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 TIFFSET 1 "December 3, 2012" "libtiff"
 NAME
tiffset - set or unset a field in a
 TIFF header

 SYNOPSIS
 tiffset [
 options ]
 filename.tif 
 DESCRIPTION
 Tiffset sets the value of a
 TIFF header to a specified value or removes an existing setting.

 OPTIONS

 -d " dirnumber" change the current directory (starting at 0).


 -s " tagnumber" " [" " count" " ]" " value ..." Set the value of the named tag to the value or values specified.


 -sd " diroffset" change the current directory by offset.


 -sf " tagnumber filename" Set the value of the tag to the contents of filename. This option is
supported for ASCII tags only.


 -u " tagnumber" Unset the tag.

 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





 "SEE ALSO"
 tiffdump (1),  tiffinfo (1),  tiffcp (1),  libtiff (3TIFF) 

Libtiff library home page:
 http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/