.GIF file extension

How to open file with .GIF extension?

Klaus Mehler, 28.08.2014
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.GIF is the file extension developed by Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet for the needs of their proprietary software. The files with the .GIF extension belong to the "Graphic Files " category. The full name of this type of files is Graphics Interchange File Format. Files with the .GIF extension can be opened in several ways. The easiest is to install the manufacturer’s application. Fortunately, this is not the only method. There are many applications on the market that successfully open files with the .GIF extension. Below is a list of such applications. Among them are also applications fully free of charge for home use.

Graphics Interchange File Format

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XnView XnView
IrfanView IrfanView
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Expression Design Microsoft Expression Design
Paint.NET Paint.NET
Adobe Fireworks Adobe Fireworks
Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro
FastStone Image Viewer FastStone Image Viewer
Artweaver Artweaver
Ability Photopaint Ability Photopaint
PhotoOnWeb PhotoOnWeb
Zoner GIF Animator Zoner GIF Animator
FastPictureViewer Professional FastPictureViewer Professional
ACDSee Photo Manager ACDSee Photo Manager
FormatFactory FormatFactory
All File to All File Converter 3000 All File to All File Converter 3000
RealWorld Icon Editor RealWorld Icon Editor
Axialis IconWorkshop Axialis IconWorkshop
Morpheus Photo Morpher Morpheus Photo Morpher
SWFTools SWFTools
ThunderSoft GIF to AVI Converter ThunderSoft GIF to AVI Converter
XnConvert XnConvert
LibreOffice Draw LibreOffice Draw
Active GIF Creator Active GIF Creator
GIF Construction Set Professional GIF Construction Set Professional
Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Creative Suite
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After downloading and installing the software in our system, files with the .GIF extension should be automatically associated with the new application. With this association, the file can be opened by double-clicking the mouse. If for some reason we still cannot open the file with the .GIF extension, we still have one method. It involves the attempt to open the file from the installed application. Choosing from the menu "FILE", we perform the command "Open" and the explorer window we select the file we are interested in, and then we confirm by pressing enter. This method is more time-consuming, but enables us to definitively state whether we use the correct application to open the files with the .GIF extension. If we are sure of it, we then use the extended reference menu (shift key and right mouse button) and by selecting "Open With", we select the appropriate application and we permanently connect it with a file with the extension we are interested in.