Yes — arguably more than ever. While AVIF and WebP dominate the web, TIFF remains the lingua franca of production imaging. The reasons are structural, not sentimental.
- Every print RIP reads TIFF. There is no print workflow that cannot accept a TIFF.
- Every image editor writes TIFF. Photoshop, Affinity Photo, GIMP, Capture One, Lightroom (as export), Darktable, RawTherapee — all support TIFF with layers and metadata.
- Archival standards mandate it. The US National Archives, Library of Congress, and most national libraries list TIFF as a preferred preservation format.
- It is stable. The baseline TIFF 6.0 specification dates to 1992 and remains backward-compatible. Files written then still open today.
Web formats change every few years. TIFF has been the constant for over 30 years and shows no sign of being displaced in production workflows.
Compression Options in TIFF
Our converter produces standard baseline TIFF files. Where supported by the encoder, we apply LZW lossless compression, which typically reduces TIFF size by 30–60% on photographic content without any quality loss. LZW is the most widely supported TIFF compression — Photoshop, GIMP, ImageMagick, macOS Preview, Windows Photos, and virtually every print RIP read it natively.
If you need uncompressed TIFF for a specific workflow (some legacy systems require it), you can re-save uncompressed in your editor of choice — the pixel data is identical.
Bulk Conversion Without Uploads
Most "free online converters" upload your files to a server, process them, then hand back a download link. That means your images — which may contain client work, personal photos, or confidential documents — sit on someone else's disk, sometimes for hours or days. Our converter is different: all processing happens in your browser using JavaScript. Your files never leave your device. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the conversion will still work.
This matters for GDPR and privacy compliance, client confidentiality, regulated industries like healthcare and legal, and plain speed — no upload/download round trip.
Common Use Cases
- Print-ready handoff: Convert client-supplied JPGs to TIFF before sending to the printer.
- Scanning workflow: Post-process scanner output (often JPG) into TIFF for archival storage.
- Magazine and catalogue layout: Place TIFFs in InDesign for reliable colour and resolution handling.
- Photography delivery: Deliver TIFF masters alongside JPG proofs.
- Document archiving: Store contracts, deeds, and records as multi-page TIFF.
- Scientific documentation: Preserve microscopy and lab images losslessly.
- Legal discovery: Convert mixed-format evidence images to a uniform TIFF set.
What This Converter Does — and Doesn't Do
Does: Convert JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, and GIF inputs to standard TIFF output. Preserve pixel dimensions. Preserve alpha (transparency) for PNG/WebP inputs. Handle batches of files with per-file progress and ZIP download.
Doesn't: Restore data already lost to JPG compression. Convert TIFF back to JPG/PNG (use a dedicated TIFF to JPG converter). Create multi-page TIFF from multiple separate images (each input becomes its own TIFF). Add layers, paths, or vector data (TIFF is a raster container).
Tips for Best Results
- Start from the highest-quality source you have. A RAW or PNG original beats a JPG original every time.
- Watch file sizes. Lossless TIFFs are larger than JPGs — often 3–10× larger. Budget disk space accordingly.
- Keep the originals. Archive the source files alongside the TIFF masters.
- Verify colour profiles. If colour accuracy matters (print), check that your source JPG had an embedded ICC profile; TIFF will carry it through.
- Use LZW compression. It is lossless and universally supported — no reason not to enable it unless a legacy system demands uncompressed TIFF.
TIFF vs. TIF
They are the same format. .tif and .tiff are interchangeable extensions; the underlying container is identical. Our converter outputs .tiff. Windows historically preferred .tif (three-letter extensions), while macOS and Unix used .tiff. Either opens fine everywhere.
