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TIFF file format
TIFF is a flexible bitmap image format
that is supported by virtually all paint,
image-editing, and page-layout applica-
tions. Also, virtually all desktop scan-
ners can produce TIFF images. Early
versions of the TIFF format supported
only uncompressed black-and-white
images, but the most recent version
supports up to 24-bit RGB, CMYK, and
YCbCr color images, and both the LZW
and JPEG compression methods. The
latest version also supports both the
LZW and JPEG compression methods.
The latest version also supports multi-
page images, although such images
are rare.