Re: working with HostComputer tiff tag?

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Sep 11, 2009; 2:39am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/working-with-HostComputer-tiff-tag-tp3691096p3691098.html

A plugin version of Curtis' TiffDumper utility is available at

     http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/plugins/tiff-dumper.html

It uses the Bio-Formats plugin to parse and output all TIFF tags for  
the current image.

-wayne


On Sep 10, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Curtis Rueden wrote:

> 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
>