TIFFSTRIP(3tiff)

💖 TIFFSTRIP 💖

okay bestie, you found the strip-related utility routines page from LibTIFF and honestly? it's a whole vibe. this is the family of functions that deal with strips — you know, those little horizontal slices TIFF uses to store your image data. come sit with me, we're gonna go through every single one 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <tiffio.h>

uint32_t TIFFDefaultStripSize(TIFF *tif, uint32_t estimate)

tmsize_t TIFFStripSize(TIFF *tif)

uint64_t TIFFStripSize64(TIFF *tif)

tmsize_t TIFFVStripSize(TIFF *tif, uint32_t nrows)

uint64_t TIFFVStripSize64(TIFF *tif, uint32_t nrows)

tmsize_t TIFFRawStripSize(TIFF *tif, uint32_t strip)

uint64_t TIFFRawStripSize64(TIFF *tif, uint32_t strip)

uint32_t TIFFComputeStrip(TIFF *tif, uint32_t row, uint16_t sample)

uint32_t TIFFNumberOfStrips(TIFF *tif)

int TIFFSetupStrips(TIFF *tif)

like look at that list. nine functions. all of them your little strip besties 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

🎀 TIFFDefaultStripSize()

this one is the ✨planner✨ of the group. TIFFDefaultStripSize() hands you back the number of rows for a reasonable-sized strip, based on whatever the current settings of the ImageWidth, BitsPerSample and SamplesPerPixel tags are, plus any compression-specific requirements in play.

if the estimate parameter is non-zero, it gets treated as an estimate of the strip size you want, and then it gets adjusted according to any compression-specific requirements. so it's like, you give it a guess and it makes your guess make sense 💅

the value it returns is typically what you'd use to define the RowsPerStrip tag. and when there are no unusual requirements? TIFFDefaultStripSize tries to create strips that have approximately 8 kilobytes of uncompressed data. cute, consistent, iconic.

🦋 TIFFStripSize()

returns the equivalent size for a strip of data as it would be returned in a call to TIFFReadEncodedStrip(), or as it would be expected in a call to TIFFWriteEncodedStrip().

if an error occurs, 0 is returned. no drama, just zero.

🦋 TIFFStripSize64()

same energy as above, but it returns the equivalent size for a strip of data as a uint64_t.

error? 0 is returned.

🌈 TIFFVStripSize()

returns the number of bytes in a strip with nrows rows of data.

if an error occurs, 0 is returned.

🌈 TIFFVStripSize64()

returns the number of bytes in a strip with nrows rows of data, as a uint64_t.

if an error occurs, 0 is returned.

🍓 TIFFRawStripSize()

returns the number of bytes in a raw strip — and by raw I mean not decoded. the unglamorous, straight-out-of-the-file version.

if an error occurs, 0xFFFFFFFF (that's =(tmsize_t(-1))) is returned. note that it's a sentinel, not a size, so don't go treating it like a real number bestie 😭

🍓 TIFFRawStripSize64()

returns the number of bytes in a raw strip as a uint64_t.

if an error occurs, 0xFFFFFFFF (that's =(uint64_t(-1))) is returned.

👑 TIFFComputeStrip()

returns the strip that contains the specified coordinates. and here's the slay part: a valid strip is always returned — out-of-range coordinate values get clamped to the bounds of the image. no error path, no tears.

the row parameter is always used in calculating a strip. the sample parameter is used only if data are organized in separate planes (PlanarConfiguration = 2). iykyk.

💜 TIFFNumberOfStrips()

returns the number of strips in the image. that's it. that's the whole function. periodt.

🧚 TIFFSetupStrips()

setup or reset strip parameters and strip array memory. it's giving "let me get my lil strip situation in order" ✨

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💀 DIAGNOSTICS 💀

None.

literally none. nothing to report. silence. the calmest section in any manpage ever.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• TIFFReadEncodedStrip (3tiff)
• TIFFReadRawStrip (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteEncodedStrip (3tiff)
• TIFFWriteRawStrip (3tiff)
• libtiff (3tiff)

go read those next bestie, they're all in the same friend group 💖

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

LibTIFF contributors

⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that reading session fr fr 💅 and just so you know where all this came from: it's LibTIFF version 4.7, dated Jun 27, 2026, and the manual page itself is TIFFSTRIP(3tiff). that's your sign-off, mwah 🎀✨