.TIF file extension
How to open file with .TIF extension?
.TIF is the file extension developed by for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .TIF extension belong to the "Graphic Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Aldus Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Bitmap Image. Files with the .TIF extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .TIF extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.
Aldus Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Bitmap Image
| Ads | OS | Software |
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| WINDOWS |
 FastStone Image Viewer  Ability Photopaint  Easy-PhotoPrint EX  Multi-Page TIFF Editor  XnView  ACDSee Photo Manager  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom  Windows Live Photo Gallery MYRIAD Desktop  FormatFactory  XnConvert  OpenOffice.org Draw  PDFCreator Visendo Fax Server Express GerbMagic GPSMapEdit  Nero Multimedia Suite  Adobe Creative Suite |
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| MAC |
 Adobe Illustrator |
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| Linux |
darktable |
BigTIFF Image
| OS | Software |
|---|---|
| WINDOWS |
XnView |
Digital Raster Graphic Image
| OS | Software |
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GeoTiff Format
| OS | Software |
|---|---|
| WINDOWS |
GDAL |
After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .TIF extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .TIF extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .TIF extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.