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.tiff

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Tagged Image File Format

The workhorse of print and scanning. Supports uncompressed, LZW, and JPEG-compressed payloads and can hold multiple pages per file.

MIME types

  • image/tiff

Category

image

Aliases

.tif

What opens this file

  • Preview
  • Photoshop
  • GIMP
  • ImageMagick
  • IrfanView

How to open by OS

Windows

  • Photos, Paint, IrfanView.

Mac

  • Preview.

Linux

  • GIMP, ImageMagick.

Ios

  • Photos and Files (basic support).

Android

  • Gallery (device-dependent).

Safety notes

  • TIFF's complexity keeps LibTIFF CVEs coming. Treat unknown TIFFs from scanning pipelines with the same care as any other input.

Common mistakes

  • Don't serve TIFF on the web — convert to PNG / JPEG / WebP first.
  • Multi-page TIFFs often hide pages past the first in certain viewers; verify with a TIFF-aware tool.

Related extensions

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