TIFF is a bitmap image format developed in 1986 that supports various resolutions and is used for storing high-quality images. It has a 4 GB file size limitation, but a related format has been proposed to overcome this. TIFF specifies tags to store image information and supports various image types, including RGB, grayscale, and paletted. TIFF files can be compressed without affecting image quality and are often converted to JPEG or BMP formats for web use.
The Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) was developed by Aldus Corporation in collaboration with various other contributors in 1986. It is a bitmap image format that supports various resolutions. A TIFF file contains descriptive information about the image and is identified by a .tiff or .tif file extension.
TIFF file formats are used for storing very large, high quality images. It is the preferred format in many graphics applications, including image manipulation programs, desktop publishing and 3D imaging applications, as well as in optical recognition software and scanning and fax applications. A version named GeoTIFF is used to store georeferenced raster images.
Images saved in TIFF format can be up to 4 GB in size. This file size limitation is one of the disadvantages of TIFF, but to work around it and overcome the size limitation, the creation of a new related file format has been proposed.
The TIFF format specifies a number of tags to store image information, and user applications can define their own tags to describe images. The specification is easily extensible, but writing custom tags for specific applications can make sharing files between different applications difficult. It is best to use extensions that are independent of specific applications and can be readily accepted by a variety of programs.
TIFF images come in many types, including four basic ones: the two-level black and white image, the grayscale image, the paletted or indexed image, and the RGB image. While the color range of palette images and grayscale images is limited to 8 bits or 256 colors, the number of colors that RGB images can display is 24 bits or 16.7 million colors and even 48 billion. bit. TIFF can also support images in YcbCr and CMYK formats.
Because TIFF files are very large, they often need to be compressed to a smaller size for portability reasons. Compression does not affect image quality. For use on the web, files are usually converted to JPEG (or JPG) and BMP formats. These formats are faster to load and are also more easily read by web browsers.
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