Enum TiffTag

TIFF tag definitions.

Namespace: BitMiracle.LibTiff.Classic
Assembly: BitMiracle.LibTiff.NET.dll
Syntax
public enum TiffTag
Remarks

Joris Van Damme maintains TIFF Tag Reference, good source of tag information. It's an overview of known TIFF Tags with properties, short description, and other useful information.

Fields

Name Description
ACTIVEAREA

Active (non-masked) pixels of the sensor. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ANALOGBALANCE

Gain applied the stored raw values. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ANTIALIASSTRENGTH

Relative strength of the camera's anti-alias filter. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ARTIST

Creator of image.
ASSHOTICCPROFILE

Used to map cameras's color space into ICC profile space. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ASSHOTNEUTRAL

Selected white balance in linear reference space. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ASSHOTPREPROFILEMATRIX

Used to map cameras's color space into ICC profile space. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ASSHOTWHITEXY

Selected white balance in x-y chromaticity coordinates. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BADFAXLINES

Lines with wrong pixel count.
BASELINEEXPOSURE

How much to move the zero point. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BASELINENOISE

Relative noise level. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BASELINESHARPNESS

Relative amount of sharpening. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BAYERGREENSPLIT

How closely the values of the green pixels in the blue/green rows track the values of the green pixels in the red/green rows. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BESTQUALITYSCALE

Best quality multiplier. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BITSPERSAMPLE

Bits per channel (sample).
BLACKLEVEL

Zero light encoding level. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BLACKLEVELDELTAH

Zero light encoding level differences (columns). Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BLACKLEVELDELTAV

Zero light encoding level differences (rows). Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
BLACKLEVELREPEATDIM

Repeat pattern size for the BlackLevel tag. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CALIBRATIONILLUMINANT1

Illuminant 1. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CALIBRATIONILLUMINANT2

Illuminant 2. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CAMERACALIBRATION1

Calibration matrix 1. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CAMERACALIBRATION2

Calibration matrix 2. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CAMERASERIALNUMBER

Camera's serial number. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CELLLENGTH

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Dithering matrix height.
CELLWIDTH

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Dithering matrix width.
CFALAYOUT

Spatial layout of the CFA. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CFAPLANECOLOR

CFAPattern->LinearRaw space mapping. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CHROMABLURRADIUS

Chroma blur radius. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CLEANFAXDATA

Regenerated line info. For the list of possible values, see CleanFaxData.
CLIPPATH

ClipPath. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF technote 2.
COLORMAP

RGB map for pallette image.
COLORMATRIX1

XYZ->reference color space transformation matrix 1. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
COLORMATRIX2

XYZ->reference color space transformation matrix 2. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
COLORRESPONSEUNIT

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 6.0]
Color curve accuracy. For the list of possible values, see ColorResponseUnit.
COMPRESSION

Data compression technique. For the list of possible values, see Compression.
CONSECUTIVEBADFAXLINES

Max consecutive bad lines.

Copyright string. This tag is listed in the TIFF rev. 6.0 w/ unknown ownership.
CURRENTICCPROFILE

Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
CURRENTPREPROFILEMATRIX

Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DATATYPE

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 6.0]
Use SAMPLEFORMAT tag. Private tag registered to SGI.
DATETIME

Creation date and time.
DCSBALANCEARRAY

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Color balance values. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).

DCSCALIBRATIONFD

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Calibration file description.
DCSCLIPRECTANGLE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Area of image to acquire. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).
DCSCORRECTMATRIX

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Color correction values. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).

DCSGAMMA

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Gamma value. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).

DCSHUESHIFTVALUES

Undefined tag used by Eastman Kodak, hue shift correction data.
DCSIMAGERTYPE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Imager mode & filter. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).
DCSINTERPMODE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Interpolation mode. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).
DCSTOESHOULDERPTS

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Toe & shoulder points. Allocated to Oceana Matrix (dev@oceana.com).

