LanguageFIF
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.
What is fif file?
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
How to open fif file?
Several graphics and editors, including the popular XnView should be capable of viewing or even editing of *.fif graphics.
How to convert fif file?
Fractal generated images can be usually exported to common bitmap formats, such as JPEG, GIF or similar.
Suggested software to open fif file:
Associated software actions with the fif file
Software applications that can open fif files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit fif files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving fif files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Programs for viewing fif files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print fif files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
SpinRite hard disk fingerprint
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.
How to open fif file?
Use SpinRite to work with *.fif files.
How to convert fif file?
Probably cannot be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open fif file:
Associated software actions with the fif file
Software applications that can open fif files:
SpinRite (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create fif files:
SpinRite (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving fif files:
SpinRite (Microsoft Windows)