TIFF/EP

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Identify it

Extensions	`.tiff.tif`
MIME types	`image/tiff`
Signatures	`49492a00` at byte 0 (TIFF/EP (little-endian, BOF)) `4d4d002a` at byte 0 (TIFF/EP (big-endian, BOF))
PRONOM	`fmt/154`
Wikidata	`Q7670377`
Library of Congress	`fdd000073`

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Open it

3DSlicerOpen sourcereads and writes · BSD licenses
dcrawOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 / donationware
DevILOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
digiKamOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
GD Graphics LibraryOpen sourcewrites · BSD licenses
GDALOpen sourcereads and writes · MIT License
GIMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads and writes · ImageMagick License
InVesaliusOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later
libexiv2Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
LibRawOpen sourcereads and writes · Common Development and Distribution License version 1.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
LibreOffice DrawOpen sourcereads and writes · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
LibTIFFOpen sourcereads and writes · libtiff License
OpenJUMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Q141647655Open sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License
Q141647660Open sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License
Q141647665Open sourcewrites · Apache Software License 2.0 / MIT License
ShotwellOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
SimThyrOpen sourcewrites · BSD licenses
Visualization LibraryOpen sourcereads and writes · BSD licenses
Visualization ToolkitOpen sourcereads and writes · 3-clause BSD License
XfigOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License / MIT License
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
ArchivistaOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
AudiverisOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Bio-Formats LibraryOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
CinePaintOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
CropToolOpen sourcereads · MIT License
EvinceOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
F-SpotOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License / MIT License
Ginkgo CADxOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
GoobiOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
GQViewOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
imageioOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
Insight Segmentation and Registration ToolkitOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
JHOVEOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License

And 246 more in the JSON record.

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.tif out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.tif out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.tif out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.tif out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

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