DEFAULTCROPORIGIN

Origin of the final image area. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DEFAULTCROPSIZE

Size of the final image area. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DEFAULTSCALE

Default scale factors. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DNGBACKWARDVERSION

DNG compatibility version. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DNGPRIVATEDATA

Manufacturer's private data. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DNGVERSION

DNG version number. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
DOCUMENTNAME

Name of document which holds for image.
DOTRANGE

0% and 100% dot codes.
EXIF_APERTUREVALUE

Aperture.
EXIF_BRIGHTNESSVALUE

Brightness.
EXIF_CFAPATTERN

CFA pattern.
EXIF_COLORSPACE

Color space information.
EXIF_COMPONENTSCONFIGURATION

Meaning of each component.
EXIF_COMPRESSEDBITSPERPIXEL

Image compression mode.
EXIF_CONTRAST

Contrast.
EXIF_CUSTOMRENDERED

Custom image processing.
EXIF_DATETIMEDIGITIZED

Date and time of digital data generation.
EXIF_DATETIMEORIGINAL

Date and time of original data generation.
EXIF_DEVICESETTINGDESCRIPTION

Device settings description.
EXIF_DIGITALZOOMRATIO

Digital zoom ratio.
EXIF_EXIFVERSION

Exif version.
EXIF_EXPOSUREBIASVALUE

Exposure bias.
EXIF_EXPOSUREINDEX

Exposure index.
EXIF_EXPOSUREMODE

Exposure mode.
EXIF_EXPOSUREPROGRAM

Exposure program.
EXIF_EXPOSURETIME

Exposure time.
EXIF_FILESOURCE

File source.
EXIF_FLASH

Flash.
EXIF_FLASHENERGY

Flash energy.
EXIF_FLASHPIXVERSION

Supported Flashpix version.
EXIF_FNUMBER

F number.
EXIF_FOCALLENGTH

Lens focal length.
EXIF_FOCALLENGTHIN35MMFILM

Focal length in 35 mm film.
EXIF_FOCALPLANERESOLUTIONUNIT

Focal plane resolution unit.
EXIF_FOCALPLANEXRESOLUTION

Focal plane X resolution.
EXIF_FOCALPLANEYRESOLUTION

Focal plane Y resolution.
EXIF_GAINCONTROL

Gain control.
EXIF_IMAGEUNIQUEID

Unique image ID.
EXIF_ISOSPEEDRATINGS

ISO speed rating.
EXIF_LIGHTSOURCE

Light source.
EXIF_MAKERNOTE

Manufacturer notes.
EXIF_MAXAPERTUREVALUE

Maximum lens aperture.
EXIF_METERINGMODE

Metering mode.
EXIF_OECF

Optoelectric conversion factor.
EXIF_PIXELXDIMENSION

Valid image width.
EXIF_PIXELYDIMENSION

Valid image height.
EXIF_RELATEDSOUNDFILE

Related audio file.
EXIF_SATURATION

Saturation.
EXIF_SCENECAPTURETYPE

Scene capture type.
EXIF_SCENETYPE

Scene type.
EXIF_SENSINGMETHOD

Sensing method.
EXIF_SHARPNESS

Sharpness.
EXIF_SHUTTERSPEEDVALUE

Shutter speed.
EXIF_SPATIALFREQUENCYRESPONSE

Spatial frequency response.
EXIF_SPECTRALSENSITIVITY

Spectral sensitivity.
EXIF_SUBJECTAREA

Subject area.
EXIF_SUBJECTDISTANCE

Subject distance.
EXIF_SUBJECTDISTANCERANGE

Subject distance range.
EXIF_SUBJECTLOCATION

Subject location.
EXIF_SUBSECTIME

DateTime subseconds.
EXIF_SUBSECTIMEDIGITIZED

DateTimeDigitized subseconds.
EXIF_SUBSECTIMEORIGINAL

DateTimeOriginal subseconds.
EXIF_USERCOMMENT

User comments.
EXIF_WHITEBALANCE

White balance.
EXIFIFD

Pointer to EXIF private directory. This tag is documented in EXIF specification.
EXTRASAMPLES

