The Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) handles images in a single file. It includes header tags defining the image geometry. A TIFF file can hold JPEG and PackBits compressed images. The primary TIFF purpose was a common scanned format for vendors. It evolved to support grayscale and color images. Revision 5.0 added palette colors and LZW compression.
TIFFs store quality graphics. They have 1 to 24-bit color depths. TIFFs allow lossy and lossless compression. Aldus Corporation released the TIFF format. It was to be a standard for quality color images.
TIFF files can be opened in image viewers and browsers. They are raster graphic files. TIFFs can scale without quality loss. They are reliable for quality images. TIFFs have wide software support.
TIFF is processor independent. It can transfer between devices. TIFFs allow variable resolutions. An image can have different portions’ resolutions. TIFF is used for scanning, fax, and text processing.
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