Images

TIFF files

A flexible, usually lossless image format used for scanning, printing and archiving. It can hold high bit depths and several pages.

Full name
Tagged Image File Format
Made by
Aldus, now Adobe
Introduced
1986
File extension
.tiff, .tif
Compression
Usually lossless or uncompressed
Transparency
Yes
Best for
Printing, scanning and archiving
Opens in
Preview, Photoshop and most image editors; most web browsers don’t display it
In FileFlip
Opens and saves

Good at

  • Lossless
  • High bit depth
  • Widely accepted by print shops

Not so good at

  • Very large files
  • Not for the web

TIFF in FileFlip

FileFlip opens TIFF files and saves to TIFF.

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