TIFF Image Converter – Convert TIFF to PNG, JPG, WebP & ICO
About the TIFF Image Converter
TIFF is the format that scanners, print workflows, and archival systems produce, and it is almost useless everywhere else. Web browsers will not display it, most upload forms reject it, and a single page can run to tens of megabytes. This TIFF Image Converter takes a .tiff or .tif file up to 10MB and re-encodes it as PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, or ICO, entirely inside your browser.
PNG is the default output for good reason. It is lossless, so a scanned document or archival photograph converts without discarding a single pixel, while shedding most of the file size TIFF carries. Choose JPG when you need to email or upload the image and some quality loss is acceptable, or WebP and AVIF when the destination is a web page and file size matters most.
Three characteristics of TIFF change during conversion, and it is worth knowing about them in advance. Multi-page TIFFs — common output from document scanners and fax systems — yield only the first page, since the target formats hold a single image. CMYK color, standard in print production, is converted to RGB, which can shift some colors slightly. And 16-bit or 32-bit per channel images are reduced to 8-bit, which is what every web format supports.
None of those changes affect the original file. Conversion runs on a copy in memory, and nothing is uploaded to a server, which matters for the scanned contracts, medical images, and client artwork that typically arrive as TIFFs.
The quality slider appears only for JPG, WebP, and AVIF, staying hidden for PNG, GIF, and ICO where lossless encoding makes it meaningless. Resizing runs in the same pass, by percentage or by exact pixel dimensions with an aspect ratio lock. Because TIFFs from scanners are usually captured at 300 DPI or higher, checking what resolution you actually need before downscaling is worth the minute — the DPI/PPI Calculator converts between print dimensions and pixel counts.
Every conversion ends with a side-by-side preview and four figures: original size, converted size, the signed percentage change in green or red, and the output dimensions. That percentage is almost always green here, often dramatically so, since TIFF stores far more data than any web format needs.
Quality checks for this tool were carried out by BigToolSite’s own team, who ran scanned documents, multi-page TIFFs, and high bit-depth photographic files through each output format to confirm the first page extracts correctly and the color conversion holds up.
How to Use the TIFF Image Converter
- Drop a .tiff or .tif file onto the upload panel, or click to browse. Both extensions are accepted, up to 10MB.
- Check the file card that appears — thumbnail, filename, file size, and pixel dimensions. Scanner output often runs to several thousand pixels per side.
- Pick an Output Format. PNG is preselected as the safest lossless destination; switch to JPG or WebP when file size matters more than perfect fidelity.
- Set the Quality slider for JPG, WebP, or AVIF. It runs 1 to 100 and starts at 85; it stays hidden for PNG, GIF, and ICO.
- Choose a Resize mode: Original Size, 25%, 50%, 200%, or Custom Size. Custom opens width and height fields with Maintain aspect ratio ticked, so entering one calculates the other.
- For ICO output, select an ICO Size from 16 to 256 pixels. Icons are square, so this replaces the resize controls.
- Click Convert & Download. The progress bar reports each stage including page extraction, the file saves automatically with a -converted suffix, and the preview and statistics appear below.
- If you have a multi-page TIFF and need pages beyond the first, split the document in desktop software first, then convert each page here.
Example Usage
Input: scan.tif, 2480×3508 (A4 at 300 DPI), 8.2 MB. Format PNG, Resize Original Size.
Output: scan-converted.png at roughly 900 KB with every pixel preserved — a size change near −89% in green. This is the standard conversion for making a scanned document shareable without losing any detail.
Input: artwork.tiff, 3000×2000, 16-bit CMYK from a print workflow. Format JPG, Quality 88.
Output: artwork-converted.jpg at perhaps 1.2 MB in 8-bit RGB. Expect subtle color shifts, since CMYK covers a different gamut than RGB — this conversion is right for proofing and sharing, but keep the original TIFF as the file you send to the printer.
Input: product.tif, 4000×3000. Format WebP, Quality 82, Resize 25%.
Output: product-converted.webp at 1000×750 and typically under 80 KB, ready to drop straight into a web page. Downscaling before compression compounds the savings, since the pixel count falls to a sixteenth before WebP encoding begins.
Input: logo.tiff, 1024×1024. Format ICO, ICO Size 32×32.
Output: logo-converted.ico, ready to serve as a favicon — useful when a brand asset only exists in the print-ready TIFF supplied by a designer.
Once your TIFF is a PNG, further conversions become straightforward, including PNG to WebP for web delivery. The PNG Image Converter handles that next step.
If you are working the other way and need to produce a TIFF for print from a photographic source, that conversion starts elsewhere. The JPEG Image Converter includes TIFF among its outputs.
Frequently Asked Questions
TIFF was designed for print and archival use rather than the web, and most browsers never added support for displaying it. Converting to PNG or JPG makes the image viewable and uploadable anywhere.
PNG when you need the image preserved exactly, such as scanned documents and archival material. JPG for emailing or uploading photographs. WebP or AVIF when the image is going on a web page and file size is the priority.
Not here. Only the first page is extracted, because PNG, JPG, and the other output formats each hold a single image. Split the TIFF into separate files in desktop software first, then convert each one.
Converting to PNG is lossless in terms of pixels, though 16-bit and 32-bit images are reduced to 8-bit per channel, which every web format requires. Converting to JPG, WebP, or AVIF discards data according to your quality setting.
They are converted to RGB, since that is the color model browsers and web formats use. CMYK and RGB cover different gamuts, so saturated colors in particular may shift slightly. Keep the original TIFF for anything going to print.
PNG for almost every purpose outside print production. Both are lossless, but PNG compresses far more effectively, opens everywhere, and uploads to any system. TIFF retains an edge only where print workflows or specific archival standards require it.
Nothing. They are the same format with two extensions, a legacy of early systems that limited extensions to three characters. This converter accepts either.
No. The file is decoded, redrawn, and re-encoded entirely within your browser, then returned as a download. Nothing is transmitted or stored, which matters for scanned documents containing sensitive information.
Yes, it’s completely free with no signup required.
