TIFFGT(1)

NAME
       tiffgt  -  display an image stored in a TIFF file (Silicon
       Graphics version)

SYNOPSIS
       tiffgt [ options ] input.tif ...

DESCRIPTION
       tiffgt displays one or more images stored  using  the  Tag
       Image  File Format, Revision 6.0.  Each image is placed in
       a fixed size window that the user  must  position  on  the
       display  (unless configured otherwise through X defaults).
       If the display has fewer than  24  bitplanes,  or  if  the
       image  does  not warrant full color, then RGB color values
       are mapped to the closest values that exist  in  the  col-
       ormap  (this  is  done using the rgbi routine found in the
       graphics utility library -lgutil.)

       tiffgt correctly handles files with any of  the  following
       characteristics:
            BitsPerSample              1, 2, 4, 8, 16
            SamplesPerPixel            1, 3, 4 (the 4th sample is ignored)
            PhotometricInterpretation  0 (min-is-white), 1 (min-is-black), 2 (RGB), 3 (palette), 6 (YCbCr)
            PlanarConfiguration        1 (contiguous), 2 (separate)
            Orientation                1 (top-left), 4 (bottom-left)
       Data  may  be organized as strips or tiles and may be com-
       pressed with any of the compression  algorithms  supported
       by the libtiff(3) library.

       For  palette  images (PhotomatricInterpretation=3), tiffgt
       inspects the colormap values and assumes either 16-bit  or
       8-bit  values according to the maximum value.  That is, if
       no colormap  entry  greater  than  255  is  found,  tiffgt
       assumes  the  colormap has only 8-bit values; otherwise it
       assumes 16-bit values.  This inspection is done to  handle
       old  images  written  by  previous (incorrect) versions of
       libtiff.

       tiffgt can be used to display  multiple  images  one-at-a-
       time.   The  left mouse button switches the display to the
       first image in the next file in the list of  files  speci-
       fied on the command line.  The right mouse button switches
       to the first image in the previous file in the list.   The
       middle  mouse  button  causes the first image in the first
       file specified on the command line to  be  displayed.   In
       addition the following keyboard commands are recognized:

       b      Use  a  PhotometricIntepretation  of  MinIsBlack in
              displaying the current image.

       l      Use a FillOrder of lsb-to-msb in decoding the  cur-
              rent image.

       m      Use  a  FillOrder  of  msb-tolmsb  in  decoding the
              current image.

       c      Use a colormap visual to display the current image.

       r      Use a true color (24-bit RGB) visual to display the
              current image.

       w      Use a  PhotometricIntepretation  of  MinIsWhite  in
              displaying the current image.

       W      Toggle (enable/disable) display of warning messages
              from the TIFF library when decoding images.

       E      Toggle (enable/disable) display of  error  messages
              from the TIFF library when decoding images.

       z      Reset  all  parameters  to  their  default settings
              (FillOrder, PhotometricInterpretation, handling  of
              warnings and errors).

       PageUp Display  the  previous image in the current file or
              the last image in the previous file.

       PageDown
              Display the next image in the current file  or  the
              first image in the next file.

       Home   Display the first image in the current file.

       End    Display  the  last image in the current file (unim-
              plemented).

OPTIONS
       -c     Force image display in a colormap window.

       -d     Specify an image to display  by  directory  number.
              By  default  the  first  image  in the file is dis-
              played.  Directories are numbered starting at zero.

       -e     Enable  reporting  of  error messages from the TIFF
              library.  By default tiffgt silently ignores images
              that cannot be read.

       -f     Force  tiffgt  to  run as a foreground process.  By
              default tiffgt will place itself in the  background
              once it has opened the requested image file.

       -l     Force the presumed bit ordering to be LSB to MSB.

       -m     Force the presumed bit ordering to be MSB to LSB.

       -o     Specify  an  image  to display by directory offset.
              By default the first image  in  the  file  is  dis-
              played.  Directories offsets may be specified using
              C-style syntax; i.e. a leading ``0x'' for hexadeci-
              mal and a leading ``0'' for octal.

       -p     Override the value of the PhotometricInterpretation
              tag; the parameter may be one of: miniswhite,  min-
              isblack,  rgb, palette, mask, separated, ycbcr, and
              cielab.

       -r     Force image display in a full color window.

       -s     Stop on the  first  read  error.   By  default  all
              errors  in  the  input  data are ignored and tiffgt
              does it's best to display as much of  an  image  as
              possible.

       -w     Enable  reporting of warning messages from the TIFF
              library.  By default tiffgt  ignores  warning  mes-
              sages generated when reading an image.

       -v     Place  information in the title bar describing what
              type of window (full color or  colormap)  is  being
              used, the name of the input file, and the directory
              index of the image (if non-zero).  By default,  the
              window type is not shown in the title bar.

BUGS
       Images  wider  and  taller  than  the display are silently
       truncated to avoid crashing old  versions  of  the  window
       manager.

SEE ALSO
       tiffdump(1) tiffinfo(1) tiffcp(1) libtiff(3)