1<html> 2<head> 3<meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> 4<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> 5<title>TIFFCP</title> 6</head> 7<body> 8 9<h1 align=center>TIFFCP</h1> 10<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> 11<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> 12<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> 13<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> 14<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br> 15<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> 16 17<hr> 18<!-- Creator : groff version 1.18 --> 19<!-- CreationDate: Mon Oct 7 17:36:39 2002 --> 20<a name="NAME"></a> 21<h2>NAME</h2> 22<!-- INDENTATION --> 23<p><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></p> 32<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> 33<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> 34<!-- INDENTATION --> 35<p><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></p> 44<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 45<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 46<!-- INDENTATION --> 47<p><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></p> 69<a name="OPTIONS"></a> 70<h2>OPTIONS</h2> 71<!-- INDENTATION --> 72<p><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 image</b></p></td> 78</table></p> 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 typlically an image of 88noise the camera saw with its shutter closed.</p> 89</td> 90</table> 91<!-- TABS --> 92<p><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></p> 146<!-- INDENTATION --> 147<p><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></p> 178<!-- TABS --> 179<p><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>−l</b></p> 205</td> 206<td width="5%"></td> 207<td width="80%"> 208 209<p>Specify the length of a tile (in pixels). <i>tiffcp</i> 210attempts to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 211kilobytes of data appear in a tile.</p> 212</td> 213<td width="0%"> 214</td> 215<tr valign="top" align="left"> 216<td width="10%"></td> 217<td width="3%"> 218 219<p><b>−L</b></p> 220</td> 221<td width="5%"></td> 222<td width="80%"> 223 224<p>Force output to be written with Little-Endian byte 225order. This option only has an effect when the output file 226is created or overwritten and not when it is appended 227to.</p> 228</td> 229<td width="0%"> 230</td> 231<tr valign="top" align="left"> 232<td width="10%"></td> 233<td width="3%"> 234 235<p><b>−M</b></p> 236</td> 237<td width="5%"></td> 238<td width="80%"> 239 240<p>Suppress the use of memory-mapped files when reading 241images.</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>−p</b></p> 250</td> 251<td width="5%"></td> 252<td width="80%"> 253 254<p>Specify the planar configuration to use in writing image 255data that has one 8-bit sample per pixel. By default, 256<i>tiffcp</i> will create a new file with the same planar 257configuration as the original. Specifying <b>−p 258contig</b> will force data to be written with multi-sample 259data packed together, while <b>−p separate</b> will 260force samples to be written in separate planes.</p> 261</td> 262<td width="0%"> 263</td> 264<tr valign="top" align="left"> 265<td width="10%"></td> 266<td width="3%"> 267 268<p><b>−r</b></p> 269</td> 270<td width="5%"></td> 271<td width="80%"> 272 273<p>Specify the number of rows (scanlines) in each strip of 274data written to the output file. By default, <i>tiffcp</i> 275attempts to set the rows/strip that no more than 8 kilobytes 276of data appear in a strip.</p> 277</td> 278<td width="0%"> 279</td> 280<tr valign="top" align="left"> 281<td width="10%"></td> 282<td width="3%"> 283 284<p><b>−s</b></p> 285</td> 286<td width="5%"></td> 287<td width="80%"> 288 289<p>Force the output file to be written with data organized 290in strips (rather than tiles).</p> 291</td> 292<td width="0%"> 293</td> 294<tr valign="top" align="left"> 295<td width="10%"></td> 296<td width="3%"> 297 298<p><b>−t</b></p> 299</td> 300<td width="5%"></td> 301<td width="80%"> 302 303<p>Force the output file to be written wtih data organized 304in tiles (rather than strips). options can be used to force 305the resultant image to be written as strips or tiles of 306data, respectively.</p> 307</td> 308<td width="0%"> 309</td> 310<tr valign="top" align="left"> 311<td width="10%"></td> 312<td width="3%"> 313 314<p><b>−w</b></p> 315</td> 316<td width="5%"></td> 317<td width="80%"> 318 319<p>Specify the width of a tile (in pixels). <i>tiffcp</i> 320attempts to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 321kilobytes of data appear in a tile. <i>tiffcp</i> attempts 322to set the tile dimensions so that no more than 8 kilobytes 323of data appear in a tile.</p> 324</td> 325<td width="0%"> 326</td> 327</table></p> 328<!