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# clone
Take a "snapshot" of the Sharp instance, returning a new instance.
Cloned instances inherit the input of their parent instance.
This allows multiple output Streams and therefore multiple processing pipelines to share a single input Stream.
**Examples**
```javascript
const pipeline = sharp().rotate();
pipeline.clone().resize(800, 600).pipe(firstWritableStream);
pipeline.clone().extract({ left: 20, top: 20, width: 100, height: 100 }).pipe(secondWritableStream);
readableStream.pipe(pipeline);
// firstWritableStream receives auto-rotated, resized readableStream
// secondWritableStream receives auto-rotated, extracted region of readableStream
```
Returns **Sharp**
# metadata
Fast access to image metadata without decoding any compressed image data.
A Promises/A+ promise is returned when `callback` is not provided.
- `format`: Name of decoder used to decompress image data e.g. `jpeg`, `png`, `webp`, `gif`, `svg`
- `width`: Number of pixels wide
- `height`: Number of pixels high
- `space`: Name of colour space interpretation e.g. `srgb`, `rgb`, `cmyk`, `lab`, `b-w` [...](https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/blob/master/libvips/iofuncs/enumtypes.c#L568)
- `channels`: Number of bands e.g. `3` for sRGB, `4` for CMYK
- `density`: Number of pixels per inch (DPI), if present
- `hasProfile`: Boolean indicating the presence of an embedded ICC profile
- `hasAlpha`: Boolean indicating the presence of an alpha transparency channel
- `orientation`: Number value of the EXIF Orientation header, if present
- `exif`: Buffer containing raw EXIF data, if present
- `icc`: Buffer containing raw [ICC](https://www.npmjs.com/package/icc) profile data, if present
**Parameters**
- `callback` **\[[Function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function)]** called with the arguments `(err, metadata)`
**Examples**
```javascript
const image = sharp(inputJpg);
image
.metadata()
.then(function(metadata) {
return image
.resize(Math.round(metadata.width / 2))
.webp()
.toBuffer();
})
.then(function(data) {
// data contains a WebP image half the width and height of the original JPEG
});
```
Returns **([Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)&lt;[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)> | Sharp)**
# limitInputPixels
Do not process input images where the number of pixels (width _ height) exceeds this limit.
Assumes image dimensions contained in the input metadata can be trusted.
The default limit is 268402689 (0x3FFF _ 0x3FFF) pixels.
**Parameters**
- `limit` **([Number](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number) \| [Boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean))** an integral Number of pixels, zero or false to remove limit, true to use default limit.
- Throws **[Error](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error)** Invalid limit
Returns **Sharp**
# sequentialRead
An advanced setting that switches the libvips access method to `VIPS_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL`.
This will reduce memory usage and can improve performance on some systems.
**Parameters**
- `sequentialRead` **\[[Boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean)]** (optional, default `true`)
Returns **Sharp**