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Moving from web production to print? TIFF is the professional print standard — convert your PNG master in one step.

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Need the reverse?TIFF → PNG

How to convert PNG to TIFF online

  1. 1

    Drop your PNG file

    Drag your Portable Network Graphics file onto the box above, or click it to pick a file.

  2. 2

    Wait a few seconds

    Conversion starts on its own and runs on your device, not on a server.

  3. 3

    Download your TIFF

    Click Download to save the Tagged Image File Format file.

PNG vs TIFF: format overview

PNG

Portable Network Graphics

PNG Development Group (Thomas Boutell) · 1996

Compression
lossless
Color depth
16-bit
Transparency
Yes
  • ✓ Lossless compression — pixel-perfect quality
  • ✓ Full alpha transparency (8-bit alpha channel)
  • ✗ Large file sizes for photos
TIFF

Tagged Image File Format

Aldus Corporation · 1986

Compression
lossless
Color depth
32-bit
Transparency
Yes
  • ✓ Preserves maximum quality for archiving
  • ✓ Supports multiple layers and pages

PNG magic bytes: 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A

TIFF magic bytes: 49 49 2A 00 (little-endian) / 4D 4D 00 2A (big-endian)

Why convert PNG to TIFF?

PNG is lossless and excellent for web use, but many professional print and imaging workflows expect TIFF. The two formats share lossless quality, but TIFF carries metadata capabilities and format conventions that are standard in print production, scientific publishing, and document management systems that PNG simply doesn't have.

Adobe InDesign, professional print-house RIP software, and many archival imaging systems specify TIFF as the required input format. Medical imaging workflows, GIS platforms, and multi-page document scanners all use TIFF as their native format. Some of these systems will accept PNG, but others reject it at the file-type validation step before the image is even opened. Converting PNG to TIFF resolves those rejections without any quality loss.

Because both formats are lossless, the pixel data is preserved identically — there's no quality difference between the source PNG and the resulting TIFF. The TIFF will be larger than the PNG: this converter uses LZW compression, which is lossless but less efficient than PNG's — in our test a 169 KB PNG became a 909 KB TIFF. The TIFF also doesn't carry the PNG's DPI setting, so set the print size in your layout or print software.

Quality & file size: PNG to TIFF

Typical sizes (12MP photo): PNG 8–25 MB → TIFF 20–70 MB.

Both formats keep every pixel, so the TIFF looks the same as the PNG.

Frequently asked questions

Both PNG and TIFF are lossless — why convert?
Software compatibility. Professional print tools (Adobe InDesign, RIP software, commercial printers) expect TIFF. Scientific imaging software often only reads TIFF. The pixel data is identical; only the container changes.
Will the TIFF file be larger than the PNG?
Usually yes. PNG uses lossless deflate compression that is very efficient. TIFF can be uncompressed or use LZW/ZIP compression; our output uses LZW, which is slightly less compact than PNG's deflate for most images.

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