TIFF Tags

TagTag NameTypeCountDefinitionNote
254NewSubFileTypeLONG1TIFF
255SubFileTypeSHORT1TIFF
256ImageWidthSHORT / LONG1TIFF
257ImageLengthSHORT / LONG1TIFF
258BitsPerSampleSHORTNTIFF
259CompressionSHORT1TIFF
262PhotometricInterpretationSHORT1TIFF
263ThresholdingSHORT1TIFF
264CellWidthSHORT1TIFF
265CellLengthSHORT1TIFF
266FillOrderSHORT1TIFF
269DocumentNameASCIINTIFF
270ImageDescriptionASCIINTIFF
271MakeASCIINTIFF
272ModelASCIINTIFF
273StripOffsetsSHORT / LONGNTIFF
274OrientationSHORT1TIFF
277SamplesPerPixelSHORT1TIFF
278RowsPerStripSHORT / LONG1TIFF
279StripByteCountsSHORT / LONGNTIFF
280MinSampleValueSHORTNTIFF
281MaxSampleValueSHORTNTIFF
282XResolutionRATIONAL1TIFF
283YResolutionRATIONAL1TIFF
284PlanarConfigurationSHORT1TIFF
285PageNameASCIINTIFF
286XPositionRATIONAL1TIFF
287YPositionRATIONAL1TIFF
288FreeOffsetsLONGNTIFF
289FreeByteCountsLONGNTIFF
290GrayResponseUnitSHORT1TIFF
291GrayResponseCurveSHORTNTIFF
292Group3OptionsLONG1TIFF
293Group4OptionsLONG1TIFF
296ResolutionUnitSHORT1TIFF
297PageNumberSHORT2TIFF
300ColorResponseUnitSHORT1TIFF 4.0
301TransferFunctionSHORTNTIFF
305SoftwareASCIINTIFF
306DateTimeASCII20TIFF
315ArtistASCIINTIFF
316HostComputerASCIINTIFF
317PredictorSHORT1TIFF
318WhitePointRATIONAL2TIFF
319PrimaryChromacitiesRATIONAL6TIFF
320ColorMapSHORT3*NTIFF
321HalftoneHintsSHORT2TIFF
322TileWidthSHORT / LONG1TIFF
323TileLengthSHORT / LONG1TIFF
324TileOffsetsLONGNTIFF
325TileByteCountsSHORT / LONGNTIFF
326BadFaxLinesLONG1ClassF / RFC1314
327CleanFaxDataSHORT1ClassF / RFC1314
328ConsecutiveBadFaxLinesLONG1ClassF / RFC1314
330SubIFDsLONG / IFDNPageMaker
332InkSetSHORT1TIFF
333InkNamesASCIINTIFF
334NumberOfInksSHORT1TIFF
336DotRangeBYTE / SHORTNTIFF
337TargetPrinterASCIINTIFF
338ExtraSamplesBYTENTIFF
339SampleFormatSHORTNTIFF
340SMinSampleValueAnyNTIFF
341SMaxSampleValueAnyNTIFF
342TransferRangeSHORT6TIFF
343ClipPathBYTENPageMaker
344XClipPathUnitsLONG1PageMaker
345YClipPathUnitsLONG1PageMaker
346IndexedSHORT1PageMaker
351OPIProxySHORT1PageMaker
437JPEG tablesUNDEFINEDNPhotoshop
512JPEGProcSHORT1TIFF
513JPEGInterchangeFormatLONG1TIFF
514JPEGInterchangeFormatLengthLONG1TIFF
515JPEGRestartIntervalSHORT1TIFF
517JPEGLosslessPredictorsSHORTNTIFF
518JPEGPointTransformsSHORTNTIFF
519JPEGQTablesLONGNTIFF
520JPEGDCTablesLONGNTIFF
521JPEGACTablesLONGNTIFF
529YCbCrCoefficientsRATIONAL3TIFF
530YCbCrSubsamplingSHORT2TIFF
531YCbCrPositioningSHORT1TIFF
532ReferenceBlackWhiteLONG2*NTIFF
700XMPBYTENXMP
32781ImageIDASCIINPageMaker
32995Matteing---deprecated; use ExtraSamples
32996DataType---deprecated; use SampleFormat
32997ImageDepth---
32998TileDepth---
33421CFARepeatPatternDimSHORT2TIFF/EP
33422CFAPatternBYTENTIFF/EP
33423BatteryLevelRATIONAL / ASCII1TIFF/EP
33432CopyrightASCIIanyTIFF/EP
33434ExposureTimeRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
33437FnumberRATIONALNTIFF/EP
33723IPTC/NAALONG / ASCIITIFF/EP
33550ModelPixelScaleTagDOUBLE3GeoTIFF
33920IntergraphMatrixTagDOUBLE17GeoTIFFdeprecated
33922ModelTiepointTagDOUBLE6*NGeoTIFF
34016SiteASCIINTIFF/IT
34017ColorSequenceASCIINTIFF/IT
34018IT8HeaderASCIINTIFF/IT
34019RasterPaddingSHORT1TIFF/IT
34020BitsPerRunLengthSHORT1TIFF/IT
34021BitsPerExtendedRunLengthSHORT1TIFF/IT
34022ColorTableBYTENTIFF/IT
34023ImageColorIndicatorBYTE1TIFF/IT
34024BackgroundColorIndicatorBYTE1TIFF/IT
34025ImageColorValueBYTE1TIFF/IT
34026BackgroundColorValueBYTE1TIFF/IT
34027PixelInensityRangeBYTE2TIFF/IT
