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|extensions={{ext|tiff}}, {{ext|tif}}
 
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|mimetypes={{mimetype|image/tiff}}
 
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'''TIFF''', formerly known as '''Tag(ged) Image File Format''', is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.
 
'''TIFF''', formerly known as '''Tag(ged) Image File Format''', is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.
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A TIFF image may be uncompressed or use a compression scheme internally.  The most widely used compression schemes in TIFF files are lossless, including [[LZW]] and, for bitonal images [[G4]], as used for facsimile transmission [fax].
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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* [http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ LibTIFF]
 
* [http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ LibTIFF]
 
* [https://github.com/GPHemsley/tiff-js TIFF.js]
 
* [https://github.com/GPHemsley/tiff-js TIFF.js]
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* [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000022.shtml TIFF, Revision 6.0, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]

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File Format
Name TIFF
Ontology
Extension(s) .tiff, .tif
MIME Type(s) image/tiff
PRONOM fmt/353

TIFF, formerly known as Tag(ged) Image File Format, is an image format capable of storing multiple high quality images in a single file.

A TIFF image may be uncompressed or use a compression scheme internally. The most widely used compression schemes in TIFF files are lossless, including LZW and, for bitonal images G4, as used for facsimile transmission [fax].

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