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fitstiff - convert FITS file into TIFF file

Synopsis

fitstiff [parameter=value]

Description

fitstiff converts a fits(5NEMO) into a tiff file. The data are scaled between 0 and 255 as a 8 bit image.

In principle multiple image planes can be stored in a single tiff file (but the author doesn’t know how to do it yet).

Although by default there is no colormap written, and the image is really a 8-bit greyscale, a colormap can be defined from a 256-entry ascii RGB table, of which examples can be found in $NEMODAT/lut.

Parameters

The following parameters are recognized in any order if the keyword is also given:
in=fits_file
Input fits file. No default.
out=tiff_file
Output tiff file. No default.
planes=p1,p2,...
Planes to select from fits cube [all] Plane numbers run from 1 to the length of the 3rd axis of the cube.
datamin=
Min, if to override FITS header value ’DATAMIN’. By default the FITS reader tries to be smart and searches the FITS header for what the datamin should be.
datamax=
Max, if to override FITS header value ’DATAMAX’. See comments above.
lut=name[.lut]
Name of colormap. This may be a full filename, or it’s basename where a searchpath ".:$NEMODAT/lut" will be tried to find the LUT table file. A default extension ".lut" is assumed. Default: no colortable, the output TIFF file will be a greyscale map.
compress=t|f
Turn LZW compresssion on? [Default: t].

Tiff Classes

fitstiff does not support all known TIFF Classes:
Class B
for bilevel (1-bit) images. Not supported.
Class G
for grayscale images. This is the default.
Class P
for palette color images. Only used when a RGB look-up table is supplied (see lut=).
Class R
for RGB full color images. Not supported.
Class F
For Faxes. Not supported.

Limitations

The datamin/max is only attempted to be retrieved from the FITS header, if not given as an explicit parameter to the program. The data is not scanned.

Examples

After a tiff file has been constructed, it can be previewed in a number of ways:

If your system manager has installed xtiff, it’s straightforward:

    xtiff tiff_file

If Jef Poskanzer’s PBM package has been installed, the following may also work:

    tifftopnm < tiff_file | pnmtoxwd | xwud
The public domain package libtiff(3) contains a number of utilities to operate on TIFF files, and the SDSC program imconv(1) converts TIFF to a variety of other formats.

See Also

xtiff(1) , fits(5NEMO) , tiffinfo(1) , libtiff(3)

Author

Peter Teuben

Files


$NEMODAT/lut    directory of ascii RGB look-up tables

Update History


xx-nov-91    V0 Created - never used though    PJT
15-nov-92    V0.1 smart autoscaling       PJT
25-may-95    V0.2 added compress=, fixed bug due to new fitsio    PJT


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