Re: working with HostComputer tiff tag?

Posted by ctrueden on Sep 10, 2009; 6:56pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/working-with-HostComputer-tiff-tag-tp3691096p3691097.html

Hi Bill,

Questions about reading TIFF IFDs have come up a few times on the ImageJ
list lately. Since Bio-Formats has full TIFF parsing capabilities, I thought
I'd write a little utility for reading all the IFDs in a TIFF file. You can
find it here:


https://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/trac/java/browser/trunk/components/bio-formats/utils/TiffDumper.java

It requires loci_tools.jar to compile and run, but has no dependence on
ImageJ. However, you could leverage the code within any ImageJ-based project
you're doing to work with TIFF files more easily.

-Curtis

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Bill Christens-Barry <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> I'd like to be able to view tiff tags that currently don't appear via the
> Image>Show Info... menu or
> getMetadata() macro command. For example, I have TIFF files in which custom
> info is crammed into
> the HostComputer tag (316).
>
> Other than the TiffDecoder, TiffEncoder, and FileInfo classes, where else
> will I need to make changes
> to implement this - Properties? Is there any tutorial material on this? My
> naive searches turned up
> empty for me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill
>