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Compare RIFF and TIFF file formats
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TIFF | RIFF |
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TIFF format is developed by Aldus Corporation | RIFF format is jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft |
It is totally new format | It is not new format it just provides wrapper around existing file formats to provide platform independence |
It stores only bitmap data | It can store other data also |
TIFF includes number of compression scheme that allows developers to choose the best space or time trade-off for their application | It includes Microsoft proprietary compression algorithms |
Suitable for pre-press application | Not suitable for pre-press application |
Here tags are used for random access | Here list chunks are used for random access.For example “idxl” list chunk of AVI RIFF file format is used for random access |
Information is stored in Image file directory | Information is stored in chunks |