JPG to TIFF Converter — Convert JPG to TIFF Online
Drop a JPG below, choose TIFF as the output format, and download an uncompressed TIFF that a print shop, a prepress operator, or an archive will accept. Free, private, and entirely in your browser with no upload required.
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Supports HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, BMP, TIFF, SVG, GIF, ICO, PDF, JPG, PNG
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All conversion happens directly in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded to any server. Your images stay on your computer the entire time.
When to Use TIFF Over JPG
Convert when something downstream demands TIFF. That is the whole of it, and it is worth being blunt straight away: turning a JPG into a TIFF does not make the image better. The conversion copies your JPG's pixels exactly, so whatever JPEG compression threw away stays thrown away. What you gain is a container that professional pipelines were built around.
- Print and prepress: commercial printers, RIP software, and layout tools like InDesign and QuarkXPress are built to place TIFF for work headed to CMYK output.
- Archival: uncompressed TIFF is the long-term preservation standard used by libraries and museums, valued for a simple, stable structure that will still be readable decades from now.
- Editing masters: TIFF is a native Photoshop format carrying layers, 16-bit colour, and embedded ICC profiles — the format you keep re-opening and re-saving.
- Scientific and technical imaging: microscopy, GIS, and lab pipelines standardise on TIFF for its high bit depths and metadata support.
The re-saving point is the one people underestimate. Every time you re-save a JPG, it is compressed again. Taking this site's 1600 × 2000 photograph and re-saving it as a 92% JPG five times running drove it from 53.5 dB down to 53.0 dB against the first decode — a small loss, but a one-way one that never comes back. The same five round trips through uncompressed TIFF left a file bit-for-bit identical to where it started. If a file is going to be edited and saved repeatedly, that difference compounds; if it is going to be looked at once and printed, it does not.
And when nothing downstream asks for TIFF, keep the JPG. Nothing on the web wants a 9 MB uncompressed file. For choosing a format by where the image is actually going, the image format by use case guide walks through each one.
JPG vs. TIFF for Print Quality
At the moment of printing, a JPG and a TIFF made from it produce the same sheet of paper. They hold the same pixels. The reason print shops ask for TIFF is not that it prints sharper — it is that TIFF cannot be accidentally re-compressed on its way through a workflow, and that it carries colour profiles, high bit depths, and CMYK data through prepress software without surprises. JPG is an 8-bit RGB delivery format that quietly discards detail every time it is written.
So the quality question is decided long before this converter runs. If your JPG was saved at a high quality setting from a large original, its TIFF will print beautifully. If it was pulled off a website at 800 px wide, no format conversion will rescue it. Convert the best original you have — a RAW file, a scan, or a PNG export — rather than a JPG that has already been through the mill.
What genuinely governs print quality is pixel count, not format. Print size is simply pixels divided by the resolution your printer works at:
| Image | Print size at 300 DPI | Print size at 200 DPI |
|---|---|---|
| 1400 × 931 | 4.67 × 3.10 in | 7.00 × 4.66 in |
| 1600 × 1067 | 5.33 × 3.56 in | 8.00 × 5.33 in |
| 1600 × 2000 | 5.33 × 6.67 in | 8.00 × 10.00 in |
The TIFF this tool writes records 72 DPIin its resolution tags, and that is not a limit on anything. DPI is a note about intended physical size; it adds no pixels and removes none. A 1600 × 2000 file prints at 5.33 × 6.67 inches at 300 DPI whether the tag says 72 or 300. Set the physical size in your layout application, or tell the printer the dimensions you want.
File Size Implications
Expect the TIFF to be dramatically larger — one or two orders of magnitude. Uncompressed TIFF spends three bytes on every pixel, one per colour channel, so its size is set by the dimensions and not by the content:
bytes = width × height × 3 + 180 (header)
Here is what that costs in practice, measured on the three photographs this site ships, each converted through the tool above:
| Pixels | Source JPG | Uncompressed TIFF | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 × 931 | 254.8 KB | 3.7 MB | 15× |
| 1600 × 1067 | 144.1 KB | 4.9 MB | 35× |
| 1600 × 2000 | 259.3 KB | 9.2 MB | 36× |
Notice that the growth factor is not constant. The 1400 × 931 image grew only 15× because it is a busy, detailed picture that JPEG could not squeeze very hard in the first place — its JPG was already fat. The 1600 × 1067 photograph compressed beautifully as a JPG, so it had further to fall. The better your JPG compressed, the more shocking the TIFF will look.