Information about extra samples. For the list of possible values, see ExtraSample.
FAXDCS

Encoded fax ses. params, Table 2/T.30. Private tag registered to SGI.
FAXFILLFUNC

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
G3/G4 fill function.
FAXMODE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Group 3/4 format control. For the list of possible values, see FaxMode.
FAXRECVPARAMS

Encoded Class 2 ses. params. Private tag registered to SGI.
FAXRECVTIME

Receive time (secs). Private tag registered to SGI.
FAXSUBADDRESS

Received SubAddr string. Private tag registered to SGI.
FEDEX_EDR

Private tag registered to FedEx.
FILLORDER

Data order within a byte. For the list of possible values, see FillOrder.
FRAMECOUNT

Sequence Frame Count. Private tag registered to Texas Instruments.
FREEBYTECOUNTS

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Sizes of free blocks.
FREEOFFSETS

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Byte offset to free block.
GEOTIFF_MODELPIXELSCALETAG

This tag is defining exact affine transformations between raster and model space. Used in interchangeable GeoTIFF files.
GEOTIFF_MODELTIEPOINTTAG

This tag stores raster->model tiepoint pairs. Used in interchangeable GeoTIFF files.
GEOTIFF_MODELTRANSFORMATIONTAG

This tag is optionally provided for defining exact affine transformations between raster and model space. Used in interchangeable GeoTIFF files.
GPSIFD

Pointer to GPS private directory. This tag is documented in EXIF specification.
GRAYRESPONSECURVE

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 6.0]
Gray scale response curve.
GRAYRESPONSEUNIT

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 6.0]
Gray scale curve accuracy. For the list of possible values, see GrayResponseUnit.
GROUP3OPTIONS

Options for CCITT Group 3 fax encoding. 32 flag bits. For the list of possible values, see Group3Opt.
GROUP4OPTIONS

Options for CCITT Group 4 fax encoding. 32 flag bits. For the list of possible values, see Group3Opt.
HALFTONEHINTS

Highlight + shadow info.
HOSTCOMPUTER

Machine where created.
ICCPROFILE

ICC profile data. ?? Private tag registered to Adobe. ??
IGNORE

Tag placeholder
IMAGEDEPTH

Z depth of image. Private tag registered to SGI.
IMAGEDESCRIPTION

Information about image.
IMAGELENGTH

Image height in pixels.
IMAGEWIDTH

Image width in pixels.
INDEXED

Indexed. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF Technote 3.
INKNAMES

ASCII names of inks.
INKSET

Inks in separated image. For the list of possible values, see InkSet.
INTEROPERABILITYIFD

Pointer to Interoperability private directory. This tag is documented in EXIF specification.
IT8BITSPEREXTENDEDRUNLENGTH

The number of bits in long run. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8BITSPERRUNLENGTH

The number of bits in short run. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8BKGCOLORINDICATOR

BP/BL bg color switch. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8BKGCOLORVALUE

BP/BL bg color value. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8CMYKEQUIVALENT

CMYK color equivalents.
IT8COLORCHARACTERIZATION

Color characterization table. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8COLORSEQUENCE

Color seq. [RGB, CMYK, etc]. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8COLORTABLE

LW colortable. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8HCUSAGE

HC usage indicator. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8HEADER

DDES Header. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8IMAGECOLORINDICATOR

BP/BL image color switch. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8IMAGECOLORVALUE

BP/BL image color value. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8PIXELINTENSITYRANGE

MP pixel intensity value. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8RASTERPADDING

Raster scanline padding. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8SITE

Site name. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8TRANSPARENCYINDICATOR

