Embedding an ICC profile into a TIFF file

著者 Steve Eddins, October 20, 2009

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The R2009b release of MATLAB contains a new Tiff class. The primary purpose of this class is to provide lower-level access to creating and modifying image data and metadata in an existing TIFF file.

Several customers have asked for the ability to embed an ICC profile into a TIFF file. The Image Processing Toolbox function iccread can read a profile embedded in a TIFF file, but iccwrite can only write a stand-alone profile file.

Here is code using the new Tiff class to embed a profile in an existing TIFF file. Let's start by rewriting one of the Image Processing Toolbox sample PNG image files as a TIFF file.

rgb = imread('peppers.png');
imwrite(rgb, 'peppers.tif');
s = dir('peppers.tif')

s = 

       name: 'peppers.tif'
       date: '20-Oct-2009 09:14:29'
      bytes: 593880
      isdir: 0
    datenum: 7.3407e+005

Now let's embed the sample profile sRGB.icm into the TIFF file we just made.

Step 1. Read in the raw bytes of the profile file.

fid = fopen('sRGB.icm');
raw_profile_bytes = fread(fid, Inf, 'uint8=>uint8');
fclose(fid);

Step 2. Initialize a Tiff object using 'r+' mode (read and modify).

tif = Tiff('peppers.tif', 'r+')

tif = 

                  TIFF File: 'peppers.tif'
                       Mode: 'r+'
    Current Image Directory: 1
           Number Of Strips: 77
                SubFileType: Tiff.SubFileType.Default
                Photometric: Tiff.Photometric.RGB
                ImageLength: 384
                 ImageWidth: 512
               RowsPerStrip: 5
              BitsPerSample: 8
                Compression: Tiff.Compression.PackBits
               SampleFormat: Tiff.SampleFormat.UInt
            SamplesPerPixel: 3
        PlanarConfiguration: Tiff.PlanarConfiguration.Chunky
                Orientation: Tiff.Orientation.TopLeft

Step 3. Embed the profile bytes as a TIFF tag.

tif.setTag('ICCProfile', raw_profile_bytes);

Step 4. Tell the Tiff object to update the image metadata in the file.

tif.rewriteDirectory();

Step 5. Close the Tiff object.

tif.close();

Now the TIFF file contains the profile. Notice the file size has changed.

s = dir('peppers.tif')

s = 

       name: 'peppers.tif'
       date: '20-Oct-2009 09:14:30'
      bytes: 597828
      isdir: 0
    datenum: 7.3407e+005

And we can read in the profile using iccread.

p = iccread('peppers.tif')

p = 

               Header: [1x1 struct]
             TagTable: {17x3 cell}
            Copyright: 'Copyright (c) 1999 Hewlett-Packard Company'
          Description: [1x1 struct]
      MediaWhitePoint: [0.9505 1 1.0891]
      MediaBlackPoint: [0 0 0]
        DeviceMfgDesc: [1x1 struct]
      DeviceModelDesc: [1x1 struct]
      ViewingCondDesc: [1x1 struct]
    ViewingConditions: [1x1 struct]
            Luminance: [76.0365 80 87.1246]
          Measurement: [1x1 struct]
           Technology: 'Cathode Ray Tube Display'
               MatTRC: [1x1 struct]
          PrivateTags: {}
             Filename: 'peppers.tif'

It would be logical to enhance iccwrite to make this easier for you. We'll look into that, although I'm not sure when that might happen.

Published with MATLAB® 7.9