TIFF to PNG Converter

Turn a TIFF master into a PNG that browsers, slide decks and documentation tools display, without throwing away a single pixel. Both formats are lossless, so the only things that change are the ones PNG cannot hold.

or drop JPG, JPEG, JPE … files here ·

Max 95 MB per file· Up to 20 files· Deleted after 30 minutes

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Files are processed on our servers and deleted after 30 minutes.

How to use this tool

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Add the TIFF files
Drop .tiff exports from Photoshop, Affinity, Capture One or a print workflow onto the upload area. Up to 20 files, 95 MB each.
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Leave color space on sRGB
PNG is a screen format, so Color space starts on sRGB and CMYK files are converted for display. Choose Keep original under Advanced settings only if the PNG goes back into a color-managed editor.
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Convert and download
Press Convert to PNG. Download each file or one ZIP; uploads and results are removed after 30 minutes.

Answer

How do I convert TIFF to PNG without losing quality?

Upload the TIFF and press Convert to PNG. Pixels are copied exactly because both formats are lossless; layers are flattened, CMYK becomes sRGB, and transparency survives.

Convert TIFF to PNG for web pages and documentation

TIFF was created by Aldus in 1986 for desktop publishing and scanners, and Adobe has owned the specification since it bought Aldus in 1994. It is still the default exchange format between scanners, prepress software and photo archives because it can hold almost anything: CMYK, 16-bit channels, layers, several pages in one file. That flexibility is also why so few places outside those workflows will display it.

Among the major browsers only Safari shows a TIFF inline; Chrome, Edge and Firefox offer it as a download. Wikis, CMS media libraries and chat apps follow the browser, so a TIFF diagram fails to upload or shows a broken image. PNG, published as a W3C Recommendation in 1996, is displayed everywhere and is just as lossless, which makes it the natural target when you cannot accept JPG artifacts on text, line art or UI captures.

If you are working from a batch of scanned pages rather than design files, the .tif spelling usually comes from scanner software; our TIF to PNG page covers multi-page scans, fax-style black-and-white files and GeoTIFF maps.

TIFF vs PNG: which features survive the conversion

	TIFF	PNG	JPG
Exact pixels (lossless)	yes	yes	no
Alpha transparency	yes	yes	no
16 bits per channel	yes	yes	no
CMYK color	yes	no	yes
Layers	Photoshop only	no	no
Several pages in one file	yes	no	no
Shown inline by Chrome, Edge, Firefox	no	yes	yes

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format

TIFF was created by Aldus in 1986 and is now maintained by Adobe. It is a flexible container that can store images uncompressed, with lossless LZW or ZIP compression, or with lossy JPEG compression, and it supports layers, multiple pages, high bit depths and transparency. Printers, publishers, scanners and archives rely on it because it preserves full quality and colour information. The downside is very large files and inconsistent support for some of its options between programs. Browsers do not display TIFF, but most image editors and operating system viewers do.

Compression: Lossy or lossless
Transparency: Yes
Animation: No
Introduced: 1986 · Aldus (now Adobe)

TIFF converter

PNG

Portable Network Graphics

PNG is a lossless raster format published in 1996 by the PNG Development Group and later standardised by the W3C and ISO. It keeps every pixel exactly, supports full alpha transparency and handles text, sharp edges and flat colours without artefacts. That precision makes it ideal for screenshots, logos, icons and interface graphics. The trade-off is size: photographs saved as PNG are often several times larger than the same photo as JPEG or WebP. All browsers, operating systems and editors open PNG files.

Compression: Lossless
Transparency: Yes
Animation: No
Introduced: 1996 · PNG Development Group

PNG converter

People convert TIFF to PNG when a lossless master from a design, scanning or print workflow has to appear in a browser, a wiki or a slide deck that will not display TIFF, and nobody wants to give up exact pixels for JPG.

Keep the TIFF if it is a print master

Converting CMYK to sRGB is right for screens but cannot be undone: the PNG no longer carries the printer's ink values. Layers and extra pages are not stored in PNG either. Treat the PNG as a display copy and archive the original.

CMYK, 16-bit and color profiles when you change TIFF to PNG

Print-ready TIFFs are often CMYK. PNG has no CMYK mode, so the converter maps the colors to sRGB, using the embedded ICC profile when there is one.

Keep color profile is on by default, so a TIFF tagged Adobe RGB or Display P3 keeps its profile when Color space is set to Keep original. Leave sRGB selected for anything headed to the web, where untagged or wide-gamut files are the usual cause of dull or oversaturated images. The DPI tag is copied unchanged unless you type a value; it does not change pixel dimensions.

To make the result lighter for a page, set Resize output image to a longest side such as 2000 px in the same pass, then compress further with Compress PNG to 200 KB if a site enforces a limit.

TIFF to PNG questions

Is TIFF to PNG lossless?

Yes for the pixels you see. Both formats store every pixel exactly, so a flattened 8-bit RGB TIFF becomes a PNG that is identical when compared pixel by pixel. What can be dropped is structure PNG has no place for: layers, extra pages, CMYK channels and some TIFF tags.

Can PNG keep 16 bits per channel from my TIFF?

The PNG format itself allows 16 bits per channel, the same depth a high-bit scan or a 16-bit Photoshop export uses. Screens and browsers show 8 bits, so the extra depth only helps back in an editor. Keep the 16-bit TIFF as your master either way.

What happens to a TIFF saved with layers?

Photoshop writes a flattened composite next to the layer data in a layered TIFF, and that composite is what other programs read. The PNG contains that flattened picture. Hidden layers, adjustment layers and masks are not carried over, so keep the TIFF if you still need to edit them.

Why is my PNG smaller than the TIFF?

Many TIFF exports are uncompressed, which stores 3 bytes per pixel for RGB with no savings at all. PNG always applies Deflate compression, the same method as the ZIP option in TIFF, so the file shrinks without losing anything. If your TIFF already used LZW or ZIP, expect the sizes to be close.

Will a transparent TIFF stay transparent as a PNG?

Yes. A TIFF with an alpha channel, such as a cut-out product shot exported from Photoshop, keeps its transparent background in the PNG.

Should I pick PNG or JPG for a large photographic TIFF?

PNG keeps the photo exact but stays heavy, often several megabytes for a full-resolution image. If the picture goes onto a web page or into an email, TIFF to JPG at quality 85 to 90 is a fraction of the size and looks the same on screen.