Input file
ICON
- Full Name: Icon Image Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
TIFF
- Full Name: Aldus Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Bitmap Image
- Developer: Adobe Systems
What is ICON file?
The ICON .ico file extension is a type of image file used to store icon graphics. Being a raster image file format, the ICON files contain images in either monochrome, 16-color, 256-color or True Color mode. As the name implies, these files are generally used to represent icons or tiny images which can be used for a number of purposes such as shortcut icons, program icons, website’s favicon etc. All Windows operating systems since Windows 1.0 support the . [ ⏩ ] ICON file extension
What is TIFF file?
The .TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) file extension is a bitmapped graphics file format commonly used in desktop publishing. It supports lossless compression, which means images in TIFF format retain all original details and colors after compression. History The TIFF file extension was created in the mid-80s by Aldus, now a division of Adobe Systems, and Microsoft. [ ⏩ ] TIFF file extension
How to convert the file from ICON to TIFF?
To successfully convert the ICON file to TIFF, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.ICON). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case TIFF (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than TIFF).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. ICON to TIFF. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting ICON files to TIFF files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension TIFF, while before this step we had the ICON file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new TIFF file, or not.