This is the README for TIFFframes.1.0.N.b.tar.gz [Download] [Browse] [Up]
TIFFframes is a very simple NeXTStep utility useful for creating 24-bit TIFF images from 3 separate 8-bit files, which store the red, green, and blue components separately with no header information. If you have an animation sequence of such bitmaps, just add a frame number extension to each file. For example, redfile.1, greenfile.1, bluefile.1, redfile.2, greenfile.2, etc. The program will then produce myMovie.1.tiff, myMovie.2.tiff, etc., and if you store these in a directory called myMovie.anim, then you can just double-click to view it in Patrick Flynn's Movie app. TIFFframes can also be useful if you have an image format not currently handled by Lennart Lovstrand's free "ImageViewer" or a commercial app such as PixelMagician. As an alternative to figuring out how to read the image header structure, just use the unix utility 'dd' to strip the raw bitmaps out of the file, and then use RGBtoTIFF. [Do 'man dd' to find out how, and see the help panel in RGBtoTIFF.] I'm including the source here, in case you want to change the defaults, or find out how to do histogram equalization, or how to tell an NXImage to "writeTIFF". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert F. Cahalan # Laboratory for Atmospheres cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov # NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center *** NeXTMail accepted *** # Greenbelt, MD 20771 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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