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Hello!

So I have read as much as i can find about ImageMagick and tif files with layers. My goal is to simply return a yes or no as to whether or not a .tif has extra layers. (as in more than just the base layer [0])

I have tried to return the layer information with:

identify -format %p -%n image.tif

...but %p always returns 0, and %n always returns 1.

in doing so i have learned that layers are not pages or scenes and are stored in specific metadata tags that may or may not be available to read in imageMagick

So is there a known method to count the layers, list the layers, or simply return a yes or no if a .tiff file has layers?

I will look over the forum again and make sure i understood everything I have read.

Thank You for your time!

*the ultimate goal is to scan a large folder of .tif images and write the files names of each layered .tif to a text file while skipping the files with no extra layers.

using ImageMagick-6.9.1-Q16-HDRI
windows 7 64 bit

simple layers can be determined by your identify command with %n ( whys do you have a - before the %)

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convert rose: rose: rose: rose.tif
identify -format "%n\n" rose.tif
333

Since there are 3 layers, %n reports the total number 3 times as 333

or

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identify -format "%s" rose.tif
012

which lists the scene id numbers starting with 0, so for 3 layers it would say 012.

or same as above

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identify -format "%[scene]" rose.tif
012

I prefer

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dentify rose.tif
rose.tif[0] TIFF 70x46 70x46+0+0 8-bit sRGB 29.8KB 0.000u 0:00.000
rose.tif[1] TIFF 70x46 70x46+0+0 8-bit sRGB 29.8KB 0.000u 0:00.000
rose.tif[2] TIFF 70x46 70x46+0+0 8-bit sRGB 29.8KB 0.000u 0:00.000

This clearly shows 3 layers.

Processing of tif files with special layers have only recently been added to IM. See changelog at http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php, but I do not know if these types of layers can be identified via these commands. The IM developers would need to check that or comment.

2015-05-25 6.9.1-4 Dirk Lemstra <dirk@lem.....org>
Added support for reading a user supplied layer mask in PSD files.
Added support for reading photoshop layers in TIFF files.

Perhaps you should upload one of your tif files to dropbox.com and put the URL here, so that the IM developers can check what type of layers it has or if corrupt.

The following will work to print the number of images in the list:

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C:\Images\Tif\layers>identify -format "%n" image_3layer_ps.tif
333
C:\Images\Tif\layers>identify -format "%n" lena.jpg
1

But it is possible that you have a multi page tiff instead of a tiff file with multiple frames. You can better detect it like this:

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C:\Images\Tif\layers>identify -format "%[profiles]" image_3layer_ps.tif
8bim,iptc,tiff:37724,xmp

This will print out the profile names and if it contains the profile 'tiff:37724' it means that ImageMagick will try to read the photoshop layers.

I would advise you to wait for the next release of ImageMagick (6.9.1-9) this includes a fix for an initialized variable that can cause unwanted changes in the colorspace.

dlemstra wrote: But it is possible that you have a multi page tiff instead of a tiff file with multiple frames. You can better detect it like this:
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C:\Images\Tif\layers>identify -format "%[profiles]" image_3layer_ps.tif
8bim,iptc,tiff:37724,xmp
This will print out the profile names and if it contains the profile 'tiff:37724' it means that ImageMagick will try to read the photoshop layers.

Well, but the existence of profile 37724 does not always means tiff has user defined layer in Photoshop, for example, see this one. https://www.dropbox.com/s/z6fy25uzg2mwz ... o.tif?dl=0
Photoshop shows only 1 layer. (This file is also an example that only photoshop shows transparent background whereas other program, IM display or gimp does not.)

So, as of IM 6.9.1-8, to distinguish between multi-page and multi-layer tiff, we have to do something like

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#!/bin/sh
IDENTIFY="/usr/local/bin/identify"

pages=`"$IDENTIFY" -quiet -define 'tiff:ignore-layers=true' -format '%p\n' "$1" | grep -v '^$' | tail -1`
layers=`"$IDENTIFY" -quiet -format '%p\n' "$1" | grep -v '^$' | tail -1`

if [ "$pages"x == "$layers"x ]
then
  echo 0 # photoshop layer
else
  echo 1 # multi page
fi

and it's slow.

So I think at least 'identify -verbose ' should some information whether IM really read the photoshop layer or not.

I could add an extra attribute to the image that will let you know if the PSD layers where read. I'll get back to this topic what it has been added.

