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TIFF to WebP Converter

Convert a TIFF into WebP — a compact, widely supported web copy of a scan, print file or archive master. A photograph came out about 89% smaller in testing, and transparency is kept. WebP's one real limit here is colour depth: it stores 8 bits per channel, so a 16-bit TIFF is rounded down. If keeping that matters, the section below explains the alternative.

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Smaller file More detail
Presets:

Higher keeps more detail; lower makes a smaller file. Applies to images you add after changing it.

Step by step

How to convert TIFF to WEBP in 3 steps

  1. Check for multiple pages

    Only page one is converted; TIFF to PDF keeps every page.

  2. Add your TIFF and adjust quality if needed

  3. Download your WebP

Format comparison

TIFF vs WEBP

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

Lossless

A 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

WebP

Lossy or lossless

A web format from Google that can work like JPG or like PNG, usually producing a smaller file than either.

  • Smaller files than JPG or PNG for most images
  • Supported by every current browser
  • Some older desktop software and upload forms still reject it

From master file to web copy

TIFFs are built to preserve everything, which makes them large and unsuitable for web pages. WebP is built to deliver images quickly. Measured at this page's default setting:

  • An 8-bit photograph: 361 KB → 39 KB, 89% smaller.
  • The same photo saved as a 16-bit TIFF: 723 KB → 39 KB.
  • A transparent graphic: 960 KB → 3.4 KB, with its transparency intact.

What 8 bits per channel means here

The 16-bit TIFF and the 8-bit TIFF of the same photograph produced byte-for-byte identical WebP files. That makes the loss unusually easy to see: all of the extra precision in the 16-bit file was discarded, and nothing distinguishes the result from an 8-bit original.

For most web images that is fine — screens and browsers generally display 8 bits per channel anyway. It matters for images with very smooth gradients, or ones you might edit further. For those, TIFF to AVIF keeps 12 bits and produces smaller files, though it is slower to create and supported by less software outside browsers.

What else changes

  • CMYK becomes screen colour. Print files are converted to RGB, which is what browsers display; the original ink values cannot be recovered from the WebP.
  • Only the first page is kept. The tool counts the pages and tells you when a TIFF had more than one.
  • It is lossy. At the default setting a photograph looks essentially unchanged, but the WebP is a delivery copy, not a replacement for the TIFF.
  • Metadata is not carried. Scanner, camera and location data stay in the TIFF.

Quality

Quality and file size

  • 85, the default — photographs, artwork and scans at full size.
  • 90–100 — fine detail that will be viewed closely, such as product or art photography.
  • 60–75 — thumbnails, previews and backgrounds.

WebP, AVIF or JPG?

Measured on a 3000 × 2000 photograph — one previously saved as a JPEG, which makes it compress more easily than a camera original:

  • AVIF — 68 KB. Smallest, keeps 12 bits, but took about 3.6 seconds to create.
  • WebP — 102 KB. Created in about 0.6 seconds, and supported by more software outside browsers than AVIF.
  • JPG — 381 KB. The largest, but opens absolutely everywhere.

For a website serving modern browsers, AVIF is smallest. For a quick, broadly compatible web copy, WebP. For files you send to other people, JPG.

Large TIFFs

Print and archive TIFFs often have far more pixels than a web page shows. Resizing to the displayed size first makes the WebP smaller and faster to load.

When TIFF to WebP makes sense

  • Publishing scans and print photography online from TIFF masters.
  • Content management systems that accept WebP but not TIFF or AVIF.
  • Digital archives offering fast web previews of TIFF originals.
  • Batch preparing images where encoding speed matters.

Scanned documents

For scanned pages of text, a lossy web format can soften fine lettering, and multi-page scans lose every page but the first. TIFF to PDF keeps every page losslessly and is the better choice for documents.

Keep the TIFF

The WebP is a web copy. Everything this conversion discards — exact pixels, bit depth above 8, CMYK values, extra pages and metadata — exists only in the TIFF, so keep it as the master.

Going the other way

WebP to TIFF reverses this, when a web image needs to go into a print or publishing workflow.

What happens to your file

Browsers cannot read TIFF files, so this runs on our server. Your upload is deleted the moment conversion finishes, the result is deleted as you download it, and anything abandoned is swept automatically.

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

TIFF to WebP: frequently asked questions

How much smaller is WebP than TIFF?

Much smaller. At the default setting an 8-bit photograph went from 361 KB to 39 KB, and a transparent graphic from 960 KB to 3.4 KB.

Does WebP keep my 16-bit colour?

No — WebP stores 8 bits per channel. A 16-bit TIFF and the 8-bit TIFF of the same photo produced byte-for-byte identical WebP files. For higher precision, TIFF to AVIF keeps 12 bits.

Is transparency kept?

Yes. WebP has a full alpha channel, so a TIFF with transparency becomes a WebP with it.

What happens to a CMYK print file?

It is converted to RGB screen colour, which browsers display. The original ink values cannot be recovered from the WebP, so keep the TIFF for printing.

My TIFF has several pages.

Only page one is converted, and the tool tells you how many pages there were. For multi-page scans, TIFF to PDF keeps every page.

Should I choose WebP or AVIF?

AVIF is smaller and keeps 12 bits — 68 KB against 102 KB on a 3000 × 2000 photo — but took about six times longer to create and is supported by less software outside browsers. WebP is the quicker, more compatible choice.

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