34028TransparencyIndicatorBYTE1TIFF/IT
34029ColorCharacterizationASCIINTIFF/IT
34030HCUsageLONG1TIFF/IT
34264ModelTransformationTagDOUBLE16GeoTIFF
34377PhotoshopImageResourcesUNDEFINEDPhotoshop
34665ExifIFDLONG1Exif
34675InterColourProfileUNDEFINEDNTIFF/EP
34732ImageLayerSHORT or LONG2RFC 2301
34735GeoKeyDirectoryTagSHORT4*NGeoTIFF
34736GeoDoubleParamsTagDOUBLENGeoTIFF
34737GeoAsciiParamsTagASCIINGeoTIFF
34850ExposureProgramSHORT1TIFF/EP
34852SpectralSensitivityASCIINTIFF/EP
34853GPSInfoLONG1TIFF/EP / Exif
34855ISOSpeedRatingsSHORT3TIFF/EP
34856OECFUNDEFINEDNTIFF/EP
34857InterlaceSHORT1TIFF/EP
34858TimeZoneOffsetSSHORTNTIFF/EP
34859SelfTimerModeSHORT1TIFF/EP
34908FaxRecvParams---
34909FaxSubAddress---
34910FaxRecvTime---
36867DateTimeOriginalASCII20TIFF/EP
37122CompressedBitsPerPixelRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37377ShutterSpeedValueRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37378ApertureValueRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37379BrightnessValueSRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37380ExposureBiasValueSRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37381MaxApertureValueRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37382SubjectDistanceSRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37383MeteringModeSHORT1TIFF/EP
37384LightSourceSHORT1TIFF/EP
37385FlashSHORT1TIFF/EP
37386FocalLengthRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37387FlashEnergyRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37388SpatialFrequencyResponseUNDEFINEDNTIFF/EP
37389NoiseUNDEFINEDNTIFF/EP
37390FocalPlaneXResolutionRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37391FocalPlaneYResolutionRATIONAL1TIFF/EP
37392FocalPlaneResolutionUnitSHORT1TIFF/EP
37393ImageNumberLONG1TIFF/EP
37394SecurityClassificationASCIINTIFF/EP
37395ImageHistoryASCIINTIFF/EP
37396SubjectLocationSHORTNTIFF/EP
37397ExposureIndexRATIONALNTIFF/EP
37398TIFF/EPStandardIDBYTE4TIFF/EP
37399SensingMethodSHORT1TIFF/EP
37439StoNits---
37724ImageSourceDataUNDEFINEDNPhotoshop
40965InteroperabilityIFDLONG1Exif
50255PhotoshopAnnotationsUNDEFINEDPhotoshop
50706DNGVersionBYTE4DNG
50707DNGBackwardVersionBYTE4DNG
50708UniqueCameraModelASCIINDNG
50709LocalizedCameraModelBYTENDNG
50710CFAPlaneColorBYTENDNG
50711CFALayoutShort1DNG
50712LinearizationTableSHORTNDNG
50713BlackLevelRepeatDimSHORT2DNG
50714BlackLevelRATIONALNDNG
50715BlackLevelDeltaHSRATIONALNDNG
50716BlackLevelDeltaVSRATIONALNDNG
50717WhiteLevelLONGNDNG
50718DefaultScaleRATIONAL2DNG
50719DefaultCropOriginRATIONAL2DNG
50720DefaultCropSizeRATIONAL4DNG
50721ColorMatrix1SRATIONAL3*NDNG
50722ColorMatrix2SRATIONAL3*NDNG
50723CameraCalibration1SRATIONALN*NDNG
50724CameraCalibration2SRATIONALN*NDNG
50725ReductionMatrix1SRATIONAL3*NDNG
50726ReductionMatrix2SRATIONAL3*NDNG
50727AnalogBalnaceRATIONALNDNG
50728AsShortNeutralRATIONALNDNG
50729AsShortWhiteXYRATIONAL2DNG
50730BaselineExposureRATIONAL1DNG
50731BaselineNoiseRATIONAL1DNG
50732BaselineSharpnessRATIONAL1DNG
50733BayerGreenSplitLONG1DNG
50734LinearResponseLimitRATIONAL1DNG
50735CameraSerialNumberASCIINDNG
50736LensInfoRATIONAL4DNG
50737ChromaBlurRadiusRATIONAL1DNG
50738AntiAliasStrengthRATIONAL1DNG
50740DNGPrivateDateaBYTENDNG
50741MakerNoteSafetySHORT1DNG
50778CalibrationIlluminant1SHORT1DNG
50779CalibrationIlluminant2SHORT1DNG
50780BestQualityScaleRATIONAL1DNG

