Convert TIFF to JPG

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is a flexible, high-quality format used by scanners, fax software, professional cameras, publishing and archives. It is excellent for preserving detail, but:

• Files are huge. An uncompressed letter-size scan at 300 DPI can be 25 MB or more.
• Most browsers cannot show TIFF. Apart from Safari, web browsers do not display TIFF images, so you often cannot preview them in web mail or upload them to websites.
• Phones and forms often reject TIFF. Many upload portals only accept JPG, PNG or PDF.

Converting to JPG typically cuts the size by 90% or more while keeping the image perfectly readable.

Because most browsers cannot display TIFF directly, the tool includes its own TIFF decoder. It reads the file in your browser, converts the pixels, and saves a JPG. Nothing is uploaded, which matters for scanned documents like IDs, contracts or medical forms.

• Batch conversion: drop a whole folder of scans; several files download as one ZIP.
• Quality: 90% keeps text and detail crisp. For text-only scans, 75–80% is usually still very readable and much smaller.
• Multi-page TIFF: only the first page is converted. If your TIFF holds several pages, save each page separately in your scanner software, or scan straight to PDF.
• Transparency (rare in TIFF) is filled with white.

	TIFF	JPG
Compression	None or lossless (usually)	Lossy
File size	Very large	Small
Layers, multiple pages	Supported	No
Browser preview	No	Yes
Best for	Archiving, print production	Sharing, email, web, upload forms

Keep the original TIFF if it is your archival master copy or if a printer requested it. Use JPG for everything you send or post.

A practical workflow for photographers and archivists: keep the TIFF masters in a backup folder, and create JPG copies for sharing whenever you need them. Converting from the master each time avoids the gradual loss that comes from re-saving a JPG again and again.

If you scan documents regularly, you can skip the conversion step:

• Most scanner apps let you choose JPG or PDF as the output format.
• For documents, 200–300 DPI is enough for clear, readable text. 600 DPI is only needed for small print or detailed photos.
• For multi-page documents, scan directly to PDF.
• Grayscale scans of text are smaller than color scans.

Already have the JPGs? Combine them into one document with an image to PDF tool, or extract the text with Image to text.

Check one converted file before deleting anything: open it, zoom in on small text and fine detail, and make sure it looks right. If edges look soft, convert again at a higher quality.

Need the file even smaller, for example under 500 KB for an online application? Run the JPG through Compress image and pick a target size. To crop away scanner borders, use Crop image.