HEIC vs TIFF
Un confronto dettagliato tra HEIC Image e TIFF Image: dimensioni del file, qualità, compatibilità e quale formato scegliere per il tuo flusso di lavoro.
HEIC Image
Raster & Vector ImagesHEIC is the default photo format on Apple devices since iOS 11. It offers roughly 50% better compression than JPEG at similar quality but has limited support outside the Apple ecosystem.
Informazioni sui file HEICTIFF Image
Raster & Vector ImagesTIFF is a flexible, high-quality image format widely used in publishing, printing, and professional photography. It supports multiple compression methods and color spaces including CMYK.
Informazioni sui file TIFFConfronto dei punti di forza
HEIC Punti di forza
- Roughly 50% smaller than JPEG at equivalent visual quality.
- 10- and 12-bit color depth supports HDR photography.
- Container format holds depth, Live Photo, bursts, and thumbnails in one file.
- Supports transparency and multi-image sequences.
- Built into iOS, macOS, and most modern Samsung and Google flagships.
TIFF Punti di forza
- Lossless by default — no generation loss on successive edits and saves.
- Supports any bit depth (1 to 32 bits per channel), any color model, any number of channels.
- Extensible tag system means vendor-specific data survives alongside standard tags.
- Multi-page containers are perfect for scanned documents, faxes, and DICOM-like stacks.
- Industry-standard for archival, museums, scientific imaging, and high-end print prepress.
Limitazioni
HEIC Limitazioni
- Patent-encumbered (HEVC) — Windows users must buy a $0.99 codec pack from the Microsoft Store.
- Not supported by most web browsers or older image editors.
- Sharing to non-Apple platforms usually auto-converts to JPEG, losing metadata.
- Hardware decoding required for smooth performance; software decoding is CPU-heavy.
TIFF Limitazioni
- File sizes are huge compared to JPEG/WebP/AVIF — often 10-30× larger.
- Not a web format — no browser displays TIFF natively.
- Ambiguous spec areas mean some TIFFs only open correctly in the tool that created them.
- Weak animation support — designed for still imagery.
Specifiche tecniche
| Specifica | HEIC | TIFF |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | image/heic | image/tiff |
| Compression | HEVC (H.265) intra-frame | — |
| Color depth | 8, 10, or 12 bits per channel | — |
| Container | HEIF (ISO/IEC 23008-12) | — |
| Transparency | Supported | — |
| Max dimensions | 8,192 × 4,320 (practical) | — |
| Extensions | — | .tif, .tiff |
| Standard | — | TIFF 6.0 (1992); BigTIFF extension for 64-bit offsets |
| Max file size | — | 4 GB (TIFF); 2^64 bytes (BigTIFF) |
| Compression options | — | None, LZW, Deflate, JPEG, CCITT G3/G4, PackBits, JBIG |
Dimensioni tipiche dei file
HEIC
- iPhone photo (12 MP) 1.5–3 MB (half of JPEG)
- Live Photo with 3s video 3–6 MB
- Portrait mode with depth map 2–4 MB
TIFF
- Scanned A4 page (300 dpi, B&W) 100-300 KB
- Scanned A4 page (600 dpi, color) 15-40 MB
- Print-quality magazine photo 30-150 MB
- Satellite GeoTIFF tile 50 MB - 5 GB
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