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Fractal Image Format
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with fif file extension can be usually encountered as fractal generated pictures saved in the Fractal Image Format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same fif filename suffix.
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The fif file extension is mainly used for a special Fractal Image Format.
FIF is a bitmap compression format for storing graphic file data. Fractals are geometrically describable units originally developed by Benoit Mandelbrot in the 1960s that reflect the patterns of nature much better than traditional Euclidean geometry.
MIME types:
application/fractals
image/fif
Several graphics and editors, including the popular XnView should be capable of viewing or even editing of *.fif graphics.
Fractal generated images can be usually exported to common bitmap formats, such as JPEG, GIF or similar.
Software applications that can open fif files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit fif files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software capable of saving fif files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Programs for viewing fif files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that print fif files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: November 19, 2018
The fif file extension is also used by SpinRite, a disk recovery software from Gibson Research, availble for MS-DOS operating system.
The fif file stores hard disk fingerprint created with SpinRite.
Use SpinRite to work with *.fif files.
Probably cannot be exported to other formats.
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