Convert TIFF to JPG
Upload a .tif or .tiff and get a quality-90 JPG. A second decoder handles the CMYK, old-LZW and JPEG-in-TIFF variants that often error out elsewhere; for a CMYK scan, convert it to sRGB in your editor first if you need the JPG to look right in a browser or on a phone. If the TIFF holds several pages, only the first one is converted.
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Why Convert TIFF to JPG?
TIFF is a container, not one fixed format. The same extension can hold uncompressed pixels, LZW, ZIP, old-style JPEG or CCITT Group 4 fax data; RGB, CMYK, grayscale or one-bit black and white; 8-bit or 16-bit samples; and a single image or hundreds of pages stacked in one file. That is why one .tif opens fine while the next one errors out in the same program. TIFF has no reliable browser support - Chrome, Firefox and Edge show nothing - which is usually what sends people looking for a JPG.
The file is decoded on our servers in two stages. libvips reads it first, which covers the common RGB and grayscale cases. When a variant defeats that reader - typical of CMYK prepress files, older LZW writers and JPEG-compressed TIFFs - ImageMagick takes over as a fallback. Pixels are auto-oriented, so a scan or camera file comes out the right way up even if its orientation was stored only as a tag, and the JPEG is written at quality 90 with 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.
The trade is explicit. JPEG compression is lossy and permanent, so keep the TIFF as your master and treat the JPG as the copy you send around. 16-bit samples collapse to 8 bits because JPEG has no deeper mode, and an alpha channel cannot survive because JPEG has no transparency. EXIF and embedded colour profiles are not written into the output on the fast path, and wide-gamut input such as Adobe RGB is converted to sRGB. Only the first page of a multi-page TIFF is read.
This fits scanner and fax output, a print-ready file a client wants to preview, and Android or iPhone galleries that show nothing at all for .tif. Where pixel fidelity matters more than file size, PNG is the better target on this site.
How to Convert TIFF to JPG
- Check whether your TIFF is multi-page. Scanner and fax output often is, and only page 1 converts here, so split it first in Photoshop, IrfanView, GIMP or ImageMagick if you need every page.
- If the file came from a print workflow and is CMYK, convert it to RGB or sRGB in your editor when exact colour matters; prepress colour does not translate to screen colour on its own.
- Upload the file on this page. Both .tif and .tiff are accepted as the same format, up to 50 MB per file as a guest and 100 MB with a free account, and up to 10 files in one request.
- Select JPG as the target and start the conversion. Large uncompressed scans spend most of the time uploading, and batches over 95 MB are routed through our storage layer first.
- Download each JPG from the results list. Links stay valid for about four hours, after which the output is deleted.
What This Converter Does
- Two decoders behind one button: a fast libvips read, with an automatic ImageMagick fallback for CMYK, old LZW and JPEG-in-TIFF variants
- JPEG written at quality 90 with 4:2:0 subsampling, which cuts an uncompressed scan down sharply while staying clean at normal viewing sizes
- Pixels are auto-oriented, so rotated scans come out upright without relying on a tag the viewer may ignore
- .tif and .tiff are treated as the same format, so no renaming is needed before upload
- Transparency is flattened because JPEG has no alpha channel: usually onto white, onto black when the artwork is very light or when the file goes through the ImageMagick fallback, and a fully transparent image is rejected with an error rather than saved blank
- Up to 10 TIFFs per request on the free tiers, 25 on Plus and 50 on Pro, each returned as its own JPG
Video Tutorial
Watch this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to convert TIFF files to JPG format online for free using MiConvert.com. No software installation required.
Frequent Questions
Can I convert TIFF to JPG without losing quality?
Not strictly. TIFF is usually lossless and JPEG never is, so some data is discarded whatever tool you use. The output here is quality 90, which is hard to tell from the original on screen, but the loss is permanent and compounds if the JPG is re-saved repeatedly. If you need lossless pixels, convert the TIFF to PNG instead and keep the TIFF as your master.
What happens to a multi-page TIFF?
Only the first page is converted, and that is also true of our TIFF to PDF page, so it is not a workaround. Split the file first - locally, convert scan.tif page-%d.jpg in ImageMagick does it - then upload up to 10 of those pages in one request here.
Is there a batch TIFF to JPG converter?
One request takes up to 10 files as a guest or free account, 25 on Plus and 50 on Pro, and each becomes a separate JPG. There is no ZIP of the results and no folder upload, so you download them individually. For hundreds of scans, ImageMagick's mogrify -format jpg *.tif is the practical local option.
Why do the colours change on a CMYK TIFF?
CMYK describes ink on paper, not light on a screen, and there is no print-grade colour management step in the conversion; a CMYK source can also produce a JPG that browsers and phone galleries render oddly. Open the TIFF in Photoshop, Affinity or GIMP, convert it to sRGB with the right profile, save it, and convert that file.
My TIFF failed with "ImageMagick conversion failed - the file may be corrupt or unsupported". Why?
That message means both decoders gave up: usually a truncated or partially written scan, or a TIFF variant neither decoder can read. Reopen it in the program that created it and re-export as an uncompressed or LZW TIFF, or as PNG, then convert that.
What about "Input image exceeds pixel limit"?
Very high-resolution scans can exceed the decoders' ceilings, which sit around 16,000 pixels per side and roughly 128 to 268 megapixels in total depending on the path taken. Downscale or crop the TIFF in an image editor first. A 600 dpi full-page scan is already enormous; 300 dpi is plenty for a shareable JPG.
Does the JPG keep the scan's EXIF data or embedded profile?
No. On the fast path no EXIF and no ICC profile is written into the output, and wide-gamut input is converted to sRGB, so capture dates, scanner notes and custom profiles do not carry across. Keep the TIFF, or record those details separately before converting.
Where is my file processed and how long do you keep it?
Conversion runs on our servers, not in your browser. The uploaded TIFF is deleted as soon as the job finishes, and the JPG can be downloaded through a long random link for about four hours before it is removed automatically. File names, sizes and outcomes appear in our server logs, so keep sensitive details out of file names.