What software opens TIFF files?

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the professional standard for print-ready images, archival photography, and publishing workflows. Unlike JPEG, TIFF supports lossless compression (LZW and ZIP), 16-bit colour depth, multiple colour spaces (RGB, CMYK, LAB), and multi-page documents - Making it the format of choice for high-end scanning, commercial printing, and professional photo editing.

When you convert a JPG to TIFF, the JPEG's lossy compression is not undone - The quality captured in the original JPEG is what ends up in the TIFF. However, the TIFF preserves that quality exactly with no further compression loss, making it safe to open, edit, and re-save multiple times without accumulating artefacts.

File sizes are considerably larger. An uncompressed TIFF of a 12 MP photo can easily reach 36 MB. LZW compression reduces this to roughly 20–25 MB with no quality loss. If file size is a concern and lossless quality is needed, PNG is a more practical choice for web distribution; TIFF is best reserved for print and archival contexts.

Reasons to convert JPG to TIFF usually come down to compatibility, file-size, or specific feature requirements. Common situations:

• An app or platform only accepts TIFF uploads.
• You need a feature unique to TIFF (e.g. transparency, vector scaling, animation, multi-page pages, etc.) that JPG doesn't provide.
• You're optimising file size — modern formats often produce smaller files than the older format you started with.
• You need a single archival format across a project so files behave consistently in the same viewer.

1. Open the JPG → TIFF tool on jpg.now.
2. Drag your JPG file onto the drop zone, or click Select files. You can drop a whole folder of files at once.
3. The output is fixed to TIFF. If the format supports extra options (page size, transparency background, quality, EXIF stripping), tweak them in the right-hand panel.
4. Click Convert. The job runs on our server and finishes in a few seconds for typical photos.
5. Download the result. Files stay in storage for 24 hours and are then permanently deleted.

The entire flow is free for the first 10 jobs per day with no signup required. A free account doubles that quota; a premium plan removes the limit entirely.

• Choose LZW compression for a good balance: 20–40% smaller file than uncompressed TIFF with zero quality loss.
• Use uncompressed TIFF only when your print or archival workflow specifically requires it - Most professional printers and publishers accept LZW without issues.
• For print work, check whether your printer needs RGB or CMYK TIFF - Conversion to CMYK should be done in a colour-managed application like Photoshop with an appropriate ICC profile.
• Multi-page TIFFs (a single file with multiple images) are useful for document archiving - Upload multiple JPGs and check the multi-page option.