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JPG to TIFF Converter
Convert JPG photographs to TIFF, the lossless format printers, publishers and archives usually ask for. Before you do, one thing is worth being clear about: converting to TIFF does not improve your image. It preserves what you have from further loss, in a much larger file.
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Step by step
How to convert JPG to TIFF in 3 steps
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Add your JPG files
Drag them in or click to browse.
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Nothing to configure
The TIFF is written with lossless LZW compression, so there is no quality decision.
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Expect a file several times larger than the JPG.
Format comparison
JPG vs TIFF
JPG / JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
LossyShrinks photographs to a fraction of their size by discarding fine detail the eye is least likely to notice.
- Small files for photographs
- Opens on virtually every device, browser and app
- Blurs text and sharp edges, and re-saving loses a little more each time
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
LosslessA flexible container used in scanning, printing and archiving, where quality matters more than size.
- Lossless, with high bit depths and CMYK for print
- Standard in publishing and scanning workflows
- Large files, and web browsers cannot display it
Most people arrive here because someone asked for a TIFF — a printer, a publisher, a stock library or an archive. It is worth understanding what that request actually means, because converting a JPG may or may not satisfy it.
What they are usually asking for is quality that was never in your JPG. When a printer specifies TIFF, they mean an image that has not been through lossy compression, at a resolution high enough to print. Converting a JPG gives them a TIFF-shaped file containing exactly the same compressed image, artefacts and all.
To be concrete about what conversion does and does not do:
- Quality does not improve. JPEG discarded detail permanently when the file was made. TIFF stores the result faithfully; it cannot reconstruct what is gone.
- Quality stops degrading. This is the genuine benefit. Every re-save of a JPG costs a little more. Once it is a TIFF, further saves cost nothing.
- The file gets much larger, typically five to ten times, because it is now storing every pixel rather than a compressed approximation.
- No CMYK is created. The TIFF stays RGB. If a printer needs CMYK, that is a colour-managed conversion with a specific profile, not something a format change does.
- No resolution is added. A 1000-pixel-wide JPG becomes a 1000-pixel-wide TIFF. If they need 300 dpi at A4, you need roughly 3500 pixels — and no conversion creates them.
So: if you have the original and it is not a JPG, send that instead. If a JPG is genuinely all you have, converting is reasonable — just tell whoever receives it that it started as a JPG, rather than letting them assume otherwise.
Quality
Quality and file size
There is no quality setting. TIFF here is written with LZW compression, which is lossless — it reduces size by finding patterns and never by discarding detail, so the file is an exact record of the JPG as it currently stands.
What to expect on size:
- A 2 MB JPG commonly becomes a 10–20 MB TIFF.
- Photographs compress worst, because LZW is designed for repeating patterns rather than the fine variation photographs are made of.
- Graphics and flat-colour images compress far better.
Two situations where this conversion is genuinely the right move:
- Before a long editing session. Converting to TIFF first means the twenty saves that follow cost you nothing, where twenty JPG saves would visibly degrade the image.
- When a submission system requires the format and will not take a JPG at all.
If the requirement is really about avoiding further loss rather than the TIFF format specifically, PNG does the same job, is lossless too, and is far more widely supported.
What a printer actually needs
If someone has asked you for a print-ready file, the format is usually the least important part of the request. What matters is:
- Resolution. Around 300 pixels per printed inch. A 6×4 inch print needs about 1800×1200 pixels; A4 needs roughly 3500×2480. Check your pixel dimensions before anything else — this is the requirement people most often fail.
- Colour. Presses use CMYK. Converting a JPG to TIFF leaves it RGB, and a proper CMYK conversion needs the printer's own profile. Most modern printers accept RGB and convert it themselves — ask rather than guessing.
- Not having been through JPEG twice. Which is the real reason they asked for TIFF.
Sending a converted JPG meets the format requirement while quietly failing the underlying one. That is worth mentioning to them rather than hoping nobody notices.
When to convert, and when not to
Convert when a system demands TIFF, when you are about to edit repeatedly, or when you are archiving and want the file to stop degrading.
Do not convert hoping to improve the image, to add resolution, or to make a low-quality JPG acceptable for print. None of those work, and the large file can create the impression of quality that is not there.
TIFF or PNG?
Both are lossless, so for preserving an image they are equivalent. The differences:
- TIFF is the professional print and archive standard, handles CMYK and 16-bit depth, and can hold multiple pages. It is also unreadable in web browsers.
- PNG is smaller for the same image, opens everywhere including browsers, and supports transparency.
If nobody has specifically asked for TIFF, PNG is usually the more practical choice.
Metadata
Camera metadata, including GPS coordinates, is not carried into the TIFF. If you are submitting work where the capture data matters — some archives and stock libraries want it — mention that the file has been stripped, or supply the original alongside.
Privacy
What happens to your file
This tool runs on our server, so it works the same on every phone and computer. Your file is uploaded, and this is exactly what happens to it:
- Stored outside the public web root under a random name, never under your file's name.
- Processed, with the original upload deleted immediately — whether it succeeded or failed.
- The result sits behind a signed link that only you receive, which stops working after 20 minutes, and the file is deleted the moment you download it.
- Anything never collected is deleted automatically within 30 minutes.
- The image itself is never logged or kept. If a conversion fails, we record the formats involved and the error — not the file.
- Camera metadata, including any GPS coordinates recording where a photo was taken, is removed from the result. Only the rotation needed to show the image the right way up is kept.
Questions & answers
JPG to TIFF: frequently asked questions
Will converting my JPG to TIFF improve the quality?
No. JPEG discarded detail permanently when the file was created, and no conversion can reconstruct it. What TIFF does is stop any further loss, which is genuinely useful before an editing session but is not an improvement to what you already have.
My printer asked for a TIFF. Is converting my JPG enough?
It meets the letter of the request but probably not the intent. They asked for TIFF because they want an image that has not been through lossy compression — and yours has. Check the resolution too: around 300 pixels per printed inch. Send the original if it is not a JPG, and tell them if it is.
Why is the TIFF five to ten times bigger?
Because it now stores every pixel rather than a compressed approximation. LZW compression is lossless and works by finding repeating patterns, which photographs have few of. That size is the cost of storing the image exactly.
Does this produce a CMYK file for printing?
No, the TIFF stays RGB. A proper CMYK conversion is colour-managed and needs the printer's specific profile — it is not something a format change performs. Most modern printers accept RGB and convert it themselves; ask rather than assuming.
Should I use TIFF or PNG?
Both are lossless and equivalent for preserving an image. TIFF is the print and archive standard and handles CMYK, 16-bit and multiple pages, but browsers cannot display it. PNG is smaller, opens everywhere and supports transparency. Unless TIFF was specifically requested, PNG is usually more practical.
Does converting add resolution for printing?
No. A 1000-pixel-wide JPG becomes a 1000-pixel-wide TIFF. If a printer needs 300 dpi at A4 you need roughly 3500 pixels, and no format conversion creates pixels that were never captured.
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