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Re: working with HostComputer tiff tag?

Posted by Joel Sheffield on Sep 11, 2009; 4:12am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/working-with-HostComputer-tiff-tag-tp3691096p3691099.html

Hi Wayne,

I just ran into a problem with the plugin.  Error message that "can't find
Tiff_Dumper", even though it is listed as a plugin.  Loci_tools.jar is also
present.The full error is (java.lang.NoClassDefFound Error:
loci/common/RandomAccessinputStream).  I'm using the latest build of IJ.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>


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Joel B. Sheffield, Ph.D
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Temple University
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