Convert TIFF to JPEG
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About TIFF and JPG
TIFF .tiff
A flexible container used wherever image fidelity matters more than file size — scanning, publishing and archives. A single TIFF can hold multiple pages.
Good for
- Lossless storage suitable for archival masters
- Multi-page, which suits scanned documents
- Standard in print, publishing and document capture
Trade-offs
- Very large files
- Poor support in browsers — effectively unusable on the web
- So flexible that not every reader supports every variant
image/tiff
JPEG .jpg
The photographic standard since 1992. JPEG throws away detail your eye is least likely to miss, which is why a photograph saved as JPEG is a fraction of the size of the same image saved losslessly.
Good for
- Opens everywhere — no format is more widely supported
- Very small files for photographs and other continuous-tone images
- A quality dial, so you choose the trade against file size
Trade-offs
- Lossy: detail is discarded permanently, and re-saving repeatedly compounds it
- No transparency at all
- Sharp edges, flat colour and text pick up visible halos
image/jpeg
TIFF and JPG side by side
| TIFF | JPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossless (usually) | Lossy |
| Transparency | Yes | No |
| Animation | No — but multi-page | No |
| Typically used for | Scanning, print production, archival masters | Photographs, camera output, web images |
What changes when you convert TIFF to JPG
Transparency is flattened
TIFF carries an alpha channel and JPG has none, so anything transparent has to become a solid colour. We composite onto white. If the image was designed to sit over a coloured background, convert to a format that keeps alpha instead — or expect a white box around it.
TIFF can hold more than one page
A single TIFF may contain several pages, and a JPG holds exactly one image. A multi-page TIFF therefore cannot be represented as one JPG — each page needs a file of its own.
Camera data is removed by default
A TIFF straight from a phone or camera carries EXIF metadata — model, settings, timestamp and, quite often, the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. The converted JPG is written without it, so a file you are about to share does not quietly carry your location. The orientation flag is read and applied to the pixels first, so the image will not come out sideways once the tag holding it is gone. If you need the metadata kept, there is a setting for it.
How the JPG is written
Our default is quality 82 through mozjpeg, written progressively so it renders in passes over a slow connection. The quality control on the converter moves this if you need to — the default aims to be indistinguishable from the source at a sensible file size, rather than to win a compression benchmark.
Colour detail is stored at half resolution
JPG keeps full brightness detail but records colour at half resolution in each direction, because the eye is far more sensitive to the first than the second. On photographs it is invisible. On saturated edges it is not: red text on white, thin coloured lines and flat graphic shapes can pick up fringing. If the TIFF is a screenshot, a logo or anything with text in it, a lossless format will treat it far better.
This step is irreversible
TIFF holds every sample; JPG keeps a close approximation. The file gets dramatically smaller, and converting back later will not undo it. Keep the TIFF original if it is a master you will work from again.
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