Fractal Image Format

File Format
Name	Fractal Image Format
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Fractal Image Format
Extension(s)	.fif
PRONOM	x-fmt/320

FIF (Fractal Image Format) is a raster image format that uses lossy fractal compression. It is apparently a proprietary format developed by Iterated Systems.

Identification

Some FIF files begin with bytes 'F' 'I' 'F' 0x01.

This demo includes FIF files that begin with "FTC".

Software

• Konvertor
• XnView
• Genuine Fractals Photoshop plug-in

Sample files

• http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → River.fif
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/fractalImageFormat/

Links

• Wikipedia: Fractal compression
• Archived web page about discontinued Fractal Imager and Fractal Viewer products