d</b> for 1-dimensional 157encoding, <b>2d</b> for 2-dimensional encoding, and 158<b>fill</b> to force each encoded scanline to be zero-filled 159so that the terminating EOL code lies on a byte boundary. 160Group 3-specific options are specified by appending a 161‘‘:’’-separated list to the 162‘‘g3’’ option; e.g. <b>−c 163g3:2d:fill</b> to get 2D-encoded data with byte-aligned EOL 164codes.</p> 165<!-- INDENTATION --> 166<p><small>LZW</small> compression can be specified together 167with a <i>predictor</i> value. A predictor value of 2 causes 168each scanline of the output image to undergo horizontal 169differencing before it is encoded; a value of 1 forces each 170scanline to be encoded without differencing. LZW-specific 171options are specified by appending a 172‘‘:’’-separated list to the 173‘‘lzw’’ option; e.g. <b>−c 174lzw:2</b> for <small>LZW</small> compression with horizontal 175differencing.</p> 176</td> 177</table> 178<!-- TABS --> 179<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 180 cols="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 181<tr valign="top" align="left"> 182<td width="10%"></td> 183<td width="3%"> 184 185<p><b>−f</b></p> 186</td> 187<td width="5%"></td> 188<td width="80%"> 189 190<p>Specify the bit fill order to use in writing output 191data. By default, <i>tiffcp</i> will create a new file with 192the same fill order as the original. Specifying <b>−f 193lsb2msb</b> will force data to be written with the FillOrder 194tag set to <small>LSB2MSB,</small> while <b>−f 195msb2lsb</b> will force data to be written with the FillOrder 196tag set to <small>MSB2LSB.</small></p> 197</td> 198<td width="0%"> 199</td> 200<tr valign="top" align="left"> 201<td width="10%"></td> 202<td width="3%"> 203 204<p><b>−i</b></p> 205</td> 206<td width="5%"></td> 207<td width="80%"> 208 209<p>Ignore non-fatal read errors and continue processing of 210the input file.</p> 211</td> 212<td width="0%"> 213</td> 214<tr valign="top" align="left"> 215<td width="10%"></td> 216<td width="3%"> 217 218<p><b>−l</b></p> 219</td> 220<td width="5%"></td> 221<td width="80%"> 222 223<p>Specify the length of a tile (in pixels). <i>tiffcp</i> 224attempts to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 225kilobytes of data appear in a tile.</p> 226</td> 227<td width="0%"> 228</td> 229<tr valign="top" align="left"> 230<td width="10%"></td> 231<td width="3%"> 232 233<p><b>−L</b></p> 234</td> 235<td width="5%"></td> 236<td width="80%"> 237 238<p>Force output to be written with Little-Endian byte 239order. This option only has an effect when the output file 240is created or overwritten and not when it is appended 241to.</p> 242</td> 243<td width="0%"> 244</td> 245<tr valign="top" align="left"> 246<td width="10%"></td> 247<td width="3%"> 248 249<p><b>−M</b></p> 250</td> 251<td width="5%"></td> 252<td width="80%"> 253 254<p>Suppress the use of memory-mapped files when reading 255images.</p> 256</td> 257<td width="0%"> 258</td> 259<tr valign="top" align="left"> 260<td width="10%"></td> 261<td width="3%"> 262 263<p><b>−p</b></p> 264</td> 265<td width="5%"></td> 266<td width="80%"> 267 268<p>Specify the planar configuration to use in writing image 269data that has one 8-bit sample per pixel. By default, 270<i>tiffcp</i> will create a new file with the same planar 271configuration as the original. Specifying <b>−p 272contig</b> will force data to be written with multi-sample 273data packed together, while <b>−p separate</b> will 274force samples to be written in separate planes.</p> 275</td> 276<td width="0%"> 277</td> 278<tr valign="top" align="left"> 279<td width="10%"></td> 280<td width="3%"> 281 282<p><b>−r</b></p> 283</td> 284<td width="5%"></td> 285<td width="80%"> 286 287<p>Specify the number of rows (scanlines) in each strip of 288data written to the output file. By default (or when value 289<b>0</b> is specified), <i>tiffcp</i> attempts to set the 290rows/strip that no more than 8 kilobytes of data appear in a 291strip. If you specify special value <b>−1</b> it will 292results in infinite number of the rows per strip. The entire 293image will be the one strip in that case.</p> 294</td> 295<td width="0%"> 296</td> 297<tr valign="top" align="left"> 298<td width="10%"></td> 299<td width="3%"> 300 301<p><b>−s</b></p> 302</td> 303<td width="5%"></td> 304<td width="80%"> 305 306<p>Force the output file to be written with data organized 307in strips (rather than tiles).</p> 308</td> 309<td width="0%"> 310</td> 311<tr valign="top" align="left"> 312<td width="10%"></td> 313<td width="3%"> 314 315<p><b>−t</b></p> 316</td> 317<td width="5%"></td> 318<td width="80%"> 319 320<p>Force the output file to be written with data organized 321in tiles (rather than strips). options can be used to force 322the resultant image to be written as strips or tiles of 323data, respectively.</p> 324</td> 325<td width="0%"> 326</td> 327<tr valign="top" align="left"> 328<td width="10%"></td> 329<td width="3%"> 330 331<p><b>−w</b></p> 332</td> 333<td width="5%"></td> 334<td width="80%"> 335 336<p>Specify the width of a tile (in pixels). <i>tiffcp</i> 337attempts to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 338kilobytes of data appear in a tile. <i>tiffcp</i> attempts 339to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 kilobytes 340of data appear in a tile.</p> 341</td> 342<td width="0%"> 343</td> 344<tr valign="top" align="left"> 345<td width="10%"></td> 346<td width="3%"> 347 348<p><b>−x</b></p> 349</td> 350<td width="5%"></td> 351<td width="80%"> 352 353<p>Force the output file to be written with PAGENUMBER value 354in sequence.</p> 355</td> 356<td width="0%"> 357</td> 358</table> 359<!