2012.06.06 17:17 "Re: [Tiff] Custom and EXIF directory read/write", by Frank Warmerdam

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:

A common expectation/requirement is to be able to take an EXIF chunk from JPEG and put it in TIFF, or vice-versa. method you describe seems to  The require that the application/user add tags one by one so it is necessary to

> parse the EXIF blob fully in order to transfer it into TIFF.  Is there a

possibility of extracting an EXIF "blob" from TIFF or inserting an EXIF "blob" into TIFF? would require fixup of the IFD offsets since the  This offsets are treated differently in JPEG and TIFF.

Bob,

This seems plausible, but well beyond what I'm interested in attacking. I was really just trying to get the custom directory handling working more smoothly.

I'll leave what you suggest as an area open for contribution. :-)

Best regards,

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