What is TIFF

TIFF, an acronym for Tagged Image File Format, is one of the most widely used file formats for storing images. TIFF images can use almost any resolution, and they can be black and white, gray-scaled, or color. Many different compression methods are also supported by the format. Compression methods like CCITT-G4 and LZW are commonly used.

TIFF was created by the Aldus and Microsoft Corporations, and the specification was owned by Aldus (acquired by the Adobe Corporation in 1994). Today, almost all image related applications supports the TIFF file format. A huge range of scanners, faxes and printers does also support TIFF.
Files in TIFF format often end with a .tif extension.