LanguageRIF
Corel Painter raster image
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with rif extension are in most cases raster graphics projects / images made and saved using the Corel Painter.
Found 5 different file type records with the same rif filename suffix.
What is rif file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
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.
How to open rif file?
Use Corel Painter to open files with rif extension.
How to convert rif file?
Export to other graphics format is certainly possible.
Suggested software to open rif file:
Associated software actions with the rif file
Software applications that can open rif files:
Corel Painter (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Painter for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit rif files:
Corel Painter (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Painter for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving rif files:
Corel Painter (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Painter for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Programs for viewing rif files:
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Painter for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that create rif files:
Corel Painter (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Painter for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import rif files:
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDRAW Technical Suite (Corel Designer) (Microsoft Windows)
FRAMES receptor intakes
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 2, 2016
The rif file extension is associated with the FRAMES (Framework for Risk Analysis Multimedia Environmental Systems), a platform for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The rif file stores receptor intakes data.
Suggested software to open rif file:
Associated software actions with the rif file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving rif files:
FRAMES (Microsoft Windows)
MicroTik RouterOS dump
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 19, 2018
The rif file extension is also used for some sort of debugging or support dump file generated by MicroTik RouterOS, an operating system for MicroTik routers. No further information could be found.
How to open rif file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert rif file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open rif file:
Associated software actions with the rif file
Software apps that create rif files:
RouterOS (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving rif files:
RouterOS (Microsoft Windows)
Resource Interchange File Format
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension rif was also used for the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), a generic meta-format for storing data in tagged chunks.
It was introduced in 1991 by Microsoft and IBM, and was presented by Microsoft as the default format for Windows 3.1 multimedia files.
It is based on Electronic Arts's Interchange File Format, introduced in 1985, the only difference being that multi-byte integers are in little-endian format, native to the 80x86 processor series used in IBM PCs.
How to open rif file?
XnView should still support this format.
How to convert rif file?
Export to other graphics format is perhaps possible.
Suggested software to open rif file:
Associated software actions with the rif file
Programs for viewing rif files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print rif files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Rockwell ADPCM format
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: November 10, 2024
The rif file extension is associated with the ADPCM audio format developed by Rockwell.
2, 3, 4-bit ADPCM mono sound format. Frequency 7200 Hz.
Most likely some old format without support. No further information could be found.
How to open rif file?
Use Awave Studio to work with *.rif files.
How to convert rif file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open rif file:
Associated software actions with the rif file
Apps designed for playing rif files:
Awave Studio (Microsoft Windows)