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  26 .TH TIFFSET 1 "November 21, 2004" "libtiff"
  27 .SH NAME
  28 tiffset \- set a field in a
  29 .SM TIFF
  30 header
  31 .SH SYNOPSIS
  32 .B tiffset
  33 [
  34 options
  35 ]
  36 .I filename.tif
  37 .SH DESCRIPTION
  38 .I Tiffset
  39 sets the value of a
  40 .SM TIFF
  41 header to a specified value.
  42 .SH OPTIONS
  43 .TP
  44 .B \-s tagnumber [count] value ...
  45 Set the value of the named tag to the value or values specified.
  46 .TP
  47 .B \-sf tagnumber filename
  48 Set the value of the tag to the contents of filename.  This option is
  49 supported for ASCII tags only.
  50 .SH EXAMPLES
  51 The following example sets the image description tag (270) of a.tif to
  52 the contents of the file descrip:
  53 .RS
  54 .nf
  55 tiffset -sf 270 descrip a.tif
  56 .fi
  57 .RE
  58 .PP
  59 The following example sets the artist tag (315) of a.tif to the string
  60 "Anonymous":
  61 .RS
  62 .nf
  63 tiffset -s 305 Anonymous a.tif
  64 .fi
  65 .RE
  66 .PP
  67 This example sets the resolution of the file a.tif to 300 dpi:
  68 .RS
  69 .nf
  70 tiffset -s 296 2 a.tif
  71 tiffset -s 282 300.0 a.tif
  72 tiffset -s 283 300.0 a.tif
  73 .fi
  74 .RE
  75 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  76 .BR tiffdump (1),
  77 .BR tiffinfo (1),
  78 .BR tiffcp (1),
  79 .BR libtiff (3TIFF)
  80 .PP
  81 Libtiff library home page:
  82 .BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/