TortoiseIDiff Commands

The image diff tool has a few command line options which you can use to control how the tool is started. The program is called TortoiseIDiff.exe.

The table below lists all the options which can be passed to the image diff tool on the command line.

Table D.2. List of available options

OptionDescription
:left Path to the file shown on the left.
:lefttitle A title string. This string is used in the image view title instead of the full path to the image file.
:right Path to the file shown on the right.
:righttitle A title string. This string is used in the image view title instead of the full path to the image file.
:overlay If specified, the image diff tool switches to the overlay mode (alpha blend).
:fit If specified, the image diff tool fits both images together.
:showinfo Shows the image info box.


Example (which should be entered on one line):

TortoiseIDiff.exe /left:"c:\images\img1.jpg" /lefttitle:"image 1"
                  /right:"c:\images\img2.jpg" /righttitle:"image 2"
                  /fit /overlay