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NAME
libtiff - introduction to libtiff, a library for reading and writing TIFF files
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h>
cc file.c -ltiff
DESCRIPTION
libtiff is a library for reading and writing data files encoded with the "Tag Image File" format,
Revision 6.0 (or revision 5.0 or revision 4.0). This file format is suitable for archiving multi-color
and monochromatic image data.
The library supports several compression algorithms, as indicated by the Compression field, including: no
compression (1), CCITT 1D Huffman compression (2), CCITT Group 3 Facsimile compression (3), CCITT Group 4
Facsimile compression (4), Lempel-Ziv & Welch compression (5), baseline JPEG compression (7),
word-aligned 1D Huffman compression (32771), PackBits compression (32773). In addition, several
nonstandard compression algorithms are supported: the 4-bit compression algorithm used by the ThunderScan
program (32809) (decompression only), NeXT's 2-bit compression algorithm (32766) (decompression only), an
experimental LZ-style algorithm known as Deflate (32946), and an experimental CIE LogLuv compression
scheme designed for images with high dynamic range (32845 for LogL and 32845 for LogLuv). Directory
information may be in either little- or big-endian byte order; byte swapping is automatically done by the
library. Data bit ordering may be either Most Significant Bit (MSB) to Least Significant Bit (LSB) or LSB
to MSB. Finally, the library does not support files in which the BitsPerSample , Compression ,
MinSampleValue , or MaxSampleValue fields are defined differently on a per-sample basis (in Rev. 6.0 the
Compression tag is not defined on a per-sample basis, so this is immaterial).
DATA TYPES
The library makes extensive use of C typedefs to promote portability. Two sets of typedefs are used, one
for communication with clients of the library and one for internal data structures and parsing of the
TIFF format. The following typedefs are exposed to users either through function definitions or through
parameters passed through the varargs interfaces.
typedef uint32_t ttag_t; // directory tag
typedef uint32_t tdir_t; // directory index
typedef uint16_t tsample_t; // sample number
typedef uint32_t tstrip_t; // strip number
typedef uint32_t ttile_t; // tile number
typedef int64_t tmsize_t; // signed size type (int32_t on 32-bit platforms)
typedef tmsize_t tsize_t; // i/o size in bytes
typedef void* tdata_t; // image data ref
typedef void* thandle_t; // client data handle
typedef uint64_t toff_t; // file offset
Note that tstrip_t, ttile_t, and tsize_t are constrained to be no more than 32-bit quantities by 32-bit
fields they are stored in in the TIFF image. Likewise tsample_t is limited by the 16-bit field used to
store the SamplesPerPixel tag.
tdir_t constrains the maximum number of IFDs that may appear in an image and may be an arbitrary size
(w/o penalty). Starting with libtiff 4.5.0, tdir_t is a 32-bit unsigned integer. Previously, it was a
16-bit unsigned integer.
ttag_t must be either int, unsigned int, pointer, or double because the library uses a varargs interface
and C restricts the type of the parameter before an ellipsis to be a promoted type. toff_t is defined as
uint64_t because TIFF file offsets are (unsigned) 32-bit quantities, and BigTIFF file offsets are
unsigned 64-bit quantities. A signed value is used because some interfaces return -1 on error. Finally,
note that user-specified data references are passed as opaque handles and only cast at the lowest layers
where their type is presumed.
LIST OF ROUTINES
The following routines are part of the library. Consult specific manual pages for details on their
operation; on most systems doing man function-name will work.
