2004.05.15 18:00 "[Tiff] tiffset usage, ResolutionUnits", by Richard Morris

2004.05.15 18:00 "[Tiff] tiffset usage, ResolutionUnits", by Richard Morris

Hello all,

Can anyone point me to any documentation on usage of the "tiffset" utility? I am trying to convert ResolutionUnits on Tiff files from cm to inches, and am not successful so far. I see from the libtiff manual that the tag value for ResolutionUnits is 296, but I don't know how to set the value. From tiffdump output, I saw that tiff files with resolution in cm output "ResolutionUnit (296) SHORT (3) 1<3>", while tiffs with resolution in inches output "ResolutionUnit (296) SHORT (3) 1<2>".

So, it seemed to me that "tiffset -s 296 2 test.tif" should change the "ResolutionUnit flag to the value required for inches, but I keep receiving the error _TIFFVSetField: test.tif: Bad value -1077938501 for "ResolutionUnit". What are the possible values for ResolutionUnit, and how do I set them? (I am using Tiff library 3.6.1, on FreeBSD)

Or, if there are any other (shell scriptable) utilities that would do this job, I would appreciate the info.

Thanks, and best regards,

Rick Morris
Application Developer
MOS Imaging Systems
rmorris@mos.us
305-779-1247 Direct Line