FluffyBench

TIFF converter

Convert images to TIFF; LZW compression is available.

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Common

Any image Mix formats in one batch
WebP Small files for the web
JPG Opens anywhere
PNG Lossless with transparency
AVIF Modern web images
JPEG XL JPEG XL images
GIF GIF images

Icons and print

ICO Windows icon
ICNS Mac icon
CUR Cursor image
TIFF Print and archival image
BMP Windows bitmap
APNG Animated PNG image

Game textures

DDS Game texture
KTX GPU texture
KTX2 GPU texture
VTF Valve texture

Your images stay when you change the format. Press Convert again to make the new files.
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How it works
  1. Choose images
  2. Match the TIFF settings your next app needs
  3. Convert in your browser
  4. Download your TIFF copy

Single-page copies

Make a TIFF for a print or editing handoff.

Stored print scale

Match the DPI requested by your print workflow.

Compression choices

Choose Uncompressed, Deflate, or LZW for the receiving app.

Limits Processing stays in your browser.

Need a TIFF for a print or editing app?

Make a single-page copy in FluffyBench with the color, compression, and print resolution your next app asks for.

FluffyBench · 6 min read · Reviewed

What does a TIFF copy give you?

Think of TIFF as a labeled package: it carries your picture and instructions for the app that opens it.

A colored pixel picture inside a TIFF package sits beside labels for color and sample depth, compression, and print scale.
FluffyBench's TIFF converter makes a single-page copy with the settings your next app needs. How we reviewed

Which TIFF settings does your receiving app require?

These phone captures show the TIFF settings behind the gear. 16-bit keeps native color precision from farbfeld, Netpbm, SGI, and PSD inputs; other inputs are widened from 8-bit values, so the higher setting won't add detail.

  1. Choose the depth and color your receiving app asks for.
    Choose the depth and color your receiving app asks for.
    Step 1. Choose the depth and color your receiving app asks for.
    1. Sample depth selects 8-bit or 16-bit color precision.
    2. Choose RGBA for this copy.
  2. Choose the compression your receiving app accepts.
    Choose the compression your receiving app accepts.
    Step 2. Choose the compression your receiving app accepts.
    1. Choose Deflate (lossless) if your receiving app accepts it.
  3. Set TIFF resolution to the print workflow’s requested DPI.
    Set TIFF resolution to the print workflow’s requested DPI.
    Step 3. Set TIFF resolution to the print workflow’s requested DPI.
    1. Enter the DPI your print workflow requests.
  4. The same gear button closes TIFF settings.
    The same gear button closes TIFF settings.
    Step 4. The same gear button closes TIFF settings.
    1. Press the gear again to close settings.

TIFF color decides what happens to see-through areas: RGBA keeps them, while RGB and Grayscale fill them with white.

The same flower with transparency in RGBA, on white in RGB, and on white without color in Grayscale.
The checkerboard marks transparency; Grayscale also removes the color.

Uncompressed writes every pixel in full; Deflate and LZW pack the pixels like a ZIP without discarding picture information. These measured sizes show why a compressed TIFF can still be larger than its source.

PNG interface screenshot

PNG source
35.2 KB
TIFF, uncompressed
2.0 MB
TIFF, Deflate
27.0 KB

JPEG photograph

JPEG source
215.3 KB
TIFF, uncompressed
2.7 MB
TIFF, Deflate
1.4 MB

Transparent Earth PNG

PNG source
2.9 MB
TIFF, uncompressed
6.5 MB
TIFF, Deflate
3.6 MB
Deflate made each TIFF smaller than Uncompressed; the screenshot also became smaller than its source.

A JPG already packs a photo tightly, so TIFF compression doesn't promise a smaller file. If you need a smaller sharing copy, FluffyBench's JPG or WebP converter is a better next stop. Why converted images can grow explains the size change.

A higher TIFF resolution (DPI) tells the print app to fit the same pixels into a smaller space. It doesn't create more pixels.

Identical colored pixel grids appear at a larger print size for lower DPI and a smaller print size for higher DPI.
An explanatory drawing of one pixel grid at two print scales.

Converting to TIFF in FluffyBench

Here's the phone walkthrough, from choosing an image to saving a TIFF. On a wider screen, the same settings are already beside your images.

  1. Choose images adds a photo from your device. Keep the original for its layers or camera information.
    Choose images adds a photo from your device. Keep the original for its layers or camera information.
    Step 1. Choose images adds a photo from your device. Keep the original for its layers or camera information.
    1. Choose images opens your file picker.
  2. Leave To on TIFF, then open the gear button for TIFF settings.
    Leave To on TIFF, then open the gear button for TIFF settings.
    Step 2. Leave To on TIFF, then open the gear button for TIFF settings.
    1. To selects the output format; leave TIFF selected.
    2. The gear opens TIFF settings.
  3. Match the TIFF choices shown above. Leave Size on Original for an unchanged pixel size.
    Match the TIFF choices shown above. Leave Size on Original for an unchanged pixel size.
    Step 3. Match the TIFF choices shown above. Leave Size on Original for an unchanged pixel size.
    1. Original keeps the pixel dimensions.
  4. Close TIFF settings with the gear, then press Convert 1 to TIFF.
    Close TIFF settings with the gear, then press Convert 1 to TIFF.
    Step 4. Close TIFF settings with the gear, then press Convert 1 to TIFF.
    1. Convert 1 to TIFF makes your copy.
  5. When conversion finishes, Download saves your TIFF to this device.
    When conversion finishes, Download saves your TIFF to this device.
    Step 5. When conversion finishes, Download saves your TIFF to this device.
    1. Download saves the finished TIFF.
    2. The result reports output dimensions and size.

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Need a closer look at your saved TIFF in FluffyBench's Image viewer?

What should you check in the saved TIFF?

Before you use a TIFF, check that the saved copy opens in its destination and fits that destination's file rules.

Two numbered checks show the saved TIFF open in Image viewer and its format, dimensions, and file-size readout.
This TIFF is open in FluffyBench's Image viewer; use your receiving app for the final handoff check. · Photo: Rosendahl, Public domain, released by the author, via Wikimedia Commons.

3. Compare a fine edge in your source and saved copy. In this measured flower detail, the JPEG source and both TIFF copies match pixel for pixel.

Matched flower details from the JPEG source, Uncompressed TIFF, and Deflate TIFF, each with its whole-file size.
Follow the insect's legs against the red petal; the finding covers this patch. · Photo: Rosendahl, Public domain, released by the author, via Wikimedia Commons.

What if a TIFF won't convert or open?

FluffyBench's TIFF converter accepts classic, single-page TIFF input. A scan stack needs FluffyBench's Image extractor: its Extract TIFF pages action handles the pages separately.

One source picture becomes one TIFF page, while a stack of scanned pages points to Extract TIFF pages.
Each ordinary conversion makes one TIFF page; scan stacks take the extraction path.

Multi-page TIFF input stops with this message, so later pages aren't dropped.

The TIFF converter's Details message says multi-page TIFF needs Extract TIFF pages.
The Details message points you to Extract TIFF pages.

BigTIFF input also needs FluffyBench's Image extractor. If a receiving app refuses your finished TIFF, match its color, sample-depth, and compression requirements. If it asks for a JPG, PNG, or WebP instead, use the matching FluffyBench converter linked below.

FluffyBench's TIFF output is a flat picture with new TIFF settings. It doesn't carry over editable layers or source camera information (EXIF).

A source document contains a picture, layer cards, and camera information. The resulting TIFF contains a flattened picture and new TIFF settings.
The picture travels into the TIFF copy; editable layers and source EXIF don't.

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