---
name: "tiffsv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtiff-tools"
version: "4.0.3-12.3+deb8u5"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tiffsv"
---

# tiffsv(1)

save an image from the framebuffer in a TIFF file (Silicon Graphics version)

## NAME

tiffsv - save an image from the framebuffer in a TIFF file (Silicon Graphics version)

## SYNOPSIS

**tiffsv** \[ *options* \] *output.tif* \[ *x1 x2 y1 y2* \]

## DESCRIPTION

*tiffsv* saves all or part of the framebuffer in a file using the Tag Image File Format, Revision 6.0. By default, the image is saved with data samples packed (*PlanarConfiguration*=1), compressed with the Lempel-Ziv & Welch algorithm (*Compression*=5), and with each strip no more than 8 kilobytes. These characteristics can be overridden, or explicitly specified with the options described below.

## OPTIONS

- **-b**

  Save the image as a greyscale image as if it were processed by  [*tiff2bw*(1)](/tiff2bw/1.md). This option is included for compatibility with the standard *scrsave*(6D) program.

- **-c**

  Specify the compression to use for data written to the output file: **none** for no compression, **packbits** for PackBits compression, **jpeg** for baseline JPEG compression, **zip** for Deflate compression, and **lzw** for Lempel-Ziv & Welch compression (default).

-

  LZW compression can be specified together with a  *predictor* 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 \`\`:''-separated list to the \`\`lzw'' option; e.g. **-c lzw:2** for LZW compression with horizontal differencing.

- **-p**

  Specify the planar configuration to use in writing image data. By default, *tiffsv* will create a new file with the data samples packed contiguously. Specifying **-p contig** will force data to be written with multi-sample data packed together, while **-p separate** will force samples to be written in separate planes.

- **-r**

  Specify the number of rows (scanlines) in each strip of data written to the output file. By default, *tiffsv* attempts to set the rows/strip that no more than 8 kilobytes of data appear in a strip.

## NOTE

Except for the use of TIFF, this program is equivalent to the standard *scrsave* program. This means, for example, that you can use it in conjunction with the standard *icut* program simply by creating a link called *scrsave*, or by creating a shell script called *scrsave* that invokes *tiffgt* with the appropriate options.

## BUGS

If data are saved compressed and in separate planes, then the rows in each strip is silently set to one to avoid limitations in the **libtiff**(3TIFF) library.

## SEE ALSO

**scrsave**(6D) [**pal2rgb**(1)](/pal2rgb/1.md), [**tiffdump**(1)](/tiffdump/1.md), [**tiffgt**(1)](/tiffgt/1.md), [**tiffinfo**(1)](/tiffinfo/1.md), [**tiffcp**(1)](/tiffcp/1.md), [**tiffmedian**(1)](/tiffmedian/1.md), **libtiff**(3TIFF)

Libtiff library home page: **http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/**