LIBTIFF FUNCTIONS
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Name │ Description │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFAccessTagMethods() │ provides read/write access to the │
│ │ TIFFTagMethods within the TIFF │
│ │ structure to application code without │
│ │ giving access to the private TIFF │
│ │ structure │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCheckpointDirectory() │ writes the current state of the │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCheckTile() │ very x,y,z,sample is within image │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCIELabToRGBInit() │ initialize CIE L*a*b* 1976 to RGB │
│ │ conversion state │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCIELabToXYZ() │ perform CIE L*a*b* 1976 to CIE XYZ │
│ │ conversion │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCleanup() │ auxiliary function to free the TIFF │
│ │ structure │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFClientdata() │ return open file's clientdata handle, │
│ │ which represents the file descriptor │
│ │ used within libtiff. │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFClientOpen() │ open a file for reading or writing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFClientOpenExt() │ open a file for reading or writing │
│ │ with options, such as re-entrant │
│ │ error and warning handlers may be │
│ │ passed │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFClose() │ close a previously opened TIFF file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFComputeStrip() │ return strip containing y,sample │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFComputeTile() │ return tile containing x,y,z,sample │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCreateCustomDirectory() │ setup for a custom directory in a │
│ │ open TIFF file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCreateDirectory() │ setup for a directory in a open TIFF │
│ │ file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCreateEXIFDirectory() │ setup for a EXIF custom directory in │
│ │ a open TIFF file within a TIFF tag │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCreateGPSDirectory() │ setup for a GPS custom directory in a │
│ │ open TIFF file within a TIFF tag │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCurrentDirectory() │ return index of current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCurrentDirOffset() │ return file offset of the current │
│ │ directory (instead of an index) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCurrentRow() │ return index of current scanline │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCurrentStrip() │ return index of current strip │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFCurrentTile() │ return index of current tile │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFDataWidth() │ return the size of TIFF data types │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFDefaultStripSize() │ return number of rows for a │
│ │ reasonable-sized strip according to │
│ │ the current settings of the │
│ │ ImageWidth, BitsPerSample and │
│ │ SamplesPerPixel, tags and any │
│ │ compression-specific requirements │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFDefaultTileSize() │ return pixel width and height of a │
│ │ reasonable-sized tile; suitable for │
│ │ setting up the TileWidth and │
│ │ TileLength tags │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFDeferStrileArrayWriting() │ is an advanced writing function to │
│ │ control when/where the │
│ │ [Strip/Tile][Offsets/ByteCounts] │
│ │ arrays are written into the file, and │
│ │ must be used in a particular sequence │
│ │ together with │
│ │ TIFFForceStrileArrayWriting() (see │
│ │ description) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFError() │ library-wide error handling function │
│ │ printing to stderr │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFErrorExt() │ user-specific library-wide error │
│ │ handling function that can be passed │
│ │ a file handle, which is set to the │
│ │ open TIFF file within libtiff │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFErrorExtR() │ user-specific re-entrant library │
│ │ error handling function, to which its │
│ │ TIFF structure is passed containing │
│ │ the pointer to a user-specific data │
│ │ object │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFdOpen() │ open a file for reading or writing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFdOpenExt() │ open a file for reading or writing │
│ │ with options, such as re-entrant │
│ │ error and warning handlers may be │
│ │ passed │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldDataType() │ get data type from field information │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldIsAnonymous() │ returns if field was unknown to │
│ │ libtiff and has been auto-registered │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldName() │ get field name from field information │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldPassCount() │ get whether to pass a value count to │
│ │ Get/SetField │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldReadCount() │ get number of values to be read from │
│ │ field │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldSetGetCountSize() │ returns size of count parameter of │
│ │ TIFFSetField() and TIFFGetField() │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldSetGetSize() │ return data size in bytes of the │
│ │ field data type used for libtiff │
│ │ internal storage. │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldTag() │ get tag value from field information │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldWithName() │ get field information given field │
│ │ name │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldWithTag() │ get field information given tag │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFieldWriteCount() │ get number of values to be written to │
│ │ field │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFileName() │ return name of open file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFileno() │ return open file descriptor │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFindCODEC() │ find standard codec for the specific │
│ │ scheme │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFindField() │ get field information given tag and │
│ │ data type │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFlush() │ flush all pending writes │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFlushData() │ flush pending data writes │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFForceStrileArrayWriting() │ is an advanced writing function that │
