TIFF 6.0 Specification
Final—June 3, 1992
Minimum Requirements for TIFF with JPEG Compression
The table on the following page shows the minimum requirements of a TIFF file
that uses tiling and contains JPEG data compressed with the Baseline process.
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
Tag
Type
Length
Value
= NewSubFileType (254)
= Long
= 1
= 0
= ImageWidth (256)
= Long
= 1
= ?
= ImageLength (257)
= Long
= 1
= ?
= BitsPerSample (258)
= Short
= SamplesPerPixel
= ?
= Compression (259)
= Long
= 1
= 6
= PhotometricInterpretation (262)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= SamplesPerPixel (277)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= XResolution (282)
= Rational
= 1
= ?
= YResolution (283)
= Rational
= 1
= ?
= PlanarConfiguration (284)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= ResolutionUnit (296)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= TileWidth (322)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= TileLength (323)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= TileOffsets (324)
= Long
= Number of tiles
= ?
= TileByteCounts (325)
= Long
= Number of tiles
= ?
= JPEGProc (512)
= Short
= 1
= ?
= JPEGQTables (519)
= Long
= SamplesPerPixel
= ?
= JPEGDCTables (520)
= Long
= SamplesPerPixel
= ?
= JPEGACTables (521)
= Long
= SamplesPerPixel
= ?
Single image
8 : Monochrome
8,8,8 : RGB
8,8,8 : YCbCr
8,8,8,8 : CMYK
6 : JPEG compression
0,1
2 :
5 :
6 :
1 :
3 :
3 :
4 :
: Monochrome
RGB
CMYK
YCbCr
Monochrome
RGB
YCbCr
CMYK
1 : Block Interleaved
2 : Not interleaved
Multiple of 8
Multiple of 8
1 : Baseline process
Offsets to tables
Offsets to tables
Offsets to tables
References
[1] Wallace, G., “Overview of the JPEG Still Picture Compression Algorithm”,
Electronic Imaging East ’90.
[2] ISO/IEC DIS 10918-1, “Digital Compression and Coding of Continuous-tone
Still Images”, Sept. 1991.
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