# TIFFSET

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO

## NAME

| tiffset − set a field in a TIFF header

## SYNOPSIS

| tiffset [ options ] filename.tif

## DESCRIPTION

| Tiffset sets the value of a TIFF header to a specified value.

## OPTIONS

| −s tagnumber [ count ] value ...

| Set the value of the named tag to the value or values specified.

| −sf tagnumber filename

| Set the value of the tag to the contents of filename. This option is supported for ASCII tags only.

## EXAMPLES

| The following example sets the image description tag (270) of a.tif to the contents of the file descrip:

    tiffset −sf 270 descrip a.tif

| The following example sets the artist tag (315) of a.tif to the string ‘‘Anonymous’’:

    tiffset −s 305 Anonymous a.tif

| This example sets the resolution of the file a.tif to 300 dpi:

    tiffset −s 296 2 a.tif
    tiffset −s 282 300.0 a.tif
    tiffset −s 283 300.0 a.tif

## SEE ALSO

| tiffdump(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), libtiff(3TIFF) Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/