│ │ writes the │
│ │ [Strip/Tile][Offsets/ByteCounts] │
│ │ arrays at the end of the file (see │
│ │ description) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFFreeDirectory() │ release storage associated with a │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetBitRevTable() │ return bit reversal table │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetClientInfo() │ returns a pointer to the data of the │
│ │ named entry in the clientinfo-list │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetCloseProc() │ returns a pointer to file close │
│ │ method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetConfiguredCODECs() │ gets list of configured codecs, both │
│ │ built-in and registered by user │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetField() │ return tag value in current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetFieldDefaulted() │ return tag value in current directory │
│ │ with default value set if the value │
│ │ is not already set and a default is │
│ │ defined │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetMapFileProc() │ returns a pointer to memory mapping │
│ │ method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetMode() │ return open file mode │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetReadProc() │ returns a pointer to file read method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetSeekProc() │ returns a pointer to file seek method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetSizeProc() │ returns a pointer to file size │
│ │ requesting method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetStrileByteCount() │ return value of the │
│ │ TileByteCounts/StripByteCounts array │
│ │ for the specified tile/strile │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetStrileByteCountWithErr() │ same as TIFFGetStrileByteCount() and │
│ │ additionally provides an error return │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetStrileOffset() │ return value of the │
│ │ TileOffsets/StripOffsets array for │
│ │ the specified tile/strile │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetStrileOffsetWithErr() │ same as TIFFGetStrileOffset() and │
│ │ additionally provides an error return │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetTagListCount() │ return number of entries in the │
│ │ custom tag list │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetTagListEntry() │ return tag number of the (n.th - 1) │
│ │ entry within the custom tag list │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetUnmapFileProc() │ returns a pointer to memory unmapping │
│ │ method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetVersion() │ return library version string │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFGetWriteProc() │ returns a pointer to file write │
│ │ method │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsBigEndian() │ returns a non-zero value if the file │
│ │ is BigEndian and zero if the file is │
│ │ LittleEndian │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsBigTIFF() │ returns a non-zero value if the file │
│ │ is in BigTIFF style │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsByteSwapped() │ return true if image data is │
│ │ byte-swapped │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsCODECConfigured() │ check, whether we have working codec │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsMSB2LSB() │ return true if image data is being │
│ │ returned with bit 0 as the most │
│ │ significant bit │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsTiled() │ return true if image data is tiled │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFIsUpSampled() │ returns a non-zero value if image │
│ │ data returned through the read │
│ │ interface Routines is being │
│ │ up-sampled │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFLastDirectory() │ returns a non-zero value if the │
│ │ current directory is the last │
│ │ directory in the file; otherwise zero │
│ │ is returned │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFMergeFieldInfo() │ adds application defined TIFF tags to │
│ │ the list of known libtiff tags │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFNumberOfDirectories() │ return number of directories in a │
│ │ file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFNumberOfStrips() │ return number of strips in an image │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFNumberOfTiles() │ return number of tiles in an image │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpen() │ open a file for reading or writing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenExt() │ open a file for reading or writing │
│ │ with options, such as re-entrant │
│ │ error and warning handlers may be │
│ │ passed │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenW() │ opens a TIFF file with a Unicode │
│ │ filename, for read/writing │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenWExt() │ opens a TIFF file with a Unicode │
│ │ filename, for read/writing with │
│ │ options, such as re-entrant error and │
│ │ warning handlers may be passed │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsAlloc() │ allocates memory for TIFFOpenOptions │
│ │ opaque structure │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsFree() │ releases the allocated memory for │
│ │ TIFFOpenOptions │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsSetMaxSingleMemAlloc() │ limits the maximum single memory │
│ │ allocation within libtiff │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsSetMaxCumulatedMemAlloc() │ limits the maximum cumulated memory │
│ │ allocation within libtiff │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsSetErrorHandlerExtR() │ setup of a user-specific and per-TIFF │
│ │ handle (re-entrant) error handler │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFOpenOptionsSetWarningHandlerExtR() │ setup of a user-specific and per-TIFF │
│ │ handle (re-entrant) warning handler │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFPrintDirectory() │ print description of the current │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRasterScanlineSize() │ returns the size in bytes of a │
│ │ complete decoded and packed raster │
