TIFF/EP

Action Plan: Tagged Image File Format - TIFF/EP Encoding

Last Updated 2/5/2014

Description: Tagged Image File Format, or Tiff files, are some of the most common Raster Image Formats in use. Created by the Aldus Corperation which was later aquired by Adobe, Tiff's technical specifications have been released by Adobe. It was last updated in 1992, its current version is 6.0.

Codec:  TIFF/EP is a raw camera format for image data. Served as the basis for and was eventually eclipsed in popularity by Adobe's DNG format.

Software:  TIFF/EP files should open in any Tiff reader. But some metadata may only be accessible with professional image processing tools.

Long Term Preservation Plan:   There is no reason at present to consider migration to other formats. If conversion is required, make sure to investigate the file thoroughly as some metadata may be obscured in some software.

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