Open FLIF file

FLIF files: what are they and how do I open them?

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Free Lossless Image Format

A flif file extension is related to the FLIF (Free Lossless Image Format) an advanced compression format for digital picture images.

Further details:

The flif file extension is associated with the Free Lossless Image Format a lossless compression format for picture images and digital photos.

The FLIF uses MANIAC (Meta-Adaptive Near-zero Integer Arithmetic Coding), an algorithm for entropy coding developed by Jon Sneyers and Pieter Wuille.

FLIF features:

  • Lossless compression
  • Greyscale, RGB, RGBA
  • Color depth: up to 16 bits per channel (high dynamic range)
  • Interlaced (default) or non-interlaced
  • Interlaced files can be decoded quickly at lower quality/resolution (“Responsive By Design”)
  • Progressive decoding of partially downloaded files
  • Animation support
  • Encoding and decoding speeds are not blazingly fast, but they are in the right ballpark

Free Lossless Image Format is still not available in final version.

Open file with:

Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF)

A lossless image format based on MANIAC compression

UGUI: FLIF

Graphical User Interface for the Free Lossless Image Format

What is the meaning of a file extension?

File extensions are characters that appear after the dot in a computer file's name. For example, the file "unknown-file.flif" has the file extension "flif". This is used to identify which program should open the file or what file type it is.
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