│ │ scanline │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRasterScanlineSize64() │ return size as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRawStripSize() │ return number of bytes in a raw strip │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRawStripSize64() │ return number of bytes in a raw strip │
│ │ as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadBufferSetup() │ specify i/o buffer for reading │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadCustomDirectory() │ read the custom directory from the │
│ │ given offset and set the context of │
│ │ the TIFF-handle tif to that custom │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadDirectory() │ read the next directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadEncodedStrip() │ read and decode a strip of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadEncodedTile() │ read and decode a tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadEXIFDirectory() │ read the EXIF directory from the │
│ │ given offset and set the context of │
│ │ the TIFF-handle tif to that EXIF │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadFromUserBuffer() │ replaces the use of │
│ │ TIFFReadEncodedStrip() / │
│ │ TIFFReadEncodedTile() when the user │
│ │ can provide the buffer for the input │
│ │ data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadGPSDirectory() │ read the GPS directory from the given │
│ │ offset and set the context of the │
│ │ TIFF-handle tif to that GPS directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRawStrip() │ read a raw strip of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRawTile() │ read a raw tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBAImage() │ read an image into a fixed format │
│ │ raster │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented() │ works like TIFFReadRGBAImage() except │
│ │ that the user can specify the raster │
│ │ origin position │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBAStrip() │ reads a single strip of a strip-based │
│ │ image into memory, storing the result │
│ │ in the user supplied RGBA raster │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBAStripExt() │ same as TIFFReadRGBAStrip() but │
│ │ providing the parameter stop_on_error │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBATile() │ reads a single tile of a tile-based │
│ │ image into memory, storing the result │
│ │ in the user supplied RGBA raster │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadRGBATileExt() │ same as TIFFReadRGBATile() but │
│ │ providing the parameter stop_on_error │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadScanline() │ read and decode a row of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReadTile() │ read and decode a tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRegisterCODEC() │ override standard codec for the │
│ │ specific scheme │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFReverseBits() │ reverse bits in an array of bytes │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRewriteDirectory() │ operates similarly to │
│ │ TIFFWriteDirectory(), but can be │
│ │ called with directories previously │
│ │ read or written that already have an │
│ │ established location in the file and │
│ │ places it at the end of the file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRGBAImageBegin() │ setup decoder state for │
│ │ TIFFRGBAImageGet │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRGBAImageEnd() │ release TIFFRGBAImage decoder state │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRGBAImageGet() │ read and decode an image │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFRGBAImageOK() │ is image readable by TIFFRGBAImageGet │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFScanlineSize() │ return size of a scanline │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFScanlineSize64() │ return size of a scanline as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetClientdata() │ set open file's clientdata (file │
│ │ descriptor/handle), and return │
│ │ previous value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetClientInfo() │ adds or replaces an entry in the │
│ │ clientinfo-list │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetCompressionScheme() │ set compression scheme │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetDirectory() │ set the current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetErrorHandler() │ set error handler function │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetErrorHandlerExt() │ set error handler function with a │
│ │ file handle as parameter │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetField() │ set a tag's value in the current │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetFileName() │ sets the file name in the │
│ │ TIFF-structure and returns the old │
│ │ file name │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetFileno() │ overwrites a copy of the open file's │
│ │ I/O descriptor, and return previous │
│ │ value (refer to detailed description) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetMode() │ sets the libtiff open mode in the │
│ │ TIFF-structure and returns the old │
│ │ mode │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetSubDirectory() │ set the current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetTagExtender() │ is used to register the merge │
│ │ function for user defined tags as an │
│ │ extender callback with libtiff │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetupStrips() │ setup or reset strip parameters and │
│ │ strip array memory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetWarningHandler() │ set warning handler function │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetWarningHandlerExt() │ set warning handler function with a │
│ │ file handle as parameter │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSetWriteOffset() │ set current write offset │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFStripSize() │ return size of a strip │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFStripSize64() │ return equivalent size for a strip of │
│ │ data as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfDouble() │ swap bytes of an array of doubles │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfFloat() │ swap bytes of an array of floats │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfLong() │ swap bytes of an array of longs │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfLong8() │ swap bytes of an array of uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfShort() │ swap bytes of an array of shorts │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabArrayOfTriples() │ swap the first and third byte of each │
