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2005.05.24 19:25 "Re: tifflib read/write question", by Andrey Kiselev
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:20:25PM +0200, Quart-EDV wrote: > I want to write a IPTC Tag into an existing tiff file. Do I need to > load the image first and then write a new image, or is there a way to > read/write a tiff like this: open tiff, change tag, close tiff (-> > write/excange tag). Yes, you can do it that way. But every time after tag update you will need to rewrite the whole directory, so the size of your TIFF file will be increased. The tiffset utility from the libtiff package does exactly what you need, so you can take it as a sample code. Regards, Andrey -- Andrey V. Kiselev Home phone: +7 812 5970603 ICQ# 26871517