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Autodesk Maya image interchange format
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with iff file extension might be found as images in Autodesk Maya Image Interchange format. Special bitmap image file type.
Found 4 different file type records with the same iff filename suffix.
What is iff file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: March 24, 2024
The iff file extension is related to Maya, a 3D computer graphics software originally developed by Alias|Wavefront and later acquired by Autodesk.
The iff file is the default image interchange format used by the program. These images can have 8 or 16 bit per channel RGB, and optionally Alpha, and can optionally contain a 32-bit floating point depth map (sometimes called a Z-buffer).
How to open iff file?
You can work with this image format in Autodesk Maya or view it using XnView.
How to convert iff file?
It seems this file type can be exported to some of the other 3D graphics formats.
Suggested software to open iff file:
Associated software actions with the iff file
Software applications that can open iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Software applications that can edit iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Software capable of saving iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Programs for viewing iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Pdplayer (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print iff files:
Autodesk Maya (Multiplatform)
Amiga Interchange File format
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The iff file extension is associated with Amiga Interchange File Format that is used to transfer documents to and from Commodore Amiga computers.
The iff file standard is extremely flexible, and allows all a few formats, not only images, including text to be stored inside an IFF file. IFF files can be exported from an Amiga to a PC. The format can also be created on a PC, but the extension of the file name will then change to LBM or to CE (Depending on the application).
However, the basic file structure remains the same. The standard form for IFF image files created on a PC is called ILBM. ILBM is formed by means of compressing all images as planes. This is much slower, but it means that these compressed files will be accessible by any application able to read an IFF file, even if they are exported back to an Amiga.
The iff file extension is also used by obsolete Sun TAAC Image format.
How to open iff file?
Use XnView or other bitmap image viewer to view *.iff documents.
How to convert iff file?
Use compatible tools to export *.iff files to other formats.
Suggested software to open iff file:
Associated software actions with the iff file
Software applications that can open iff files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit iff files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving iff files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Programs for viewing iff files:
Nero Multimedia Suite (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create iff files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that convert iff files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import iff files:
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export iff files:
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print iff files:
Nero Multimedia Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
RECOIL (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving iff files:
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Amiga Forever (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Electronic Art Interchange file
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 12, 2012
The IFF format was defined by Electronic Arts back in 1985. The IFF format is quick and easy to read and uncompress. However, it lacks a good compression scheme, making it unsuitable for storage of deep color images. Note that the IFF format can be used to hold a wide variety of information. An IFF file does not necessarily contain an image; it can contain sound clips, animations, text or whatever else. The default extension is IFF, though you are likely to encounter a lot of other extensions like MP, HAM, ILBM, LBM, etc.
Associated software actions with the iff file
Programs for viewing iff files:
PMView Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving iff files:
PMView Pro (Microsoft Windows)
The Sims (Microsoft Windows)
Deluxe Paint (Microsoft MS-DOS)
SmartWare temporary merge data
File type category:
Temporary file
Date updated: August 27, 2019
The iff file extension is associated with the SmartWare, a programming platform built on the Faircom database engine. It also includes a word processor, spreadsheet, and communication modules.
The iff file contains temporary merge data.
How to open iff file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert iff file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open iff file:
Associated software actions with the iff file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving iff files:
SmartWare (Microsoft Windows)