│ │ triple within an array of bytes │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabDouble() │ swap bytes of double │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabFloat() │ swap bytes of float │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabLong() │ swap bytes of long │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabLong8() │ swap bytes of long long (uint64_t) │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFSwabShort() │ swap bytes of short │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTileRowSize() │ return size of a row in a tile │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTileRowSize64() │ return size of a row in a tile as │
│ │ uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTileSize() │ return size of a tile │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTileSize64() │ return size of a tile as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFUnlinkDirectory() │ unlink the specified directory from │
│ │ the directory chain │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFUnRegisterCODEC() │ unregisters the codec │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFUnsetField() │ clear the contents of the field in │
│ │ the internal structure │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVGetField() │ return tag value in current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVGetFieldDefaulted() │ return tag value in current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVSetField() │ set a tag's value in the current │
│ │ directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVStripSize() │ return number of bytes in a strip │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVStripSize64() │ return number of bytes in a strip │
│ │ with nrows rows of data as uint64_t │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVTileSize() │ returns the number of bytes in a │
│ │ row-aligned tile with nrows of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFVTileSize64() │ returns the number of bytes in a │
│ │ row-aligned tile with nrows of data a │
│ │ uint64_t number │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWarning() │ library-wide warning handling │
│ │ function printing to stderr │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWarningExt() │ user-specific library-wide warning │
│ │ handling function that can be passed │
│ │ a file handle, which is set to the │
│ │ open TIFF file within libtiff │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWarningExtR() │ user-specific re-entrant library │
│ │ warning handling function, to which │
│ │ its TIFF structure is passed │
│ │ containing the pointer to a │
│ │ user-specific data object │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteBufferSetup() │ sets up the data buffer used to write │
│ │ raw (encoded) data to a file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteCheck() │ verify file is writable and that the │
│ │ directory information is setup │
│ │ properly │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteCustomDirectory() │ write the current custom directory │
│ │ (also EXIF or GPS) to file │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteDirectory() │ write the current directory │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteEncodedStrip() │ compress and write a strip of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteEncodedTile() │ compress and write a tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteRawStrip() │ write a raw strip of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteRawTile() │ write a raw tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteScanline() │ write a scanline of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFWriteTile() │ compress and write a tile of data │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFXYZToRGB() │ perform CIE XYZ to RGB conversion │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFYCbCrtoRGB() │ perform YCbCr to RGB conversion │
├──────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFYCbCrToRGBInit() │ initialize YCbCr to RGB conversion │
│ │ state │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
LIBTIFF AUXILLARY FUNCTIONS
┌────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Name │ Description │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFCheckMalloc() │ checking for integer overflow before │
│ │ dynamically allocate memory buffer │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFCheckRealloc() │ checking for integer overflow before │
│ │ dynamically reallocate memory buffer │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFClampDoubleToUInt32() │ clamps double values into the range │
│ │ of uint32_t (i.e. 0 .. 0xFFFFFFFF) │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFfree() │ free memory buffer │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFGetExifFields() │ return a pointer to the libtiff │
│ │ internal definition list of the EXIF │
│ │ tags │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFGetGpsFields() │ return a pointer to the libtiff │
│ │ internal definition list of the GPS │
│ │ tags │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFmalloc() │ dynamically allocate memory buffer │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFmemcmp() │ compare contents of the memory │
│ │ buffers │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFmemcpy() │ copy contents of the one buffer to │
│ │ another │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFmemset() │ fill memory buffer with a constant │
│ │ byte │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFMultiply32() │ checks for an integer overflow of the │
│ │ multiplication result of uint32_t and │
│ │ return the multiplication result or 0 │
│ │ if an overflow would happen │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFMultiply64() │ checks for an integer overflow of the │
│ │ multiplication result of uint64_t and │
│ │ return the multiplication result or 0 │
│ │ if an overflow would happen │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFrealloc() │ dynamically reallocate memory buffer │
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ _TIFFRewriteField() │ Rewrite a field in the directory on │
│ │ disk without regard to updating the │
│ │ TIFF directory structure in memory │
└────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
TAG USAGE
For a table of TIFF tags recognized by the library refer to LibTIFF Coverage of the TIFF 6.0
Specification.