2 GPSInfo IFD Tags

TagTag NameTypeCountDefinition
0GPSVersionIDBYTE4TIFF/EP / Exif
1GPSLatitudeRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
2GPSLatitudeRATIONAL3TIFF/EP / Exif
3GPSLongitudeRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
4GPSLongitudeRATIONAL3TIFF/EP / Exif
5GPSAltitudeRefBYTE1TIFF/EP / Exif
6GPSAltitudeRATAIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
7GPSTimeStampRATIONAL3TIFF/EP / Exif
8GPSSatellitesASCIINTIFF/EP / Exif
9GPSStatusASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
10GPSMeasureModeASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
11GPSDOPRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
12GPSSpeedRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
13GPSSpeedRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
14GPSTrackRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
15GPSTrackRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
16GPSImgDirectionRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
17GPSImgDirectionRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
18GPSMapDatumASCIINTIFF/EP / Exif
19GPSDestLatitudeRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
20GPSDestLatitudeRATIONAL3TIFF/EP / Exif
21GPSDestLongitudeRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
22GPSDestLongitudeRATIONAL3TIFF/EP / Exif
23GPSDestBearingRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
24GPSDestBearingRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
25GPSDestDistanceRefASCII2TIFF/EP / Exif
26GPSDestDistanceRATIONAL1TIFF/EP / Exif
27GPSProcessingMethodUNDEFINEDNExif
28GPSAreaInformationUNDEFINEDNExif
29GPSDateStampASCII11Exif
30GPSDifferentialSHORT1Exif

