Convert JPG to TIFF
Turn your JPG into a TIFF. TIFF is what print shops, scanners and archives ask for when a picture has to stay pristine. Worth knowing: a TIFF will not open in a browser tab, so it is a file for software rather than for the web. Your file never leaves your computer.
Need the other direction? Convert TIFF to JPG
How to convert JPG to TIFF
- 1 Drop your JPG .jpg or .jpeg or .jpe file onto the page, or click to browse for it.
- 2 Set the quality, or leave the default, which keeps the file small without anything showing.
- 3 Convert. The work happens on your own machine, so how long it takes depends on your computer and the file.
- 4 Download the TIFF, or add more files and do the whole set in one go.
Why convert JPG to TIFF
- Keeps every detail and every shade, with proper colour management.
- Multiple pages in a single file, useful for scanned documents.
- Document scanning, using multi-page TIFF as a fax-era standard.
- JPG: detail is thrown away, and each re-save takes a little more.
JPG compared with TIFF
How the two formats differ on the things that decide whether a conversion is worth making.
| Property | JPG | TIFF |
|---|---|---|
| File extension | .jpg | .tiff |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossy or lossless |
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| Multiple pages | No | Yes |
| Colour depth | 8 bits per channel, 24-bit colour | Up to 32 bits per channel, RGB, CMYK, Lab and greyscale |
| Typical file size | Smaller | Depends on mode |
| Browser support | Every browser | No browser support |
| Introduced | 1992 | 1986 |
| Developed by | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Aldus, now Adobe |
Quality and what changes
TIFF stores the same content under a different set of rules, so what matters here is compatibility rather than picture quality. Convert once from the best source you have rather than through a chain of intermediate files.
- Browsers will not display a TIFF, so it downloads rather than opening in a tab.
- One TIFF limitation to keep in mind: uncompressed TIFF files are very large.
Questions about JPG to TIFF
Does converting to TIFF add transparency?
It makes transparency possible but it cannot invent it. There is nothing see-through in a JPG to recover, so the background stays exactly as solid as it was. Removing a background is a separate editing step.
Can I open a TIFF in a browser?
No. No mainstream browser renders TIFF natively, so it will download rather than display. That is fine when the file is heading into desktop software or an archive, and a problem if it is going on a web page.
Is my JPG file uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole thing runs inside the browser tab you already have open. Your JPG is read straight from your own disk, converted on your machine and handed back as a TIFF. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing is stored and there is no account.
Is there a file size limit?
There is no server-side limit because no server sees the file. The real ceiling is your device memory, since the input and the output both have to fit in the tab. A few hundred megabytes is usually fine on a desktop machine and considerably less on a phone.
Can I convert several JPG files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are processed one after another, then offered as separate TIFF downloads or as a single ZIP. Speed depends on your own processor rather than on a queue.
Does the converter work offline?
Yes, after the page has loaded once. The engine is cached by the browser, so you can disconnect, reload and keep converting. That falls out of doing the work locally rather than being a separate mode you switch on.