PSEUDO TAGS
In addition to the normal TIFF tags the library supports a collection of tags whose values lie in a range
outside the valid range of TIFF tags. These tags are termed pseudo-tags and are used to control various
codec-specific functions within the library. The table below summarizes the defined pseudo-tags.
LIBTIFF SUPPORTED TAGS
┌─────────────────────────┬──────────┬─────┬────────────────────────┐
│ Tag name │ Codec │ R/W │ Library Use/Notes │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_FAXMODE │ G3 │ R/W │ general codec │
│ │ │ │ operation │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_FAXFILLFUNC │ G3/G4 │ R/W │ bitmap fill function │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_JPEGQUALITY │ JPEG │ R/W │ compression quality │
│ │ │ │ control │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_JPEGCOLORMODE │ JPEG │ R/W │ control colorspace │
│ │ │ │ conversions │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLESMODE │ JPEG │ R/W │ control contents of │
│ │ │ │ JPEGTables tag │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_ZIPQUALITY │ Deflate │ R/W │ compression quality │
│ │ │ │ level │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_PIXARLOGDATAFMT │ PixarLog │ R/W │ user data format │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_PIXARLOGQUALITY │ PixarLog │ R/W │ compression quality │
│ │ │ │ level │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────┼─────┼────────────────────────┤
│ TIFFTAG_SGILOGDATAFMT │ SGILog │ R/W │ user data format │
└─────────────────────────┴──────────┴─────┴────────────────────────┘
TIFFTAG_FAXMODE:
Control the operation of the Group 3 codec. Possible values (independent bits that can be combined by
or'ing them together) are:
FAXMODE_CLASSIC:
(enable old-style format in which the RTC is written at the end of the last strip),
FAXMODE_NORTC:
(opposite of FAXMODE_CLASSIC; also called FAXMODE_CLASSF),
FAXMODE_NOEOL:
(do not write EOL codes at the start of each row of data),
FAXMODE_BYTEALIGN:
(align each encoded row to an 8-bit boundary),
FAXMODE_WORDALIGN:
(align each encoded row to an 16-bit boundary),
The default value is dependent on the compression scheme; this pseudo-tag is used by the various G3
and G4 codecs to share code.
TIFFTAG_FAXFILLFUNC:
Control the function used to convert arrays of black and white runs to packed bit arrays. This hook
can be used to image decoded scanlines in multi-bit depth rasters (e.g. for display in colormap mode)
or for other purposes. The default value is a pointer to a builtin function that images packed
bilevel data.
TIFFTAG_IPTCNEWSPHOTO:
Tag contains image metadata per the IPTC newsphoto spec: Headline, captioning, credit, etc... Used by
most wire services.