3 Exif IFD Tags

TagTag NameTypeCountDefinition
36864ExifVersionUNDEFINED4Exif
36867DateTimeOriginalASCII20Exif
36868DateTimeDigitizedASCII20Exif
33434ExposureTimeRATIONAL1Exif
33437FNumberRATIONAL1Exif
34850ExposureProgramSHORT1Exif
34852SpectralSensitibityASCIINExif
34855ISOSpeedRatingsSHORTNExif
34856OECFUNDEFINEDNExif
37121ComponentsConfigurationUNDEFINED4Exif
37122CompressedBitsPerPixelRATIONAL1Exif
37377ShutterSpeedValueSRATIONAL1Exif
37378ApertureValueRATIONAL1Exif
37379BrightnessValueSRATIONAL1Exif
37380ExposureBiasValueSRATIONAL1Exif
37381MaxApertureValueRATIONAL1Exif
37382SubjectDistanceRATIONAL1Exif
37383MeteringModeSHORT1Exif
37384LightSourceSHORT1Exif
37385FlashSHORT1Exif
37386FocalLengthRATIONAL1Exif
37396SubjectAreaSHORTNExif
37500MakerNoteUNDEFINEDNExif
37510UserCommentUNDEFIENDNExif
37520SubSecTimeASCIINExif
37521SubSecTimeOriginalASCIINExif
37522SubSecTimeDigitizedASCIINExif
40960FlashpixVersionUNDEFINED4Exif
40961ColorSpaceSHORT1Exif
40962PixelXDimensionSHORT/LONG1Exif
40963PixelYDimensionSHORT/LONG1Exif
40964RelatedSoundFileASCII13Exif
41483FlashEnergyRATIONAL1Exif
41484SpatialFrequencyResponseUNDEFINEDNExif
41486FocalPlaneXResolutionRATIONAL1Exif
41487FocalPlaneYResolutionRATIONAL1Exif
41488FocalPlaneResolutionUnitSHORT1Exif
41492SubjectLocationSHORT2Exif
41493ExposureIndexRATIONAL1Exif
41495SensingMethodSHORT1Exif
41728FileSourceUNDEFINED1Exif
41729SceneTypeUNDEFINED1Exif
41730CFAPatternUNDEFINEDNExif
41985CustomRenderedSHORT1Exif
41986ExposureModeSHORT1Exif
41987WhiteBalanceSHORT1Exif
41988DigitalZoomRatioRATIONAL1Exif
41989FocalLengthIn35mmFilmSHORT1Exif
41990SceneCaptureTypeSHORT1Exif
41991GainControlSHORT1ExifThe EXIF specification (JEITA CP-3451, April 2002) incorrectly identifies the type as RATIONAL in Table 5 (p. 25); it is correctly identified as SHORT on page 43
41992ContrastSHORT1Exif
41993SaturationSHORT1Exif
41994SharpnessSHORT1Exif
41995DeviceSettingDescriptionUNDEFINEDNExif
41996SubjectDistanceRangeSHORT1Exif

4 Exif Interoperability IFD Tags

TagTag NameTypeCountDefinition
1InteroperabilityIndexASCIINExif

5 TIFF Compression Schemes

1UncompressedTIFF
2CCITT 1DTIFF
3CCITT Group 3TIFF
4CCITT Group 4TIFF
5LZWTIFF
6JPEGTIFF
7JPEGPhotoshop
8DeflatePhotoshop
32766NeXT 2-bit encoding
32771CCITT RLElibTiff
32773PackBitsTIFF
32809ThunderScan 4-bit encoding
32895RasterPadding in CT or MPTIFF/IT
32896RLE for LWTIFF/IT
32897RLE for HCTIFF/IT
32898RLE for BLTIFF/IT
32908Pixar 10-bit LZWlibTiff
32909Pixar companded 11-bit ZIP encodinglibTiff
32946PKZIP-style Deflate encoding (experimental)
32947Kodak DCS
34661JBIGlibTiff
34676SGI 32-bit Log Luminance encoding (experimental)
34677SGI 24-bit Log Luminance encoding (experimental)
34712JPEG 2000libTiff

6 TIFF PhotometricInterpretation Schemes

0White is zeroTIFF
1Black is zeroTIFF
2RGBTIFF
3PaletteTIFF
4Transparency maskTIFF
5CMYKTIFF
6YCbCrTIFF
8CIE L*a*b*TIFF
9ICC L*a*b*Photoshop
10ITU L*a*b*
32803CFA
32844CIE Log2(L)
32845CIE Log2(L)(u',v')
34892LinearRawDNG