Upload your TIFF file to the converter above, set your preferred quality level (85 is a good starting point), optionally enter target dimensions, and click Convert. The JPG file downloads immediately. The entire process takes a few seconds and requires no software or account.
TIFF to JPG Converter
Convert TIFF images to JPG with adjustable compression quality and optional resizing. Handles standard RGB, CMYK, and 16-bit TIFF files. No software to install.
Why Convert TIFF to JPG?
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) was designed in the 1980s for desktop publishing and remains the standard archival image format for photography, scanning, and print production. It preserves every pixel of image data without lossy compression, which is exactly what you want for editing and archiving -- but it creates extremely large files in the process.
A single uncompressed TIFF from a modern scanner or camera can easily reach 50-150 MB. That is perfectly acceptable on a local hard drive, but becomes a problem the moment you need to share, upload, or display the image:
- Email attachments typically cap at 25 MB. A single TIFF can exceed that.
- Websites and social platforms do not render TIFF files. Browsers simply will not display them.
- Cloud storage and bandwidth costs scale with file size. Thousands of archived TIFFs add up fast.
JPG solves these problems through lossy compression. It analyzes the image and discards visual information that the human eye is least likely to notice -- typically reducing file size by 90-99% compared to TIFF. A 60 MB TIFF might become a 1-2 MB JPG that looks virtually identical at normal viewing distances.
The trade-off is that JPG compression is irreversible. Once you convert a TIFF to JPG, the discarded data cannot be recovered. This is why the conversion is almost always a one-way workflow: you keep the TIFF as your master file and export JPG copies for sharing and web use.
Understanding the Key Differences
Knowing what changes (and what does not) when you convert a TIFF file to JPG helps you make better decisions about quality settings.
| TIFF | JPG | |
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| Compression | Lossless (LZW/ZIP) or uncompressed | Lossy (DCT-based) |
| Color depth | 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit per channel | 8-bit per channel |
| Color spaces | RGB, CMYK, Lab, Grayscale | RGB, Grayscale |
| Transparency | Supported (alpha channel) | Not supported |
| Multi-page | Supported (multiple images in one file) | Not supported |
| Metadata | Full EXIF, IPTC, XMP | EXIF and basic XMP |
| Typical file size | 10-150 MB per image | 100 KB - 3 MB per image |
| Browser support | None | Universal |
| Best for | Archival, editing, print | Web, sharing, email |
Three things to keep in mind:
- Color depth drops from 16-bit to 8-bit. If your TIFF is a 16-bit scan (common in professional photography and fine art reproduction), the conversion reduces it to 8-bit. For most viewing purposes this is imperceptible, but if you plan to do heavy color grading later, keep the 16-bit TIFF as your source.
- CMYK gets converted to RGB. TIFF files from print workflows often use the CMYK color space. Since JPG only supports RGB, the converter performs a color space transformation. There may be slight color shifts -- particularly in saturated cyans and deep blues -- because the CMYK gamut does not map perfectly to RGB.
- Transparency is lost. TIFF supports alpha channels; JPG does not. Any transparent areas in your TIFF will be filled with a solid color (typically white) in the JPG output. If you need transparency, convert to PNG instead.
How to Convert TIFF to JPG
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Step 1 -- Upload your TIFF file
Click the upload area or drag and drop your file. The converter accepts both .tiff and .tif extensions -- they are the same format, just different file extension lengths (TIF is the legacy 3-character variant from older operating systems).
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Step 2 -- Choose your quality and size settings
Quality (1-100): This controls how aggressively the JPG compression discards visual data. At quality 95-100, the output is nearly indistinguishable from the original. At 80-90, the file is significantly smaller with minimal visible difference. Below 70, compression artifacts (blocky areas, color banding) become noticeable. For most use cases, 85 is a good default -- it balances file size and visual fidelity well.
Width and Height (optional): If you need the output at specific dimensions -- for a website banner, a social media post, or a document -- enter the target size here. Leave blank to keep the original TIFF dimensions.
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Step 3 -- Convert and download
Click "Convert to JPG" and the file is processed. Download your JPG -- no watermark, no sign-up required. You can also choose between .jpg and .jpeg file extensions; they are functionally identical.
Choosing the Right Quality Setting
The quality slider is the single most important control when converting TIFF to JPG. Getting it right means the difference between a file that looks great and one that is either unnecessarily large or visibly degraded.
