Tagged Image File A graphic format used for most scanner and page payout applications It includes compression techniques, and the ability to store multiply images in a single file It provides colour, gray-scale and black and white capabilities
Some files have this extension (qv) to indicate that they are in Tagged Image File format, developed by Aldus, Microsoft, and other scanner vendors as a standard for bitmapped (qv) graphics, including scanned images
Format originator: Aldus Corp and Microsoft Corp; 411 First Ave South Seattle, WA 98104; 16011 NE 36th Way Redmond, WA 98073
Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) - used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms TIFF format supports LZW compression, a lossless compression method that does not discard detail from the image
The Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format that is supported by virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications TIFF supports RGB, CMYK, and grayscale color models