---
name: "Imager::File::TIFF"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libimager-perl"
version: "1.027+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Imager::File::TIFF"
---

# Imager::File::TIFF(3pm)

read and write TIFF files

## NAME

Imager::File::TIFF - read and write TIFF files

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Imager;
  my $img = Imager->new;
  $img->read(file=>"foo.tiff")
    or die $img->errstr;
  $img->write(file => "foo.tif")
    or die $img->errstr;
  my @codecs = Imager::File::TIFF->codecs;
```

## DESCRIPTION

Imager's TIFF support is documented in Imager::Files.

## CLASS METHODS

- Imager::File::TIFF-\>codecs

  Returns a list of hashrefs, each hash contains:

  - •

    `"code"` - the numeric TIFF defined identifier for this compression codec.

  - •

    `"name"` - the short name traditionally used by Imager::File::TIFF for this compression codec.  This may be an empty string if Imager::File::TIFF doesn't have a name for this codec.

  - •

    `"description"` - the `"libtiff"` defined name for this codec.  You can now supply this name in the `"tiff_compression"` tag to select this compression.

- Imager::File::TIFF-\>builddate

  The release date of the version of `"libtiff"` Imager::File::TIFF was built with.  eg. `20230609`.

- Imager::File::TIFF-\>buildversion

  The version number of `"libtiff"` Imager::File::TIFF was built with. eg. `4.5.0`.  Only available from `"libtiff"` 4.5.0.

- Imager::File::TIFF-\>libversion

  The version number of `"libtiff"` Imager::File::TIFF is running with. This should be the same as `"buildversion"` at build time, but an upgrade to libtiff may result in `"libversion"` changing without `"buildversion"` changing.

## AUTHOR

Tony Cook \<tonyc@cpan.org\>

## SEE ALSO

Imager, Imager::Files.

http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/