tiffset — LibTIFF 4.7.1 documentation

# tiffset

## 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)