TIFF is a computer file format for storing raster graphics images, popular among graphic artists, the publishing industry, and photographers. It is widely supported by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition, image manipulation, desktop publishing, and page-layout applications.
Technical Specifications
Flexible container, supports lossy and lossless compression (LZW, ZIP), supports CMYK color space for print.
Advantages
High quality, supports layers and multiple pages, industry standard for print.
Disadvantages
Large file sizes, not supported by web browsers.