Format
Magick Image File Format
Summary
- Name
- Magick Image File Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/930
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- The Magick Image File Format (MIFF) is ImageMagick's own format for storing bitmap images. It stores all metadata known to ImageMagick.
- File extensions
-
mif,miff - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Magick Image File Format
- Note
- BOF max offset 256: id=ImageMagick[new line]{0-256}:[new line] Specification: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/miff.php
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 256
- Byte Sequence
69643D496D6167654D616769636B{0-1024}3A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V122
- Release date
- 19 January 2026
Magick Image File Format: Broadened signature. Submitted by Preservica.
-
Updated in V121
- Release date
- 24 September 2025
Magick Image File Format: Added miff extension, broadened signature. Submitted by Preservica.
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Added in V86
- Release date
- 27 July 2016
Magick Image File Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Magick Image File Format: Full entry added.