1*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<html> 3*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<head> 4*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<meta name="generator" content= 5*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn"HTML Tidy for Solaris (vers 12 April 2005), see www.w3.org"> 6*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<title>TIFF Tools Overview</title> 7*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</head> 8*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<body bgcolor="white"> 9*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<h1><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans"><img src="images/quad.jpg" 10*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnwidth="144" height="108" align="left" border="1" hspace="6"> TIFF 11*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnTools Overview</font></h1> 12*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<p>This software distribution comes with a small collection of 13*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnprograms for converting non-TIFF format images to TIFF and for 14*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnmanipulating and interogating the contents of TIFF images. Several 15*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnof these tools are useful in their own right. Many of them however 16*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnare more intended to serve as programming examples for using the 17*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnTIFF library.</p> 18*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<h3>Device-dependent Programs</h3> 19*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnThere are two device-dependent programs that serve as simple 20*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnexamples for writing programs to display and save TIFF images. 21*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<table border cellpadding="3"> 22*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 23*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"> 24*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tt>tiffgt </tt></td> 25*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Display the contents of one or more TIFF images using OpenGL. 26*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnThe software makes extensive use of the <tt>TIFFRGBAImage</tt> 27*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnfacilities described elsewhere.</td> 28*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 29*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 30*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffsv</tt></td> 31*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A program to save all or part of a screen dump on a Silicon 32*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnGraphics system. As for <tt>tiffgt</tt> this code, while written to 33*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnuse the IRIS GL, can be easily tailored to other devices.</td> 34*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 35*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</table> 36*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<h3>Device-independent Programs</h3> 370ef31e1fSMike WellesThe remaining programs should be device-independent: 38*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<table border cellpadding="3"> 39*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 40*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>bmp2tiff</tt></td> 41*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert BMP images to TIFF</td> 42*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 43*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 44*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>fax2ps</tt></td> 45*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert a Group 3- or Group 4- compressed TIFF to PostScript 46*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnthat is significantly more compressed than is generated by 47*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tt>tiff2ps</tt> (unless <tt>tiff2ps</tt> writes PS Level II)</td> 48*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 49*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 50*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>fax2tiff</tt></td> 51*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert raw Group 3 or Group 4 facsimile data to TIFF</td> 52*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 53*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 54*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>gif2tiff</tt></td> 55*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A quick hack that converts GIF 87a format images to TIFF</td> 56*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 57*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 58*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>pal2rgb</tt></td> 59*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert a Palette-style image to a full color RGB image by 60*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnapplying the colormap</td> 61*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 62*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 63*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>ppm2tiff</tt></td> 64*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A quick hack that converts PPM format images to TIFF</td> 65*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 66*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 67*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>ras2tiff</tt></td> 68*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A quick hack that converts Sun rasterfile format images to TIFF 69*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn-- it's less than complete</td> 70*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 71*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 72*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>raw2tiff</tt></td> 73*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Create a TIFF file from raw data</td> 74*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 75*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 76*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>rgb2ycbcr</tt></td> 77*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert an RGB, grayscale, or bilevel TIFF image to a YCbCr 78*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnTIFF image; it's mainly provided for testing</td> 79*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 80*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 81*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>sgi2tiff</tt></td> 82*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A program to convert SGI image files to TIFF. This program is 83*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnonly useful on SGI machines as it uses <tt>-limage</tt>.</td> 84*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 85*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 86*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>thumbnail</tt></td> 87*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Copy a bilevel TIFF to one that includes 8-bit greyscale 880ef31e1fSMike Welles"thumbnail images" for each page; it is provided as an example of 89*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnhow one might use the <tt>SubIFD</tt> tag (and the library support 90*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnfor it)</td> 91*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 92*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 93*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiff2bw</tt></td> 94*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A simple program to convert a color image to grayscale</td> 95*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 96*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 97*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiff2pdf</tt></td> 98*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert TIFF images to PDF</td> 99*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 100*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 101*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiff2ps</tt></td> 102*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert TIFF images to PostScript</td> 103*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 104*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 105*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiff2rgba</tt></td> 106*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Convert a TIFF image to RGBA color space</td> 107*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 108*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 109*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffcmp</tt></td> 110*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Compare the contents of two TIFF files (it does not check all 111*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnthe directory information, but does check all the data)</td> 112*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 113*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 114*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffcp</tt></td> 115*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Copy, concatenate, and convert TIFF images (e.g. switching from 116*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnCompression=5 to Compression=1)</td> 117*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 118*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 119*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffdither</tt></td> 120*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Dither a b&w image into a bilevel image (suitable for use 121*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnin creating fax files)</td> 122*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 123*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 124*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffdump</tt></td> 125*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Display the verbatim contents of the TIFF directory in a file 126*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn(it's very useful for debugging bogus files that you may get from 127*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnsomeone that claims they support TIFF)</td> 128*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 129*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 130*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffinfo</tt></td> 131*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Display information about one or more TIFF files.</td> 132*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 133*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 134*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffmedian</tt></td> 135*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>A version of Paul Heckbert's median cut program that reads an 136*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnRGB TIFF image, and creates a TIFF palette file as a result; it's 137*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnuseful for converting full-color RGB images to 8-bit color for your 138*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnfriends that have cheapo 8-bit framebuffers.</td> 139*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 140*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 141*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffset</tt></td> 142*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Set a field in a TIFF header</td> 143*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 144*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<tr> 145*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt>tiffsplit</tt></td> 146*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<td>Create one or more single-image files from a (possibly) 147*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnmulti-image file</td> 148*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</tr> 149*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</table> 150*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<p>Check out the manual pages for details about the above 151*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahnprograms.</p> 152*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn<hr> 153*cfa43016SBob FriesenhahnLast updated: $Date: 2006-01-03 02:16:07 $ 154*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</body> 155*cfa43016SBob Friesenhahn</html> 156
