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# TIFF Image Properties

Metadata keys for the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).

## Topics

### Dictionary

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFDictionary`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFDictionary)

A dictionary of key-value pairs for an image that uses Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).

### Image Quality

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFCompression`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFCompression)

The compression scheme used on the image data.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFPhotometricInterpretation`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFPhotometricInterpretation)

The color space of the image data.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFTransferFunction`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFTransferFunction)

The transfer function, in tabular format, used to map pixel components from a nonlinear form into a linear form.

### Canvas Details

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFOrientation`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFOrientation)

The image orientation.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFXResolution`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFXResolution)

The number of pixels per resolution unit in the image width direction.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFYResolution`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFYResolution)

The number of pixels per resolution unit in the image height direction.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFResolutionUnit`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFResolutionUnit)

The units of resolution.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFWhitePoint`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFWhitePoint)

The white point of the image.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFPrimaryChromaticities`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFPrimaryChromaticities)

The chromaticities of the primaries of the image.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFTileLength`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFTileLength)

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFTileWidth`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFTileWidth)

### Descriptive Information

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFDocumentName`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFDocumentName)

The document name.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFImageDescription`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFImageDescription)

The image description.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFArtist`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFArtist)

The artist who created the image.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFCopyright`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFCopyright)

Copyright information.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFDateTime`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFDateTime)

The date and time that the image was created.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFMake`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFMake)

The name of the manufacturer of the camera or input device.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFModel`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFModel)

The camera or input device model.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFSoftware`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFSoftware)

The name and version of the software used for image creation.

[`kCGImagePropertyTIFFHostComputer`](/documentation/ImageIO/kCGImagePropertyTIFFHostComputer)

The computer or operating system used when the image was created.


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