---
name: "pfsintiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pfstools"
version: "2.2.0-9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pfsintiff"
---

# pfsintiff(1)

Load images or frames in several variants of TIFF format (both LDR and HDR)

## NAME

pfsintiff - Load images or frames in several variants of TIFF format (both LDR and HDR)

## SYNOPSIS

**pfsintiff** (\<file\> \[--linear\] \[--frames \<range\>\] \[--skip-missing\])  \[\<file\>...\]

## DESCRIPTION

*pfsintiff* command loads images in TIFF format and writes *pfs* stream to the Standard Output. The *pfs* stream is usually piped to another program for further processing. To detect the format automatically based on the extension, use *pfsin* command.

Both the standard LDR tiff and extended HDR (logLuv encoding http://www.anyhere.com/gward/pixformat/tiffluv.html); Note that both LDR and HDR tiff files provide photometric data (ie linearly related to luminance). The 'LUMINANCE' tag is set to 'RELATIVE', also the '--linear' switch is ignored.

To read images from standard input use a single dash '-' instead of filename. The images are read until EOF is reached.

Each file can contain a %d pattern, which is substituted with frame numbers. The pattern has the same syntax as C *printf* command. For example, you can use %04d to make the frame number four digit with proceedings zeros. You can select the frames using the following options (the options must be always given after the file name):

- **--frames \<range\>**

  Range is given in mathlab / octave format:

  **startframe:step:endframe**

  Frame numbers start with **startframe** (default 0), are increased by **step** (default 1) and stop at **endframe** You can skip one of those values, for example *1:100* for frames 1,2,...,100 and *0:2:* for frame 0,2,4,... up to the last file that exists.

- **--skip-missing**

  Skip up to ten frames in a row if corresponding files are missing. Otherwise the program stops reading sequence at the first file that does not exists. This switch does not apply to the first frame in a sequence. This switch can be useful if there is a rendered animation where some of the frame has not been generated.

- **--linear**

  Ignored for compatibility with *pfsinppm*.

## EXAMPLES

- pfsintiff frame%04d.tif --frames 0:10 \| pfsview

  Read frames from files frame0000.tif, frame0001.tif, ..., frame0010.tif and show them using pfsview.

## BUGS

Please report bugs and comments on implementation to  the discussion group http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools

## SEE ALSO

[**pfsin**(1)](/pfsin/1.md), [**pfsout**(1)](/pfsout/1.md)