Tagged-Image File Format

TIFF files are flexible bitmap image files supported by virtually all paint, image editing, and page-layout applications. Also, virtually all desktop scanners can produce TIFF images. This format, which uses the .tif extension, supports CMYK, RGB, Lab, and grayscale files with alpha channels and Bitmap files without alpha channels. TIFF also supports LZW compression, a lossless compression format.

File Extension

.tif

Key Features

• Supports CMYK, RGB, Lab, and grayscale files with alpha channels and Bitmap files without alpha channels
• Supports LZW compression, a lossless compression format