-- INDENTATION --> 360<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 361 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 362<tr valign="top" align="left"> 363<td width="8%"></td> 364<td width="91%"> 365<p><b>−,=</b><i>character</i></p></td> 366</table> 367<!-- INDENTATION --> 368<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 369 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 370<tr valign="top" align="left"> 371<td width="19%"></td> 372<td width="80%"> 373<p>substitute <i>character</i> for ‘,’ in 374parsing image directory indices in files. This is necessary 375if filenames contain commas. Note that <b>−,=</b> with 376whitespace immediately following will disable the special 377meaning of the ‘,’ entirely. See examples.</p> 378</td> 379</table> 380<a name="EXAMPLES"></a> 381<h2>EXAMPLES</h2> 382<!-- INDENTATION --> 383<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 384 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 385<tr valign="top" align="left"> 386<td width="8%"></td> 387<td width="91%"> 388<p>The following concatenates two files and writes the 389result using <small>LZW</small> encoding:</p></td> 390</table> 391<!-- INDENTATION --> 392<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 393 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 394<tr valign="top" align="left"> 395<td width="17%"></td> 396<td width="82%"> 397<pre>tiffcp −c lzw a.tif b.tif result.tif 398</pre> 399</td> 400</table> 401<!-- INDENTATION --> 402 403<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 404 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 405<tr valign="top" align="left"> 406<td width="8%"></td> 407<td width="91%"> 408<p>To convert a G3 1d-encoded <small>TIFF</small> to a 409single strip of G4-encoded data the following might be 410used:</p></td> 411</table> 412<!-- INDENTATION --> 413<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 414 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 415<tr valign="top" align="left"> 416<td width="17%"></td> 417<td width="82%"> 418<pre>tiffcp −c g4 −r 10000 g3.tif g4.tif 419</pre> 420</td> 421</table> 422<!-- INDENTATION --> 423 424<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 425 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 426<tr valign="top" align="left"> 427<td width="8%"></td> 428<td width="91%"> 429<p>(1000 is just a number that is larger than the number of 430rows in the source file.)</p> 431<!-- INDENTATION --> 432<p>To extract a selected set of images from a multi-image 433TIFF file, the file name may be immediately followed by a 434‘,’ separated list of image directory indices. 435The first image is always in directory 0. Thus, to copy the 4361st and 3rd images of image file 437‘‘album.tif’’ to 438‘‘result.tif’’:</p></td> 439</table> 440<!-- INDENTATION --> 441<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 442 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 443<tr valign="top" align="left"> 444<td width="17%"></td> 445<td width="82%"> 446<pre>tiffcp album.tif,0,2 result.tif 447</pre> 448</td> 449</table> 450<!-- INDENTATION --> 451 452<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 453 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 454<tr valign="top" align="left"> 455<td width="8%"></td> 456<td width="91%"> 457<p>A trailing comma denotes remaining images in sequence. 458The following command will copy all image with except the 459first one:</p></td> 460</table> 461<!-- INDENTATION --> 462<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 463 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 464<tr valign="top" align="left"> 465<td width="17%"></td> 466<td width="82%"> 467<pre>tiffcp album.tif,1, result.tif 468</pre> 469</td> 470</table> 471<!-- INDENTATION --> 472 473<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 474 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 475<tr valign="top" align="left"> 476<td width="8%"></td> 477<td width="91%"> 478<p>Given file ‘‘CCD.tif’’ whose 479first image is a noise bias followed by images which include 480that bias, subtract the noise from all those images 481following it (while decompressing) with the 482command:</p></td> 483</table> 484<!-- INDENTATION --> 485<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 486 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 487<tr valign="top" align="left"> 488<td width="17%"></td> 489<td width="82%"> 490<pre>tiffcp −c none −b CCD.tif CCD.tif,1, result.tif 491</pre> 492</td> 493</table> 494<!-- INDENTATION --> 495 496<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 497 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 498<tr valign="top" align="left"> 499<td width="8%"></td> 500<td width="91%"> 501<p>If the file above were named 502‘‘CCD,X.tif’’, the <b>−,=</b> 503option would be required to correctly parse this filename 504with image numbers, as follows:</p></td> 505</table> 506<!-- INDENTATION --> 507<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 508 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 509<tr valign="top" align="left"> 510<td width="17%"></td> 511<td width="82%"> 512<pre>tiffcp −c none −,=% −b CCD,X.tif CCD,X%1%.tif result.tif 513 514</pre> 515</td> 516</table> 517<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 518<h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 519<!-- INDENTATION --> 520 521<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 522 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 523<tr valign="top" align="left"> 524<td width="8%"></td> 525<td width="91%"> 526<p><b>pal2rgb</b>(1), <b>tiffinfo</b>(1), <b>tiffcmp</b>(1), 527<b>tiffmedian</b>(1), <b>tiffsplit</b>(1), 528<b>libtiff</b>(3TIFF)</p> 529<!-- INDENTATION --> 530<p>Libtiff library home page: 531<b>http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/</b></p> 532</td> 533</table> 534<hr> 535</body> 536</html> 537