Two ways to spend less. TIFF supports lossless LZW and ZIP compression, which any desktop editor can apply on re-save; this tool deliberately writes the uncompressed variant because it is the one every reader, however old, can open. Alternatively, if you only wanted a lossless copy and not TIFF specifically, PNG stores the same pixels with real compression — see JPG to PNG.
How to Convert JPG to TIFF
- Drag your JPG file into the drop zone, or click to browse and select it.
- Choose TIFF from the Output Format menu. There is no quality slider — uncompressed TIFF has nothing to trade away.
- Download the converted TIFF — it's saved straight to your device.
Drop several JPGs at once and take them away together as a ZIP; the size readout beside each file shows exactly how much it grew. Nothing is uploaded — the TIFF is assembled byte by byte in your browser. Reversing the trip with TIFF to JPG costs another round of JPEG compression, so keep whichever copy is the master. For the general rules on which conversions preserve pixels and which do not, read how to convert images without quality loss, and if you have a folder rather than a file, see batch convert images without losing quality.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does converting JPG to TIFF improve print quality?
No, and this is the single most important thing to understand before you convert. TIFF copies the pixels your JPG decodes to — exactly, bit for bit — but it cannot recover the detail JPEG compression already discarded. A soft, blocky JPG becomes a soft, blocky TIFF that happens to be thirty times larger. Convert because a printer, a layout program, or an archive asked for TIFF, not because you expect the image to look better. If you still have the camera original or the RAW file, convert that instead.
Is JPG to TIFF conversion lossless?
The TIFF step is. Your JPG is decoded to pixels once, and this tool writes those exact pixels into an uncompressed TIFF with no second round of compression, so nothing is lost on the way out. What you cannot undo is the loss that happened when the JPG was first saved. Think of it as a faithful copy of an imperfect original: the copy adds no new damage, and it repairs none of the old.
Why is my TIFF so much larger than the JPG?
Because this converter writes uncompressed TIFF, so the file size depends on the pixel dimensions rather than the picture. Each pixel costs three bytes — one each for red, green, and blue — plus a 180-byte header. A 1600×2000 photo therefore lands at 9.2 MB no matter what it shows, while the JPG that produced it was 259.3 KB. Across the three photographs on this site the growth ranged from 15× to 36×. That is the price of an uncompressed archival container, not a sign anything went wrong.
What DPI is the converted TIFF, and will it print at 300 DPI?
The file records 72 DPI, and that number does not limit what you can print. DPI is metadata describing how big the image is meant to be on paper; it adds no pixels and removes none. Print size comes from the pixel dimensions: a 1600×2000 image prints 5.33 × 6.67 inches at 300 DPI, or 8 × 10 inches at 200 DPI. Set the physical size in your layout application, or tell the print shop the dimensions you want — the pixels are all there either way.
Is the TIFF compressed with LZW or ZIP?
No. This tool writes uncompressed baseline TIFF 6.0 — the plainest, most widely readable variant of the format, with no compression scheme to trip up an older RIP or an archival reader decades from now. LZW and ZIP compressed TIFFs are both lossless and considerably smaller, and any desktop editor can re-save the file that way if disk space matters more to you than maximum compatibility.
Will Photoshop and my print shop open this file?
Baseline uncompressed RGB TIFF is the most broadly supported form of the format, and it is what professional editors, prepress tools, and RIP software are built to read. The converter writes standard little-endian TIFF with a single uncompressed strip, 8 bits per channel, and correct resolution tags. Transparency is preserved as an alpha channel when the source has one — a JPG never does, so a converted JPG comes out as plain RGB.
Should I archive my JPGs as TIFF?
Usually not. Converting a JPG to TIFF multiplies its size without adding back any information, so you end up storing an expensive copy of a lossy file. Archive the JPG itself, or archive whatever original produced it. TIFF earns its size when it is the master — a scan, a RAW conversion, or an edit you intend to re-open and re-save repeatedly without accumulating loss.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using your device's own processing, and the TIFF is assembled in memory on your machine. Your images never leave your computer, which matters when the artwork is a client's, confidential, or simply not yours to upload.