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.TH "TIFFDITHER" "1" "Jan 27, 2024" "4.5" "LibTIFF"
.SH NAME
tiffdither \- convert a greyscale TIFF image to bilevel using dithering
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBtiffdither\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] \fIinput.tif\fP \fIoutput.tif\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
\fBtiffdither\fP converts a single channel 8\-bit greyscale image to a bilevel image
using Floyd\-Steinberg error propagation with thresholding.
.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
.B \-c compress
Specify the compression to use for data written to the output file:
.TS
center;
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T{
Compression
T}	T{
Description
T}
_
T{
none
T}	T{
no compression
T}
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T{
packbits
T}	T{
PackBits compression
T}
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T{
lzw
T}	T{
Lempel\-Ziv & Welch compression
T}
_
T{
zip
T}	T{
Deflate compression
T}
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T{
g3
T}	T{
CCITT Group 3 (T.4) compression
T}
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T{
g4
T}	T{
for CCITT Group 4 (T.6) compression
T}
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.TE
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By default \fBtiffdither\fP
will compress data according to the value of the
\fBCompression\fP tag found in the source file.
.sp
The CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 compression algorithms can only
be used with bilevel data.
.sp
Group 3 compression can be specified together with several
T.4\-specific options:
\fB1d\fP for 1\-dimensional encoding,
\fB2d\fP for 2\-dimensional encoding, and
\fBfill\fP to force each encoded scanline to be zero\-filled so that the
terminating EOL code lies on a byte boundary.
Group 3\-specific options are specified by appending a \fB:\fP\-separated
list to the \fBg3\fP option; e.g. \fB\-c g3:2d:fill\fP
to get 2D\-encoded data with byte\-aligned EOL codes.
.sp
LZW compression can be specified together with a \fBpredictor\fP value.
A predictor value of 2 causes each scanline of the output image to undergo
horizontal differencing before it is encoded; a value
of 1 forces each scanline to be encoded without differencing.
LZW\-specific options are specified by appending a \fB:\fP\-separated
list to the \fBlzw\fP option; e.g. \fB\-c lzw:2\fP for LZW
compression with horizontal differencing.
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.TP
.B \-f
Specify the bit fill order to use in writing output data.
By default, \fBtiffdither\fP
will create a new file with the same fill order as the original.
Specifying
\fB\-f lsb2msb\fP will force data to be written with the
\fBFillOrder\fP tag set to \fBLSB2MSB\fP, while
\fB\-f msb2lsb\fP will force data to be written with the
\fBFillOrder\fP tag set to \fBMSB2LSB\fP\&.
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.TP
.B \-r
Make each strip have no more than the given number of rows.
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.TP
.B \-t
Set the threshold value for dithering.
By default the threshold value is 128.
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.SH NOTES
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The dither algorithm is taken from the \fBtiffmedian\fP
program (written by Paul Heckbert).
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fI\%pal2rgb\fP (1),
\fI\%fax2tiff\fP (1),
\fI\%tiffinfo\fP (1),
\fI\%tiffcp\fP (1),
\fI\%tiff2bw\fP (3tiff)
.SH AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
.SH COPYRIGHT
1988-2024, LibTIFF contributors
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