Convert TIFF to JPG
TIFF is the format of scanners, print shops and archives: lossless, often 16 bits per colour, sometimes CMYK, and very large. A JPG of the same picture is a fraction of the size and opens in every program, website and phone.
- Upload one or more
.tifor.tifffiles, or a ZIP of a whole folder of scans. - Keep “JPG / JPEG” and quality 90.
- Click Convert. Sub-folders of a ZIP are kept in the result.
What happens to the picture
- 16-bit scans are reduced to the 8 bits per colour a JPG stores. Keep a PNG or the TIFF as your archive copy if you need the full depth; for viewing and sharing, 8 bits are plenty.
- CMYK TIFFs from print workflows are converted to RGB.
- Transparency (TIFFs with an alpha channel) is filled with white, or the colour you choose under More options.
- Multi-page TIFFs, such as scanned documents or faxes, give the first page, with a note.
- Rotation stored in the TIFF is applied, and the colour profile is kept.
Smaller files
At quality 90 a photo or scan typically shrinks a lot compared with an uncompressed TIFF. For even smaller files, lower the quality to 75–80, or set “Also shrink to” under More options: a 600 dpi scan often has far more pixels than a screen needs.
Good to know
- Camera RAW files that use the TIFF structure (DNG, CR2, NEF and others) are recognised and developed properly instead of showing their small preview.
- For lossless results, convert to PNG instead: smaller than most TIFFs and readable everywhere.
More about what this tool reads and writes: Image Converter.