Fractal Image Format
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* http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → [http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/River.fif River.fif]  | * http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → [http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/River.fif River.fif]  | ||
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/fractalImageFormat/  | * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/fractalImageFormat/  | ||
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Revision as of 02:11, 22 April 2022
FIF (Fractal Image Format) is a raster image format that uses lossy fractal compression. It is apparently a proprietary format developed by Iterated Systems.
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Identification
Some FIF files begin with bytes 'F' 'I' 'F' 0x01.
This demo includes FIF files that begin with "FTC".
Software
- Genuine Fractals Photoshop plug-in
 - Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia licensed FIF for image compression.
 
Sample files
- http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → River.fif
 - https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/fractalImageFormat/
 - https://web.archive.org/web/19970722065650/http://www.altamira-group.com/gallweb.html
 
Links
- Wikipedia: Fractal compression
 - (AltaMira) Fractal Technology (archived)
 - Archived web page about discontinued Fractal Imager and Fractal Viewer products
 - Atlanta Journal Article about Iterated Systems (1999-04-12)
 - Fractal Image Compression, American Scientist (1996 Sept-Oct issue)
 - Mathematics Awareness Week - April 1998 - High-level explanation of technology behind the format.