The attribute has been added an will be available in the next release (6.9.1-10) and can be used like this:

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D:\Images\tif\layers>identify -format "%[tiff:has-layers]" OneLayerAgainstTransparency.tif[0]
true

It looks OK if provided multi-layer tiff, but with 6.9.1-10

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>identify -format "%[tiff:has-layers]\n" Hello.tif
identify.exe: Incompatible type for "RichTIFFIPTC"; tag ignored. `TIFFFetchNormalTag' @ warning/tiff.c TIFFWarnings/856.
identify.exe: unknown image property "%[tiff:has-layers]" @ warning/property.c/InterpretImageProperties/3600.

I expected it returns false (and not produce warning "unknown image property".)

Hello.tif is in my previous post, but it seems every non-layerd tiff generate this warning.

The property will only be set when the image contains layers and that is why you are getting this warning. You should probably add -quiet to avoid the noise and also only check the first 'frame' by adding [0].

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identify -quiet -format "%[tiff:has-layers]\n" Hello.tif[0]

I understand why. So checking multi page or multi flame is archived easier. Thank you again.

identify -quiet -format "%n %[tiff:has-layers]\n" unknown.tif | tail -1

outputs:

1

for single-page & no layer tiff;

2

for 2 page tiff;

3 true

for 3 layer tiff. (Indeed 2 layers. As [0] is automatically added.)

Omitting [0] is for avoiding multiple call of identify. It seems safe.

The property will be set on the image and all its layers so that means you can get something like this:

truetruetrue

if the image has two layers and that is why I suggested you to add the [0]

dlemstra wrote:The property will be set on the image and all its layers so that means you can get something like this:

truetruetrue

I am aware of it. Here, I wanted to show convenient one-liner, (although tail is unix specific.)

Thank You ALL for your responses. I am busy working my way through all of this information. I will surely update with my progress soon.

Thank You again!

dlemstra wrote:The attribute has been added an will be available in the next release (6.9.1-10) and can be used like this:
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D:\Images\tif\layers>identify -format "%[tiff:has-layers]" OneLayerAgainstTransparency.tif[0]
true

Hello! I hope i can get your advice at this moment.

So I have been going through the documentation and other sources working on this. I cannot get this to work however. using the binary release for 6.9.1-10 (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binar ... hp#windows) gives me the following error:

"identify.exe: unknown image property "%[tiff:has-layers]" @warning/property.c/interpretImageProperties/3600"

I know this was mentioned in the replies already and was in reference to non-layered tiff files. However, this error is occurring for both layered and non-layered tiffs on my end. I have tried layered tiffs created using imageMagick as well as Adobe Photoshop.

My first assumption was to try the subversions, going off of your quote, that more likely it was added there and not the binary release from the main download page.

Currently I am running windows7 x64 on one machine and windows 10 x64 on another
ImageMagick 6.9.1-10 Q16 x64 2015-07-25

The other options i was looking into was compiling from the source code, but I am new to that and its been a learning curve. As well as possibly reading the 8BIM data since these files where created in adobe photoshop and layer data is stored in the 37724 tags of the metadata.

I have tried to cover all the options, but I am not sure how to approach this.

Thank You

Can you share your image on something like dropbox? The one where you think/know that it has layers?

I can reproduce this problem with this tiff:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/heuy7yj037azlhb/test.tif?dl=0
In Photoshop CS6 it is shown as

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C:\>identify -format "%[tiff:has-layers]\n" V:\tmp\test.tif[0]
identify.exe: Incompatible type for "RichTIFFIPTC"; tag ignored. `TIFFFetchNormalTag' @ warning/tiff.c/TIFFWarnings/856.
identify.exe: unknown image property "%[tiff:has-layers]" @ warning/property.c/InterpretImageProperties/3600.

C:\>identify -quiet V:\tmp\test.tif
V:\tmp\test.tif TIFF 393x379 393x379+0+0 8-bit sRGB 204KB 0.031u 0:00.044

But If I saved it as psd in PhotoShop, it detects 2 layers.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o3pdwu0qj89pl3j/test.psd?dl=0

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C:\>identify V:\tmp\test.psd
V:\tmp\test.psd[0] PSD 393x379 393x379+0+0 8-bit sRGB 346KB 0.016u 0:00.010
V:\tmp\test.psd[1] PSD 347x335 347x335+22+21 8-bit sRGB 346KB 0.000u 0:00.012
V:\tmp\test.psd[2] PSD 178x167 178x167+111+107 8-bit sRGB 346KB 0.000u 0:00.020

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