TIFF to JPG converter

Why convert TIFF to JPG?

Scanners and print workflows still deliver TIFF masters that email, Windows apps, and upload portals reject or choke on. Converting TIFF to JPG gives a smaller, universally openable photo — at the cost of a lossy encode on top of the decoded pixels.

What changes in the file

• JPG uses lossy compression — choose quality carefully for sharp graphics
• Neither format stores transparency
• You can resize, adjust quality where relevant, and strip EXIF on export
• Conversion runs on this device — the file is not uploaded

How to convert TIFF to JPG

1. Drop one or more TIFF files onto the converter (or pick them from disk).
2. Confirm the output is set to JPG, then adjust quality, size, or metadata if needed.
3. Download the converted JPG file — processing never left your browser.

Why TIFF will not open where you need it

TIFF (.tif / .tiff) is the default dump from many scanners and print RIPs: large, often lossless or lightly compressed, sometimes multi-page. Gmail, chat apps, CMS uploaders, and a lot of Windows software still expect JPG. You keep the TIFF as the archival master; you convert when the recipient literally cannot open the container.

This pair is not ‘higher quality.’ It is interchange. The JPEG you download is a fresh lossy encode of whatever the TIFF decoder produced. Soft type and hairlines on a scan suffer first if you push quality too low.

What the codec actually does

Formatly decodes TIFF in the tab with UTIF, applies orientation tags when present, and encodes JPEG with the browser canvas encoder. You pick quality; there is no server-side ImageMagick queue. .tif and .tiff are the same format.

Multi-page TIFFs expose only the first IFD. Later pages are not split into separate JPGs here. CMYK, 16-bit, JPEG-in-TIFF, and BigTIFF may fail or shift color — keep the original if the export looks wrong. Formatly does not write TIFF; this page only opens TIFF and writes JPG.

Quality, size, and metadata

Office scans at 300 DPI are often tens of megabytes as TIFF and a few hundred kilobytes as JPG. For email and government portals with 2–5 MB caps, the default quality is usually enough. For a print proof or dense type, raise quality and check at 100%. GPS and camera EXIF from the TIFF are not a guaranteed copy into the JPEG; strip options exist if you do not want location in the shareable file.

Huge single-page scans can hit the memory limit of the browser tab. Resize down in the advanced panel before encode if the converter stalls, or split the job on the desktop first.

Proof the scan does not leave this device

Open Chrome or Edge DevTools → Network, then drop a .tif or .tiff. You should not see a POST or PUT of the image to a conversion API. Scripts for the page may load; they are not your scan. The JPG download is encoded here, then saved with the browser download dialog.

Common questions