Difference between TIFF and BMP

Both TIFF and BMP are bitmap files, but TIFF files contain tags with additional information, like color space, resolution and print size, and can have 16-bit/channel depth (BMP's are limited to 8 bit). Taking a step back, there's no significant problem with first-generation JPEG files which use moderate compression.

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