TIFF is somehow similar to other raster formats like JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc. See the related question to get an overview on similarities and differences between these formats.
Image file formats.
Jpeg, gif, tiff
TIFF is a lossless compression. JPEG throws away data to reduce file sizes.
The type of photo file formats that the PlayStation 3 can support are JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG and MPO.
There are JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, DIB, TIFF as common formats, and more.
RIFF: Resource Interchange File Format TIFF: Tagged Image File Format RIFF developed by Microsoft Corporation TIFF developed by Aldus RIFF is a general framework file format for multimedia TIFF is used for images RIFF makes use of chunks TIFF makes use of image file directories Both are based on using TAGS
Tiff and Jpg are both image file formats. Tiff stands for: Tag Image File Format and Jpg stands for: Joint Photographic Group. Jpg is also now known as Jpeg, the E stands for Experts.
File formats supported by PSP: jpeg (jpg), tiff, gif, png, bmp
Multi-page One final important difference between TIFF and most other image file formats is that TIFF defines support for multiple images in a single file. Such a file is then called 'multi-page' TIFF. Thus, the TIFF format is very well suited to e.g. store the many pages of a single fax in a single file. http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/faq.html
Any Mac software that handles graphics (Preview for example) can convert between tiff and jpg (or any of the other popular formats). For most applications you would open your tiff file and then select Save As and there will be an option to select the required Format.
TIFF format is developed by Aldus(now adobe) corporation. RIFF format is jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft. TIFF is totally a new format. RIFF is not new format it just provides wrapper around existing file formats to provide platform independence. TIFF stores only bitmap data. RIFF can store other data also. TIFF includes nu. of compression schemes that allow developers to choose the best space or time trade-off for their application. RIFF includes Microsoft proprietary compression algorithms. Suitable for pre-press applications. not suitable for pre-press application. In TIFF tags are used for random access. In RIFF list chunks are used for random access. Information is stored in Image file directory. Information is stored in chunks. It contains 8 byte header to identify tiff file. it contain riff chunk to identify riff file.
A tiff file contains image data.