NAME

       tiffset - set a field in a TIFF header

SYNOPSIS

       tiffset [ options ] filename.tif

DESCRIPTION

       Tiffset sets the value of a TIFF header to a specified value.

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.

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.remotesensing.org/libtiff/