What TIFF is
TIFF is a container rather than a single codec: it can hold uncompressed, LZW or ZIP-compressed pages, 16-bit channels, layers and multiple pages. Scanners, print shops and archives standardised on it because it loses nothing and everybody's professional tools open it.
Phones, browsers and messaging apps mostly don't, and files run from tens to hundreds of megabytes. Converting a TIFF to JPG or PNG is the normal way to share it.
Use TIFF when
- Scans, print hand-offs and long-term archives.
- Images with 16-bit colour or multiple pages that must stay intact.
Avoid TIFF when
- Sharing, uploading or viewing on a phone.
How ConvertX handles TIFF
- Reads .tif and .tiff and writes TIFF on every platform; the first page of a multi-page TIFF is converted.
- "Smaller files" mode saves TIFF as PNG; "Exact quality" keeps it as it is unless resized.
- TIFF output is written uncompressed-compatible and lossless; no EXIF is copied.
Extensions: .tif, .tiff. Metadata: no EXIF is written by ConvertX.
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Frequently asked questions
TIF or TIFF?
Same format. ConvertX reads both and writes .tiff.
Why convert TIFF to JPG?
To share or upload it: JPG is often 10–20× smaller and opens everywhere. Keep the TIFF as your master.
Does ConvertX convert multi-page TIFFs?
It converts the first page. Split multi-page TIFFs in a scanning tool first if you need every page.