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Quality 95-100: Archival-grade JPG
Use this when visual fidelity is the top priority and file size is secondary. The output will be the closest possible to the original TIFF in terms of color accuracy and detail. Expect file sizes roughly 5-10x smaller than the TIFF (still a massive reduction).
Best for: Portfolio images, client deliverables, medical or scientific imaging where accuracy matters.
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Quality 80-90: The practical sweet spot
This is where most conversions should land. At quality 85, the human eye cannot distinguish the JPG from the source TIFF at normal viewing distances, but the file size is typically 20-50x smaller. Compression artifacts are confined to areas of subtle gradients and are invisible at screen resolution.
Best for: Web publishing, email attachments, social media, document archiving.
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Quality 60-75: Maximum compression
Noticeable quality loss begins here -- soft edges, color banding in gradients, and blocky artifacts in areas of fine detail. The benefit is very small files (often under 200 KB even for large images).
Best for: Thumbnails, low-bandwidth contexts, quick previews where image quality is not critical.
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Quality below 50: Rarely useful
Heavy artifacts are visible across the entire image. Only appropriate for extreme file size constraints or placeholder images.
Common Scenarios
Scanning and digitization
Flatbed scanners and document scanning services typically produce TIFF files at 300-600 DPI. These are ideal for archival storage, but the resulting files (often 30-100 MB each) are impractical for sharing or viewing in a browser. Converting the scanned TIFF images to JPG at quality 85-90 makes them easy to email, upload to cloud storage, or embed in documents -- while looking essentially identical.
Photography workflow
Professional photographers often shoot RAW and export to TIFF for editing in Photoshop or Lightroom. Once editing is complete, the TIFF master gets archived, and JPG copies are exported for clients, websites, and social media. This converter handles that final step -- you can set exact dimensions and quality to match each delivery context.
Architecture and CAD exports
Architectural drawings and CAD renders are frequently exported as high-resolution TIFF files for print. When these need to be shared via email or presented in a web-based project management tool, converting to JPG is the simplest way to make them accessible without specialized software.
Print-to-web conversion
TIFF files from print production often use CMYK color, 300+ DPI resolution, and dimensions measured in inches rather than pixels. Converting these to JPG automatically transforms CMYK to RGB and produces a web-ready file. If you need specific pixel dimensions for your website or social platform, use the width/height fields to resize during conversion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some data is always lost in the conversion because JPG uses lossy compression. However, at quality settings of 85 or above, the difference is imperceptible to the human eye in virtually all normal viewing conditions. The key is choosing an appropriate quality level -- the converter gives you full control over this trade-off.
They are the same format. TIF is the 3-character file extension from the era when operating systems (like MS-DOS and early Windows) required extensions to be 3 characters or fewer. TIFF is the full 4-character extension. The converter accepts both.
The converter automatically transforms CMYK to RGB during the conversion, since JPG only supports RGB. In most cases the colors will look very close to the original. However, certain colors that exist in the CMYK gamut (especially deep blues and vivid cyans) may shift slightly because RGB cannot reproduce them exactly. For color-critical work, it is worth comparing the output to your original.
JPG does not support transparency. Any transparent areas in your TIFF will be filled with white in the JPG output. If preserving transparency is important, convert to PNG instead -- PNG supports full alpha-channel transparency.
The converter processes the first page of a multi-page TIFF file. If your file contains multiple pages (common with scanned documents), you would need to split it into individual pages first, then convert each one to JPG separately.
It depends on the quality setting and image content, but the reduction is typically dramatic. At quality 85, a 50 MB TIFF will usually produce a 1-3 MB JPG. At quality 70, it might be 500 KB - 1 MB. Simple images with large areas of solid color compress more efficiently than complex photographs.
Yes -- if storage allows. TIFF is your lossless master. JPG conversion is effectively a one-way operation; you cannot reconstruct the original quality from a JPG. The standard workflow is to archive the TIFF and use the JPG for distribution.
Yes. Enter your desired width and height (in pixels) before converting. The maximum output dimension is 16,384 pixels on either side. If you only enter one dimension (width or height), the converter maintains the original aspect ratio.
Yes -- no registration, no watermarks, no conversion limits. Use it as many times as you need.