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VDA at a glance
VDA
The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.
FFF at a glance
FFF
Hasselblad's workflow tooling treated raw capture and high-end processing as parts of one integrated medium-format imaging environment, which is why formats like FFF survive in specialist archives.
Format comparison
| Feature | VDA | FFF |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1987 | 2002 |
| Inventor | Truevision | Hasselblad |
| Status | active | proprietary |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use VDA
- Your source file is already in VDA.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to FFF.
- VDA is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use FFF
- Your target workflow expects FFF.
- Improve delivery compatibility with FFF.
- FFF is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert VDA to FFF?
Convert to FFF when maintaining compatibility with a specialized high-end imaging archive or recovering source material from that ecosystem.
It is mainly an archival and specialist workflow format.
What changes when converting VDA to FFF?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to FFF adds layer support. Moving to FFF adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting VDA to FFF?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.