Format
BigTIFF
Summary
- Name
- BigTIFF
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1917
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- BigTIFF is a file format intended to behave similarly to the TIFF file format, however is extended to support 64bit offset values.
- Note
- Reference: https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff.html
- File extensions
-
tif,tf8,btf - Source
- Preservica / Preservica
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
Internal signatures
BigTIFF little endian
- Note
- BOF: ‘II+’ 0x00, 0x08000000
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
49492B0008000000- Endianness
- None
BigTIFF big endian
- Note
- BOF: ‘MM’ 0x00 ‘+’, 0x00080000
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
4D4D002B00080000- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
BigTIFF: Signature researched and samples provided by Preservica.
BigTIFF: Full entry added. Submitted by Preservica.