HC transparency switch. Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
IT8TRAPINDICATOR

Trapping indicator (untrapped = 0, trapped = 1). Reserved for ANSI IT8 TIFF/IT.
JBIGOPTIONS

JBIG options. Private tag registered to Pixel Magic.
JPEGACTABLES

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
AC coefficient offsets.
JPEGCOLORMODE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Auto RGB<=>YCbCr convert. For the list of possible values, see JpegColorMode.
JPEGDCTABLES

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
DCT table offsets.
JPEGIFBYTECOUNT

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
JFIF stream length
JPEGIFOFFSET

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
Pointer to SOI marker.
JPEGLOSSLESSPREDICTORS

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
Lossless proc predictor.
JPEGPOINTTRANSFORM

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
Lossless point transform.
JPEGPROC

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
JPEG processing algorithm. For the list of possible values, see JpegProc.
JPEGQTABLES

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
Q matrice offsets.
JPEGQUALITY

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Compression quality level. Quality level is on the IJG 0-100 scale. Default value is 75.
JPEGRESTARTINTERVAL

[obsoleted by Technical Note #2 which specifies a revised JPEG-in-TIFF scheme]
Restart interval length.
JPEGTABLES

JPEG table stream. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0.
JPEGTABLESMODE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
For the list of possible values, see JpegTablesMode. Default is QUANT | HUFF.
LENSINFO

Information about the lens.
LINEARIZATIONTABLE

Lookup table description. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
LINEARRESPONSELIMIT

Non-linear encoding range. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
LOCALIZEDCAMERAMODEL

Localized camera model name. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
MAKE

Scanner manufacturer name.
MAKERNOTESAFETY

Whether the EXIF MakerNote tag is safe to preserve along with the rest of the EXIF data. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
MASKEDAREAS

List of coordinates of fully masked pixels. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
MATTEING

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 6.0]
Use EXTRASAMPLE tag. Private tag registered to SGI.
MAXSAMPLEVALUE

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Maximum sample value.
MINSAMPLEVALUE

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Minimum sample value.
MODEL

Scanner model name/number.
NUMBEROFINKS

Number of inks.
OPIIMAGEID

OPI ImageID. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF technote.
OPIPROXY

OPI Proxy. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF technote.
ORIENTATION

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Image orientation. For the list of possible values, see Orientation.
ORIGINALRAWFILEDATA

Contents of the original raw file. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
ORIGINALRAWFILENAME

File name of the original raw file. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
OSUBFILETYPE

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Kind of data in subfile. For the list of possible values, see OFileType.
PAGENAME

Page name image is from.
PAGENUMBER

Page numbers of multi-page.
PHOTOMETRIC

Photometric interpretation. For the list of possible values, see Photometric.
PHOTOSHOP

Private tag registered to Adobe for PhotoShop.
PIXAR_FOVCOT

Cotan(fov) for env. maps. Used to identify special image modes and data used by Pixar's texture formats. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_IMAGEFULLLENGTH

Full image size in Y. This tag is set when an image has been cropped out of a larger image. It reflect height of the original uncropped image. The YPOSITION can be used to determine the position of the smaller image in the larger one. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_IMAGEFULLWIDTH

Full image size in X. This tag is set when an image has been cropped out of a larger image. It reflect width of the original uncropped image. The XPOSITION tag can be used to determine the position of the smaller image in the larger one. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_MATRIX_WORLDTOCAMERA

Used to identify special image modes and data used by Pixar's texture formats. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_MATRIX_WORLDTOSCREEN

Used to identify special image modes and data used by Pixar's texture formats. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_TEXTUREFORMAT

Texture map format. Used to identify special image modes and data used by Pixar's texture formats. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXAR_WRAPMODES

S&T wrap modes. Used to identify special image modes and data used by Pixar's texture formats. Private tag registered to Pixar.
PIXARLOGDATAFMT

