Convert LOF files online for free
The converter easily converts your LOF file to various formats - free and online. No Media Player or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Data formats to LOF with high quality output.
LOF files typically fall into two distinct, unrelated categories: proprietary microscopy data or typesetting auxiliary files.
1. Leica Microscopy Object File:
Historically associated with Leica Microsystems, these files (often found alongside LIF or .LEI containers) store object-level data or specific image metadata generated by the Leica Application Suite (LAS). The biggest obstacle here is proprietary lock-in; these files are not standard raster images like JPEG or TIFF. You cannot simply double-click them in Windows or macOS to view the specimen. To share this data with colleagues who lack a license for LAS X, you generally need to export the original dataset to an open standard like TIFF (for analysis) or PNG (for quick web viewing).
2. LaTeX List of Figures:
In academic and technical publishing, an .LOF file is a plain text auxiliary file generated by the LaTeX typesetting system. When you compile a TEX document containing the \listoffigures command, this file is created to track figure numbers and captions. These files are typically small (under 1MB) and often confuse users because they appear as "unknown files" after a build process. Since they contain plain text, they do not require conversion for accessibility - you can simply open them with any text editor like Notepad++ to view the content, though converting them to PDF usually requires recompiling the parent LaTeX document.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your LOF file.
Users also converted XLIF, PDF, CZI, MP3, ZIF, JPG and PNG files.
If you want to convert LOF file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Leica Application Suite or similar software from the "Microscopy Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to LOF, try Leica Application Suite or another comparable tool in the "Microscopy Data Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LOF converter.