TIFFTAG_PHOTOSHOP:
Tag contains Photoshop captioning information and metadata. Photoshop uses in parallel and redundantly
alongside IPTCNEWSPHOTO information.
TIFFTAG_JPEGQUALITY:
Control the compression quality level used in the baseline algorithm. Note that quality levels are in
the range 0-100 with a default value of 75.
TIFFTAG_JPEGCOLORMODE:
Control whether or not conversion is done between RGB and YCbCr colorspaces. Possible values are:
JPEGCOLORMODE_RAW:
(do not convert), and
JPEGCOLORMODE_RGB:
(convert to/from RGB)
The default value is JPEGCOLORMODE_RAW.
TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLESMODE:
Control the information written in the JPEGTables tag. Possible values (independent bits that can be
combined by or'ing them together) are:
JPEGTABLESMODE_QUANT:
(include quantization tables), and
JPEGTABLESMODE_HUFF:
(include Huffman encoding tables).
The default value is JPEGTABLESMODE_QUANT | JPEGTABLESMODE_HUFF.
TIFFTAG_ZIPQUALITY:
Control the compression technique used by the Deflate codec. Quality levels are in the range 1-9 with
larger numbers yielding better compression at the cost of more computation. The default quality level
is 6 which yields a good time-space tradeoff.
TIFFTAG_PIXARLOGDATAFMT:
Control the format of user data passed in to the PixarLog codec when encoding and passed out from when
decoding. Possible values are:
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_8BIT:
for 8-bit unsigned pixels,
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_8BITABGR:
for 8-bit unsigned ABGR-ordered pixels,
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_11BITLOG:
for 11-bit log-encoded raw data,
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_12BITPICIO:
for 12-bit PICIO-compatible data,
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_16BIT:
for 16-bit signed samples, and
PIXARLOGDATAFMT_FLOAT:
for 32-bit IEEE floating point samples.
TIFFTAG_PIXARLOGQUALITY:
Control the compression technique used by the PixarLog codec. This value is treated identically to
TIFFTAG_ZIPQUALITY; see the above description.
TIFFTAG_SGILOGDATAFMT:
Control the format of client data passed in to the SGILog codec when encoding and passed out from when
decoding. Possible values are:
SGILOGDATAFMT_FLTXYZ:
for converting between LogLuv and 32-bit IEEE floating valued XYZ pixels,
SGILOGDATAFMT_16BITLUV:
for 16-bit encoded Luv pixels,
SGILOGDATAFMT_32BITRAW: SGILOGDATAFMT_24BITRAW:
for no conversion of data,
SGILOGDATAFMT_8BITRGB:
for returning 8-bit RGB data (valid only when decoding LogLuv-encoded data),
SGILOGDATAFMT_FLTY:
for converting between LogL and 32-bit IEEE floating valued Y pixels,
SGILOGDATAFMT_16BITL:
for 16-bit encoded L pixels, and
SGILOGDATAFMT_8BITGRY:
for returning 8-bit greyscale data (valid only when decoding LogL-encoded data).
DIAGNOSTICS
All error messages are directed through the TIFFErrorExtR() routine. By default messages are directed to
stderr in the form: module: message\n. Warning messages are likewise directed through the
TIFFWarningExtR() routine.
SEE ALSO
fax2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff, rgb2ycbcr, raw2tiff, tiff2bw, tiffdither, tiffdump, tiffcp, tiffcmp, tiffgt,
tiffinfo, tiffmedian, tiffsplit,
"Tag Image File Format Specification *Revision 6.0*", an Aldus Technical Memorandum.
"The Spirit of TIFF Class F" , an appendix to the TIFF 5.0 specification prepared by Cygnet Technologies.
BUGS
• The library does not support multi-sample images where some samples have different bits/sample.
• The library does not support random access to compressed data that is organized with more than one row
per tile or strip.
AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
COPYRIGHT
1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors
4.7 Apr 30, 2025 LIBTIFF(3tiff)