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PNG to TIFF converter

Convert PNG to TIFF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want TIFF
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
Rotate
Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the PNG format and the TIFF format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert PNG to TIFF?

A print shop, publisher or archive asks for TIFF files.

A safe conversion when TIFF is what you need: both PNG and TIFF keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

Bear in mind TIFF is has patchy support: it works in photo editors, macOS Preview and Windows Photos, but not Chrome, Firefox or most upload forms.

PNG is a lossless image format with full transparency; TIFF is a high-fidelity format used by scanners, printers and archives. Use TIFF when a printer, publisher or archive asks for it, or for master copies of scans.

PNG and TIFF compared
Property PNG TIFF
Compression Lossless Lossless
Transparency Yes Yes
Animation No No
Support Opens everywhere Has patchy support
Best for Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or a transparent background Scans, print production and long-term archiving
Introduced 1996 1986

How to convert PNG to TIFF

  1. 01

    Add your PNG

    Drop your PNG image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to TIFF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the TIFF

    Press convert and save the TIFF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when PNG becomes TIFF

Nothing is discarded

PNG and TIFF both keep every pixel, so the picture survives the move intact. You can convert back and forth as often as you like without it degrading.

Transparency is kept

PNG and TIFF both support transparency, so transparent backgrounds and soft edges come through unchanged.

Expect a larger file

TIFF generally takes more room than PNG. If the file has to fit an upload limit, check the size once it’s converted. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of PNG and TIFF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the PNG. Photographs saved as PNG balloon in size. A holiday photo that is 3 MB as JPG can be 15 MB as PNG, because lossless compression can do very little with the fine grain of a real photograph.
  • About the TIFF. Multi-page TIFFs from scanners look like one picture in some viewers, so pages go unnoticed when converting.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting PNG to TIFF lose quality?

No. PNG and TIFF are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

Will the TIFF be smaller than the PNG?

Expect a larger file. TIFF generally takes more room than PNG. If the file has to fit an upload limit, check the size once it’s converted. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB.

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