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 ====== tiff workflow ====== ====== tiff workflow ======
 +
 +===== Undocumented TIFF Common Workflow Issues =====
 +  * scan methods
 +  * lighten/darken pages
 +  * erase borders, areas, or despeckle
 +
 ===== convert pdf to tif ===== ===== convert pdf to tif =====
   * requires [[..:imagemagick:command_line_tools|imagemagick command line tools]]   * requires [[..:imagemagick:command_line_tools|imagemagick command line tools]]
   * density defines resolution of output image   * density defines resolution of output image
-<code> +  * units should be given, or else the file units will be undefined, and programs such as GraphicConverter will make the file 72dpi, which will cause conversion problems 
-convert -density 150 SN-085.pdf SN-085.tif +  * page defines the canvas size, and will crop the image as necessary 
-</code>+  * examples:<code> 
 +# full color example 
 +convert -density 150 -units PixelsPerInch -page letter SN-085.pdf SN-085.tif
  
 +# monochrome, small size, similar to multi page tiff (fax) sheets
 +convert -density 300 -units PixelsPerInch -page letter -monochrome -compress Group4 SN-085.pdf SN-085.tif
  
 +# convert color pdf from Illustrator to small grayscale 8 bit tif w/small file size, adjusting contrast to make it darker
 +convert.exe -density 200 -units PixelsPerInch -page letter -colorspace gray -compress lzw -alpha off -depth 8 -contrast-stretch .15%x60% input.pdf output.tif
 +</code>
 +
 +  * requires Ghostscript (seems slower than imagemagick method, although imagemagick uses gs with the pnmraw output device)
 +  * -q = quiet mode
 +  * -dNOPAUSE = don't pause and ask questions after each page
 +  * -r = custom resolution
 +  * -sPAPERSIZE will force the output to be a proper papersize - this actually crops the page to this size which works well when the page is larger than represented and contains crop information
 +  * example:<code>
 +gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=tiff24nc -r150 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sOutputFile=a.tif a.pdf -c quit
 +</code>
 ===== split multi-page tiff into individual files ===== ===== split multi-page tiff into individual files =====
   * requires libtiff   * requires libtiff
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 tiffsplit input.tif tiffsplit input.tif
 </code> </code>
 +
  
  
 ===== edit tiff pages ===== ===== edit tiff pages =====
-  * edit individual files (each page should be a file) as necessary using any graphics program, such as photoshop+  * edit individual files (each page should be a file) as necessary using any graphics program, such as Adobe Photoshop, GraphicConverter etc... (GraphicConverter can edit multi-page tiff files, and keep them intact, although it changes the resolution to 72dpi so you need to run the convert -density command again to fix the file)
   * since individual tiff files are not the final work product, it would be best to not use compression, since some tools do not work well with certain compression schemes   * since individual tiff files are not the final work product, it would be best to not use compression, since some tools do not work well with certain compression schemes
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 ===== convert tif to pdf ===== ===== convert tif to pdf =====
 +  * **when things turn pink...**
 +    * **There are versions of libtiff which improperly embed color lines in pdf files, causing pink and green pages.  The best fix is to update or rebuild your libtiff tools/libraries.  Sometimes your only option may be to go to a prior version of libtiff, which may solve the problem as well.  3.7.2 is confirmed as working properly.**
 +    * You may end up with output of pink or green pages when using jpeg compression.  Again, the best way to fix this is to update libtiff, but the following works for existing files:<code>
 +(the r forces JPEG encoded RGB)
 +tiffcp -c jpeg:r:60 1.tif 1a.tif
 +tiff2pdf -j -q60 1a.tif > 1.pdf
 +</code>
 +    * see also: http://www.nabble.com/Pink-pages-with-tiff2pdf--j-td13046770.html <code>
 +It looks like editing each PDF file in a text editor and changing
 +
 +ColorTransform 0
 +
 +to
 +
 +ColorTransform 1
 +
 +makes my PDF files display correctly, regardless of the viewing
 +application I use.  So far I've tested this with acroread, kpdf and
 +ghostscript with good results.  This change should be easy enough to
 +do with sed. 
 +</code>
   * requires libtiff   * requires libtiff
-<code>+    * single file (no compression):<code> 
 +tiff2pdf -p letter -o output.pdf input.pdf 
 +</code> 
 +    * single file (zip compression):<code> 
 +tiff2pdf -z -p letter -o output.pdf input.pdf 
 +</code> 
 +    * single file (jpeg compression, 60% quality):<code> 
 +tiff2pdf -j -q60 -p letter -o output.pdf input.pdf 
 +</code> 
 +    * single file (zip compression, with document metadata):<code> 
 +tiff2pdf -z -p letter -cprogramname -aauthorname -tdocumenttitle -sdocumentsubject -o output.pdf input.pdf 
 +</code> 
 +    * multiple files:<code>
 ls -1L *.tif | while read file;do ls -1L *.tif | while read file;do
 tiff2pdf -p letter -o "${file}".pdf "${file}" tiff2pdf -p letter -o "${file}".pdf "${file}"
 done done
 +</code>
 +
 +  * requires Ghostscript
 +    *<code>
 +tiff2ps -2 a.tif | gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=a.pdf - -c quit
 </code> </code>
  
 ===== combine multiple tif files ===== ===== combine multiple tif files =====
-  * requires libtiff +  * requires libtiff<code>
-<code>+
 tiffutil -cat x*.tif -out test.tif tiffutil -cat x*.tif -out test.tif
 </code> </code>
-  * requires [[..:imagemagick:command_line_tools|imagemagick command line tools]] +    * this example uses the -c flag, which is set to lzw compression for much smaller files<code> 
-<code>+tiffcp -c lzw x*.tif output2.tif 
 +</code> 
 +  * requires [[..:imagemagick:command_line_tools|imagemagick command line tools]]<code>
 convert -adjoin x*.tif output.tif convert -adjoin x*.tif output.tif
 </code> </code>
  
 ===== combine multiple pdf files ===== ===== combine multiple pdf files =====
-  * requires libtiff 
-  * this example uses the -c flag, which is set to lzw compression for much smaller files 
-<code> 
-tiffcp -c lzw x*.tif output2.tif 
-</code> 
- 
   * requires pdftk   * requires pdftk
   * this example does not include compression, so with uncompressed tif images, the file size is very large   * this example does not include compression, so with uncompressed tif images, the file size is very large
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 pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf
 </code> </code>
 +
  
  
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 </code> </code>
  
-    * convert a bunch of files into monochrome 1-bit images, with CCITT Group 4 compression, then combine them into one multipage tiff file, and finally convert them into one pdf file:<code>+    * convert a bunch of files into monochrome 1-bit images, with CCITT Group 4 compression, then combine them into one multipage tiff file, and finally convert them into one pdf file using zip compression:<code>
 ls -1L x*.tif|while read file; do convert -monochrome -compress Group4 "${file}" "${file}".bw.tif; done ls -1L x*.tif|while read file; do convert -monochrome -compress Group4 "${file}" "${file}".bw.tif; done
  
 tiffutil -cat *.bw.tif -out tifoutput.tif tiffutil -cat *.bw.tif -out tifoutput.tif
  
-tiff2pdf tifoutput.tif output.pdf+tiff2pdf -z -p letter -o output.pdf tifoutput.tif
 </code> </code>
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