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TIFF to JPG Converter

Choose a .tif or .tiff file from a scanner, fax archive or camera and get ordinary JPG images that open everywhere. A multi-page TIFF gives one JPG per page, and you can take them all as a ZIP. The file is decoded in your browser and never uploaded.

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TIFF to JPG

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Files are not uploaded - everything happens in your browser.

Need it the other way? Convert JPG to TIFF →

How to use the TIFF to JPG tool

  1. Choose one or more .tif or .tiff files, or drop them on the box.
  2. Leave the pages box empty for every page, or type a range such as 1-3,5.
  3. Pick a JPG quality and the colour to use for any transparent areas.
  4. Press Convert, then download each JPG or all of them as a ZIP.

Why TIFF files need converting

TIFF is the workhorse format of scanners, fax systems, document archives, medical and print workflows, and some professional cameras. It is excellent at what it was designed for: storing images without loss, holding many pages in one file and carrying all sorts of technical detail. What it is not good at is being shared. Chrome, Edge and Firefox do not display TIFF at all, most phones show only a grey icon, and many upload forms reject it.

JPG is the opposite: it opens on every device and in every app, and it is usually far smaller. Converting a TIFF scan to JPG is the quickest way to email it, attach it to a form or look at it on a phone.

Multi-page TIFF files

A single TIFF can hold dozens of pages, which is how scanners and fax machines often save a whole document. Each page is converted to its own JPG, named with the page number, and when there is more than one you can download them together as one ZIP.

If you only need some pages, type them in the pages box: 2 for a single page, 1-4 for a run, or 1,3,7-9 for a mix. Leave the box empty for every page. A range that matches no page in the file is reported rather than producing nothing.

If what you really want is one document rather than separate pictures, convert the JPGs to a single PDF afterwards with JPG to PDF on this site.

Which TIFFs can be read

TIFF is a family of formats rather than one, and the compression inside varies. Uncompressed TIFFs and those using LZW, PackBits or Deflate compression, which covers most scanners, cameras and image editors, are read. Black-and-white, greyscale, colour and images with transparency are all handled; transparent areas are filled with the background colour you choose, white by default, because JPG cannot be transparent.

The rarer CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 compression used by some fax systems and older document archives may not be read. If a file fails, the page says so plainly. In that case, opening it in an image editor and saving it as an ordinary uncompressed or LZW TIFF first will usually let it through.

Quality and file size

TIFF scans are often lossless, and JPG is not, so some quality is lost in the conversion. At 90%, the default, the difference is very hard to see, and the file is commonly five to twenty times smaller than the TIFF. Lower the quality to 70 or 80% if you need smaller files for email and the pages are mostly text; raise it to 95 or 100% for photographs you intend to edit further.

The pixel size of each page is kept as it is, so a 300 dpi A4 scan stays at its full resolution and remains sharp when printed.

Common uses

People use this to send scanned certificates or ID documents as JPGs, to open old fax archives on a phone, to put pages from a scanned report into a presentation, and to upload scanned forms to websites that accept only JPG. Photographers use it to make quick JPG copies of TIFF masters for sharing, keeping the original TIFF for editing.

Black-and-white and greyscale scans

Many document scanners save pages as one-bit black-and-white TIFFs, which are tiny because each pixel is either black or white. When such a page becomes a JPG it is stored as greyscale, and the file can be larger than the original TIFF even though it looks the same. That is normal. If size matters more than anything, lower the quality to 70%: text pages stay perfectly readable. For colour photographs the opposite is true, and the JPG is nearly always much smaller than the TIFF.

Very large pages are handled within a memory cap so that phones do not run out of memory; ordinary A4 and Letter scans at 300 or 600 dpi convert at full size.

Privacy

Scans are often of sensitive papers, so this tool never uploads them. The TIFF is decoded in this browser tab using an open-source TIFF reader, the JPGs are made on your device, and closing the tab clears everything.

Frequently asked questions

My TIFF has 20 pages. What happens?

You get 20 JPGs, and a single ZIP to download them all.

Will the quality drop?

A little, because JPG is lossy. At 90% the difference is hard to see.

Can I convert only some pages?

Yes. Type a range such as 1-3 or 2,5,7 in the pages box.

Why does my TIFF fail to open?

It may use CCITT fax compression, which may not be supported. Re-save it as an LZW or uncompressed TIFF in an image editor and try again.

What happens to transparent areas?

JPG cannot be transparent, so they are filled with the background colour you choose.

Can I get one PDF instead of many JPGs?

Convert the JPGs with JPG to PDF on this site to combine them into one document.

Are my scans uploaded?

No. Everything is done in your browser.

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