How to convert TIFF to JPG online
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Drop your TIFF file
Drag your Tagged Image File Format file onto the box above, or click it to pick a file.
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Wait a few seconds
Conversion starts on its own and runs on your device, not on a server.
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Download your JPG
Click Download to save the Joint Photographic Experts Group file.
TIFF vs JPG: format overview
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
- ✗ Extremely large file sizes
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Joint Photographic Experts Group · 1992
- Compression
- lossy
- Color depth
- 8-bit
- Transparency
- No
- ✓ Universal compatibility — supported everywhere
- ✓ Excellent compression for photos
TIFF magic bytes: 49 49 2A 00 (little-endian) / 4D 4D 00 2A (big-endian)
JPG magic bytes: FF D8 FF
Why convert TIFF to JPG?
TIFF is the archival format of professional photography and print production. Scanners, medium-format digital cameras, and professional photo editing software all save master files as TIFF to preserve every bit of image data without compression artefacts. A single TIFF from a high-resolution scanner can be 80 to 300 MB. These files are essential for print production, where quality demands are absolute, but they are completely impractical for any digital use: email attachment limits reject them, most social platforms refuse to upload them, web pages that embed TIFF images load painfully slowly, and the format is not reliably decoded by mobile devices.
JPG is the standard format for sharing, web use, and most digital workflows. Every browser renders it, every phone camera app understands it, every social platform accepts it, every email client handles it. Google Photos, iCloud, Instagram, and file-sharing services all expect JPG. Converting your TIFF scans or master photos to JPG at high quality (85 to 95 on a 0-100 scale) produces files that are 5 to 20 times smaller than the TIFF original while remaining visually indistinguishable for screen use.
JPG is lossy, so the converted file will not be a perfect copy of the TIFF — compression introduces subtle artefacts, and each subsequent resave increases that degradation. Keep the TIFF as your master archive and export JPG for every sharing or web-publishing use case. Export at 90 percent quality or higher to avoid artefacts on text overlays or flat colour areas.
Quality & file size: TIFF to JPG
Typical sizes (12MP photo): TIFF 20–70 MB → JPG 2–5 MB.
On the free tier, JPG output has a repeating formatdrop.com watermark; Pro output doesn't.
JPG output is encoded at quality 85 — a small file with no visible difference for most photos.
JPG has no transparency, so transparent areas of the TIFF become white.
Frequently asked questions
How much smaller will the JPG be compared to the TIFF?
Your TIFF file never leaves this tab — FormatDrop has no endpoint that receives file data. How it works