Fractal Image Format
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | FIF files begin with bytes <code>'F' 'I' 'F' 0x01</code>. | + | Some FIF files begin with bytes <code>'F' 'I' 'F' 0x01</code>. |
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| + | [http://cd.textfiles.com/wthreepack/wthreepack-1/COMPRESS/FIFDEMO.ZIP This demo] includes FIF files that begin with "{{magic|FTC}}". | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Genuine Fractals|Genuine Fractals]] Photoshop plug-in | * [[Wikipedia:Genuine Fractals|Genuine Fractals]] Photoshop plug-in | ||
| + | * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia licensed FIF for image compression. | ||
== Sample files == | == Sample files == | ||
* http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → [http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/River.fif River.fif] | * http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → [http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/River.fif River.fif] | ||
| + | * {{DexvertSamples|image/fractalImageFormat}} | ||
| + | * https://web.archive.org/web/19970722065650/http://www.altamira-group.com/gallweb.html | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Fractal compression|Wikipedia: Fractal compression]] | * [[Wikipedia:Fractal compression|Wikipedia: Fractal compression]] | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/19970403013947/http://www.altamira-group.com/faq4.html (AltaMira) Fractal Technology (archived)] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980626190724/http://www.iterated.com/products/fractalviewer.htm Archived web page about discontinued Fractal Imager and Fractal Viewer products] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/19980626190724/http://www.iterated.com/products/fractalviewer.htm Archived web page about discontinued Fractal Imager and Fractal Viewer products] | ||
| + | * [https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1999/04/12/focus11.html Atlanta Journal Article about Iterated Systems] (1999-04-12) | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/19971210205745/http://www.sigmaxi.org:80/amsci/issues/Sciobs96/Sciobs96-09image.html Fractal Image Compression, American Scientist] (1996 Sept-Oct issue) | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160831070652/http://www.mathaware.org/mam/98/articles/theme.essay.html#Fractals Mathematics Awareness Week - April 1998] - High-level explanation of technology behind the format. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:15, 28 December 2023
FIF (Fractal Image Format) is a raster image format that uses lossy fractal compression. It is apparently a proprietary format developed by Iterated Systems.
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[edit] Identification
Some FIF files begin with bytes 'F' 'I' 'F' 0x01.
This demo includes FIF files that begin with "FTC".
[edit] Software
- Genuine Fractals Photoshop plug-in
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia licensed FIF for image compression.
[edit] Sample files
- http://users.senet.com.au/~mjbone/Fractals.html → River.fif
- dexvert samples — image/fractalImageFormat
- https://web.archive.org/web/19970722065650/http://www.altamira-group.com/gallweb.html
[edit] Links
- Wikipedia: Fractal compression
- (AltaMira) Fractal Technology (archived)
- Archived web page about discontinued Fractal Imager and Fractal Viewer products
- Atlanta Journal Article about Iterated Systems (1999-04-12)
- Fractal Image Compression, American Scientist (1996 Sept-Oct issue)
- Mathematics Awareness Week - April 1998 - High-level explanation of technology behind the format.
