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diff --git a/tifftopnm.html b/tifftopnm.html index d0a8bfb0..c14fe12c 100644 --- a/tifftopnm.html +++ b/tifftopnm.html @@ -2,30 +2,28 @@ <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Tifftopnm User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1>tifftopnm</H1> -Updated: 27 March 2005 +Updated: 08 January 2008 <BR> <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> -<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> <H2>NAME</H2> tifftopnm - convert a TIFF file into a PNM image -<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> -<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> +<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2> <B>tifftopnm</B> [<B>-alphaout=</B>{<I>alpha-filename</I>,<B>-</B>}] [<B>-headerdump</B>] +[<b>-verbose</b>] <br> [<B>-respectfillorder</B>] [<B>-byrow</B>] [<I>tiff-filename</I>] -<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> -<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> +<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2> <p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>. @@ -94,8 +92,7 @@ file is fine. -<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> -<H2>OPTIONS</H2> +<H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2> <P>You may abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix. You may use two hyphens instead of one in options. You may separate an option and @@ -176,6 +173,10 @@ your results. By Row. Netpbm 10.12 always tried Whole Image first. <b>-byrow</b> came in with Netpbm 10.13 (January 2003). +<dt><b>-verbose</b> + +<dd>Print extra messages to Standard Error about the conversion. + <DT><B>-headerdump</B> <DD>Dump TIFF file information to stderr. This information may be useful @@ -183,20 +184,19 @@ in debugging TIFF file conversion problems. </DL> -<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> -<H2>NOTES</H2> +<H2 id="notes">NOTES</H2> -<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> -<H3>Fillorder</H3> +<H3 id="fillorder">Fillorder</H3> <P> There is a piece of information in the header of a TIFF image called -"fillorder." The TIFF specification quite clearly states that this value -tells the order in which bits are arranged in a byte in the description -of the image's pixels. There are two options, assuming that the image has -a format where more than one pixel can be represented by a single byte: -1) the byte is filled from most significant bit to least significant bit -going left to right in the image; and 2) the opposite. +"fillorder." The TIFF specification quite clearly states +that this value tells the order in which bits are arranged in a byte +in the description of the image's pixels. There are two options, +assuming that the image has a format where more than one pixel can be +represented by a single byte: 1) the byte is filled from most +significant bit to least significant bit going left to right in the +image; and 2) the opposite. <P> However, there is confusion in the world as to the meaning of fillorder. Evidence shows that some people believe it has to do with @@ -207,44 +207,32 @@ MSB-to-LSB fillorder, have a fillorder tag that says they used LSB-to-MSB. A program that properly interprets a TIFF image will not end up with the image that the author intended in this case. <P> -For a long time, -<B>tifftopnm</B> - -did not understand fillorder itself and assumed the fillorder was -MSB-to-LSB regardless of the fillorder tag in the TIFF header. And as -far as I know, there is no legitimate reason to use a fillorder other -than MSB-to-LSB. So users of -<B>tifftopnm</B> - -were happily using those TIFF images that had incorrect fillorder tags. +For a long time, <B>tifftopnm</B> did not understand fillorder itself +and assumed the fillorder was MSB-to-LSB regardless of the fillorder +tag in the TIFF header. And as far as I know, there is no legitimate +reason to use a fillorder other than MSB-to-LSB. So users of +<B>tifftopnm</B> were happily using those TIFF images that had +incorrect fillorder tags. <P> -So that those users can continue to be happy, -<B>tifftopnm</B> - -today continues to ignore the fillorder tag unless you tell it not to. -(It does, however, warn you when the fillorder tag does not say -MSB-to-LSB that the tag is being ignored). +So that those users can continue to be happy, <B>tifftopnm</B> today +continues to ignore the fillorder tag unless you tell it not to. (It +does, however, warn you when the fillorder tag does not say MSB-to-LSB +that the tag is being ignored). <P> -If for some reason you have a TIFF image that actually has LSB-to-MSB -fillorder, and its fillorder tag correctly indicates that, you must use -the -<B>-respectfillorder</B> - -option on -<B>tifftopnm</B> - -to get proper results. +If for some reason you have a TIFF image that actually has LSB-to-MSB +fillorder, and its fillorder tag correctly indicates that, you must +use the <B>-respectfillorder</B> option on <B>tifftopnm</B> to get +proper results. <P> -Examples of incorrect TIFF images are at <A HREF="ftp://weather.noaa.gov.">ftp://weather.noaa.gov.</A> They -are apparently created by a program called -<B>faxtotiff</B>. +Examples of incorrect TIFF images are at <A +HREF="ftp://weather.noaa.gov.">ftp://weather.noaa.gov.</A> They are +apparently created by a program called <B>faxtotiff</B>. <P> This note was written on January 1, 2002. -<a name="cmyk"></a> -<h3>Color Separation (CMYK) TIFFs</H3> +<h3 id="cmyk">Color Separation (CMYK) TIFFs</H3> <p>Some TIFF images contain color information in CMYK form, whereas PNM images use RGB. There are various formulas for converting between these @@ -266,36 +254,32 @@ Row By Row mode. Y=(1-K)*(1-B) formula always. -<A NAME="lbAH"> </A> -<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> +<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2> <B><A HREF="pnmtotiff.html">pnmtotiff</A></B>, <B><A HREF="pnmtotiffcmyk.html">pnmtotiffcmyk</A></B>, <B><A HREF="pamcomp.html">pamcomp</A></B>, <B><A HREF="pnm.html">pnm</A></B> -<A NAME="lbAI"> </A> -<H2>AUTHOR</H2> +<H2 id="author">AUTHOR</H2> <p>Derived by Jef Poskanzer from tif2ras.c, which is Copyright (c) 1990 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Author: Patrick J. Naughton (<A HREF="mailto:naughton@wind.sun.com">naughton@wind.sun.com</A>). <HR> -<A NAME="index"> </A> -<H2>Table Of Contents</H2> +<H2 id="index">Table Of Contents</H2> <UL> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAF">NOTES</A> + <LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A> + <LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A> + <LI><A HREF="#options">OPTIONS</A> + <LI><A HREF="#notes">NOTES</A> <UL> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAG">Fillorder</A> + <LI><A HREF="#fillorder">Fillorder</A> <LI><A HREF="#cmyk">Color Separation (CMYK) TIFFs</A> </UL> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A> - <LI><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHOR</A> + <LI><A HREF="#seealso">SEE ALSO</A> + <LI><A HREF="#author">AUTHOR</A> </UL> </BODY> </HTML> |