Files with rif extension are in most cases raster graphics projects / images made and saved using the Corel Painter.
RIF file extension - Corel Painter raster image
What is rif file? How to open rif files?
File type specification:
File extension rif is nowadays best known for the use in Corel Painter, a raster based graphics software for digital artist.
Based on original Fractal Painter for Macintosh system by Fractal Design, it has been acquired by Corel and rebranded several times, before ending up Corel Painter, with version 23 (2022) being the latest one.
A .rif file represents raster image projects saved in the Corel Painter, with all the changes done to the original picture.
Updated: April 6, 2024
The default software associated to open rif file:
Company or developer:
Corel Corporation
Corel Painter is a raster graphic editor and illustrator that combines inventive drawing tools, Natural-Media brushes, image cloning capabilities and virtually unlimited customization options to one truly powerful digital art application.
Company or developer:
Corel Corporation
Corel Painter for Mac is a raster-based digital art application created to simulate as accurately as possible the appearance and behavior of traditional media associated with drawing, painting, and printmaking. Latest version is 2015.
List of software applications associated to the .rif file extension
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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open rif file, edit rif file, convert rif file, view rif file, play rif file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Software that open rif file - Corel Painter raster image
Programs supporting the exension rif on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open rif file action.