Interchange File Format (IFF)

IFF (Amiga Interchange) is a general-purpose data storage format (raster), developed by Electronic Arts, Inc. and Commodore-Amiga, Inc. that can associate and store multiple types of data. It is used by ACD FotoCanvas Lite 2.0 and XnView applications.

IFF reads and writes RLE, and non-compressed images. IFF CAT supports multipage files.

The default extension for this format is: IFF.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
FILE_IFF_ILBM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP [111] Interchange File - RLE Compressed.
FILE_IFF_CAT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP [112] Interchange File - multiple images per file-RLE Compressed.
FILE_IFF_ILBM_UNCOMPRESSED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP [303] Interchange File - Uncompressed.
FILE_IFF_CAT_UNCOMPRESSED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24 BPP [304] Interchange File - multiple images per file-Uncompressed.

NOTE: This format does not support LEAD's redirected IO feature, therefore it cannot be used with:

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Win32, x64.

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