TIFF converter

What is TIFF?

TIFF is a flexible raster container common in scanning, print, and archival workflows. Files can be large and multi-page; Formatly can decode TIFF for conversion to web-friendly formats.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is best for opening scan or print masters for web-ready exports. Extensions: .tiff, .tif. MIME: image/tiff. Can be used as input. Input only.

Common uses

• Scanned documents and print production
• Archival masters before web export
• Interchange with desktop publishing tools

Things to know

• Files are often huge compared with JPG or WebP
• Formatly does not encode TIFF
• Browser and email support is limited
• Formatly converts TIFF in your browser. Files are not uploaded.

What this TIFF converter does

This page opens .tiff and .tif files in your browser and exports them to formats people can actually share: JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, ICO, or PDF. Decoding uses a JavaScript TIFF parser (UTIF) in the tab; encoding uses the browser canvas where the target allows it. The scan never leaves this device for conversion.

Formatly reads TIFF. It does not write TIFF. If you need JPG or PNG turned into an archival .tif for a print RIP, use a desktop suite or a cloud converter that encodes TIFF — this tool is the other direction: open a master and get a web-ready file.

Scans, pages, and odd TIFFs

Scanner and office workflows often ship multi-page TIFFs (one IFD per page). Formatly decodes the first image directory only. Later pages in the same file are not exported as separate downloads. Split the document in a desktop tool first if you need every page.

TIFF is a container, not one pixel layout. CMYK, 16-bit samples, JPEG-in-TIFF compression, Lab, and BigTIFF can fail or lose color when the in-browser decoder cannot map them to RGBA. Huge scans can also hit the memory limit of the tab. Keep the original master; treat this export as interchange, not a bit-identical archive.

When to use JPG vs PNG vs PDF

Use JPG when the next stop is email, a portal with a few-megabyte cap, or anyone who only accepts .jpg. Scans shrink dramatically; choose quality carefully if the page has fine type. Use PNG when you need a lossless freeze of the decoded pixels or further edits without another JPEG pass — file size will usually grow. Use PDF when you want one or more images packed into a single printable document rather than a loose raster.

.tif and .tiff are the same format; Formatly treats both as TIFF. Pair pages such as TIFF to JPG exist for people who already know the target. This hub is the general TIFF converter when you still need to pick the export.

Proof the file does not leave this device

Open DevTools → Network, drop a .tif or .tiff, and convert. You should not see the image posted to Formatly as form-data or a conversion API call. Scripts for the app may load; they are code, not your scan. The download is encoded in this tab from the decoded bitmap.