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<p>This software distribution comes with a small collection of |
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manipulating and interrogating the contents of TIFF images. Several |
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of these tools are useful in their own right. Many of them however |
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<h3>Device-dependent Programs</h3> |
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There are two device-dependent programs that serve as simple |
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examples for writing programs to display and save TIFF images. |
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<tt><a href="man/tiffgt.1.html">tiffgt</a> </tt></td> |
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<td>Display the contents of one or more TIFF images using OpenGL. |
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The software makes extensive use of the <tt>TIFFRGBAImage</tt> |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/tiffsv.1.html">tiffsv</a></tt></td> |
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<td>A program to save all or part of a screen dump on a Silicon |
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use the IRIS GL, can be easily tailored to other devices.</td> |
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<h3>Device-independent Programs</h3> |
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The remaining programs should be device-independent: |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/bmp2tiff.1.html">bmp2tiff</a></tt></td> |
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<td>Convert BMP images to TIFF</td> |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/fax2ps.1.html">fax2ps</a></tt></td> |
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<td>Convert a Group 3- or Group 4- compressed TIFF to PostScript |
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that is significantly more compressed than is generated by |
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<tt>tiff2ps</tt> (unless <tt>tiff2ps</tt> writes PS Level II)</td> |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/fax2tiff.1.html">fax2tiff</a></tt></td> |
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<td>Convert raw Group 3 or Group 4 facsimile data to TIFF</td> |
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<td>A quick hack that converts GIF 87a (old) format images to TIFF</td> |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/pal2rgb.1.html">pal2rgb</a></tt></td> |
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<td>Convert a Palette-style image to a full color RGB image by |
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<td>A quick hack that converts 8-bit PPM format images to TIFF</td> |
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<td valign="top" width="10%"><tt><a href="man/ras2tiff.1.html">ras2tiff</a></tt></td> |
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<td>A quick hack that converts Sun rasterfile format images to TIFF |
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<td>Create a TIFF file from raw data</td> |
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<td>Convert an RGB, grayscale, or bilevel TIFF image to a YCbCr |
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<td>A program to convert SGI image files to TIFF. This program is |
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how one might use the <tt>SubIFD</tt> tag (and the library support |
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for it)</td> |
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<td>A simple program to convert a color image to grayscale</td> |
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<td>Convert TIFF images to PDF</td> |
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<td>Convert a TIFF image to RGBA color space</td> |
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<td>Compare the contents of two TIFF files (it does not check all |
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<td>Copy, concatenate, and convert TIFF images (e.g. switching from |
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<td>Provides selection of images from within one or more multi-image |
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<td>Display the verbatim contents of the TIFF directory in a file |
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