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
PixarLogCodec I/O data sz.
PIXARLOGQUALITY

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
PixarLog uses same scale.
PLANARCONFIG

Storage organization. For the list of possible values, see PlanarConfig.
PREDICTOR

Prediction scheme w/ LZW. For the list of possible values, see Predictor.
PRIMARYCHROMATICITIES

Primary chromaticities.
RAWDATAUNIQUEID

Unique identifier for the raw image data. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
REDUCTIONMATRIX1

Dimensionality reduction matrix 1. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
REDUCTIONMATRIX2

Dimensionality reduction matrix 2. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
REFERENCEBLACKWHITE

Colorimetry info.
REFPTS

Image reference points. Private tag registered to Island Graphics.
REGIONAFFINE

Affine transformation matrix. Private tag registered to Island Graphics.
REGIONTACKPOINT

Region-xform tack point. Private tag registered to Island Graphics.
REGIONWARPCORNERS

Warp quadrilateral. Private tag registered to Island Graphics.
RESOLUTIONUNIT

Units of resolutions. For the list of possible values, see ResUnit.
RICHTIFFIPTC

IPTC TAG from RichTIFF specifications.
ROWSPERSTRIP

Rows per strip of data.
SAMPLEFORMAT

Data sample format. For the list of possible values, see SampleFormat.
SAMPLESPERPIXEL

Samples per pixel.
SGILOGDATAFMT

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
SGILog user data format.
SGILOGENCODE

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
SGILog data encoding control.
SHADOWSCALE

Used by Adobe Camera Raw. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
SMAXSAMPLEVALUE

Variable MaxSampleValue.
SMINSAMPLEVALUE

Variable MinSampleValue.
SOFTWARE

Name & release.
STONITS

Sample value to Nits. Private tag registered to SGI.
STRIPBYTECOUNTS

Bytes counts for strips.
STRIPOFFSETS

Offsets to data strips.
SUBFILETYPE

Subfile data descriptor. For the list of possible values, see FileType.
SUBIFD

Subimage descriptors.
T4OPTIONS

TIFF 6.0 proper name alias for GROUP3OPTIONS.
T6OPTIONS

TIFF 6.0 proper name alias for GROUP4OPTIONS.
TARGETPRINTER

Separation target.
THRESHHOLDING

[obsoleted by TIFF rev. 5.0]
Thresholding used on data. For the list of possible values, see Threshold.
TILEBYTECOUNTS

Byte counts for tiles.
TILEDEPTH

Z depth/data tile. Private tag registered to SGI.
TILELENGTH

Tile height in pixels.
TILEOFFSETS

Offsets to data tiles.
TILEWIDTH

Tile width in pixels.
TRANSFERFUNCTION

Colorimetry info.
UNIQUECAMERAMODEL

Name for the camera model. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
WHITELEVEL

Fully saturated encoding level. Introduced by Adobe DNG specification.
WHITEPOINT

Image white point.
WRITERSERIALNUMBER

Device serial number. Private tag registered to Eastman Kodak.
XCLIPPATHUNITS

XClipPathUnits. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF technote 2.
XMLPACKET

XML packet. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe XMP Specification, January 2004.
XPOSITION

X page offset of image lhs.
XRESOLUTION

Pixels/resolution in x.
YCBCRCOEFFICIENTS

RGB -> YCbCr transform.
YCBCRPOSITIONING

Subsample positioning. For the list of possible values, see YCbCrPosition.
YCBCRSUBSAMPLING

YCbCr subsampling factors.
YCLIPPATHUNITS

YClipPathUnits. Introduced post TIFF rev 6.0 by Adobe TIFF technote 2.
YPOSITION

Y page offset of image lhs.
YRESOLUTION

Pixels/resolution in y.
ZIPQUALITY

[pseudo tag. not written to file]
Compression quality level. Quality level is on the ZLIB 1-9 scale. Default value is -1.