public static List<File> createTiffFiles(List<IIOImage> imageList, int index, int dpiX, int dpiY)
      throws IOException {
    List<File> tiffFiles = new ArrayList<File>();

    // Set up the writeParam
    TIFFImageWriteParam tiffWriteParam = new TIFFImageWriteParam(Locale.US);
    tiffWriteParam.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_DISABLED);

    // Get tif writer and set output to file
    Iterator<ImageWriter> writers = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName(TIFF_FORMAT);
    ImageWriter writer = writers.next();

    if (writer == null) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "Need to install JAI Image I/O package.\nhttps://jai-imageio.dev.java.net");
    }

    // Get the stream metadata
    IIOMetadata streamMetadata = writer.getDefaultStreamMetadata(tiffWriteParam);

    // all if index == -1; otherwise, only index-th
    for (IIOImage oimage : (index == -1 ? imageList : imageList.subList(index, index + 1))) {
      if (dpiX != 0 && dpiY != 0) {
        // Get the default image metadata.
        ImageTypeSpecifier imageType =
            ImageTypeSpecifier.createFromRenderedImage(oimage.getRenderedImage());
        IIOMetadata imageMetadata = writer.getDefaultImageMetadata(imageType, null);
        imageMetadata = setDPIViaAPI(imageMetadata, dpiX, dpiY);
        oimage.setMetadata(imageMetadata);
      }

      File tiffFile = File.createTempFile(OUTPUT_FILE_NAME, TIFF_EXT);
      ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(tiffFile);
      writer.setOutput(ios);
      writer.write(streamMetadata, oimage, tiffWriteParam);
      ios.close();
      tiffFiles.add(tiffFile);
    }
    writer.dispose();

    return tiffFiles;
  }