-- INDENTATION --> 329<p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 330 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 331<tr valign="top" align="left"> 332<td width="8%"></td> 333<td width="91%"> 334<p><b>−,={character}</b></p></td> 335</table></p> 336<!-- INDENTATION --> 337<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 338 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 339<tr valign="top" align="left"> 340<td width="19%"></td> 341<td width="80%"> 342<p>substitute {character} for ’,’ in parsing 343image directory indices in files. This is necessary if 344filenames contain commas. Note that ’,=’ with 345whitespace immediately following will disable the special 346meaning of the ’,’ entirely. See examples.</p> 347</td> 348</table> 349<a name="EXAMPLES"></a> 350<h2>EXAMPLES</h2> 351<!-- INDENTATION --> 352<p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 353 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 354<tr valign="top" align="left"> 355<td width="8%"></td> 356<td width="91%"> 357<p>The following concatenates two files and writes the 358result using <small>LZW</small> encoding:</p></td> 359</table></p> 360<!-- INDENTATION --> 361<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 362 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 363<tr valign="top" align="left"> 364<td width="17%"></td> 365<td width="82%"> 366<pre>tiffcp -c lzw a.tif b.tif result.tif 367</pre> 368</td> 369</table> 370<!-- INDENTATION --> 371 372<p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 373 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 374<tr valign="top" align="left"> 375<td width="8%"></td> 376<td width="91%"> 377<p>To convert a G3 1d-encoded <small>TIFF</small> to a 378single strip of G4-encoded data the following might be 379used:</p></td> 380</table></p> 381<!-- INDENTATION --> 382<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 383 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 384<tr valign="top" align="left"> 385<td width="17%"></td> 386<td width="82%"> 387<pre>tiffcp -c g4 -r 10000 g3.tif g4.tif 388</pre> 389</td> 390</table> 391<!-- INDENTATION --> 392 393<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 394 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 395<tr valign="top" align="left"> 396<td width="8%"></td> 397<td width="91%"> 398<p>(1000 is just a number that is larger than the number of 399rows in the source file.)</p> 400<!-- INDENTATION --> 401<p>To extract a selected set of images from a multi-image 402TIFF file, the file name may be immediately followed by a 403’,’ separated list of image directory indices. 404The first image is always in directory 0. Thus, to copy the 4051st and 3rd images of image file "album.tif" to 406"result.tif":</p></td> 407</table> 408<!-- INDENTATION --> 409<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 410 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 411<tr valign="top" align="left"> 412<td width="17%"></td> 413<td width="82%"> 414<pre>tiffcp album.tif,0,2 result.tif 415</pre> 416</td> 417</table> 418<!-- INDENTATION --> 419 420<p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 421 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 422<tr valign="top" align="left"> 423<td width="8%"></td> 424<td width="91%"> 425<p>Given file "CCD.tif" whose first image is a 426noise bias followed by images which include that bias, 427subtract the noise from all those images following it (while 428decompressing) with the command:</p></td> 429</table></p> 430<!-- INDENTATION --> 431<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 432 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 433<tr valign="top" align="left"> 434<td width="17%"></td> 435<td width="82%"> 436<pre>tiffcp -c none -b CCD.tif CCD.tif,1, result.tif 437</pre> 438</td> 439</table> 440<!-- INDENTATION --> 441 442<p><table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 443 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 444<tr valign="top" align="left"> 445<td width="8%"></td> 446<td width="91%"> 447<p>If the file above were named "CCD,X.tif", the 448"-,=" option would be required to correctly parse 449this filename with image numbers, as follows:</p></td> 450</table></p> 451<!-- INDENTATION --> 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="17%"></td> 456<td width="82%"> 457<pre>tiffcp -c none -,=% -b CCD,X.tif CCD,X%1%.tif result.tif 458 459</pre> 460</td> 461</table> 462<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 463<h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 464<!-- INDENTATION --> 465 466<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 467 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 468<tr valign="top" align="left"> 469<td width="8%"></td> 470<td width="91%"> 471<p><i>pal2rgb</i>(1), <i>tiffinfo</i>(1), <i>tiffcmp</i>(1), 472<i>tiffmedian</i>(1), <i>tiffsplit</i>(1), 473<i>libtiff</i>(3)</p> 474</td> 475</table> 476<hr> 477</body> 478</html> 479