BriskFile

Convert TIFF to JPG

Drop your TIFF files below. They are converted on your own device and never sent anywhere.

Convert to JPG when a scan or a print-workflow file has to be shared, uploaded or attached to something. It is converted by your own browser here, so the file is never uploaded.

Nothing is uploaded. Your files are read by this page and processed by your own processor. Open the Network tab and watch — you will not see them leave.

TIFF and JPEG, and why you would move between them

TIFF is what scanners, fax systems and professional print workflows produce. The files are enormous — a scanned A4 page at 600dpi is routinely 100MB — because TIFF usually stores images either uncompressed or with lossless compression, and it can hold 16 bits per channel and multiple pages in one file.

JPEG is what to convert to when the file needs to be emailed, uploaded or simply opened by somebody without professional software. The size drop is dramatic, frequently 95% or more, with no visible difference for a scanned document.

Things that catch people out

  • Multi-page TIFFs are common from scanners and fax software. Only the first page converts; PDF is the right destination for a multi-page document.
  • TIFF can hold 16 bits per channel. JPEG is 8-bit, so a high-bit-depth scan loses tonal subtlety — usually invisible on a document, occasionally visible on a photograph.
  • Some TIFF variants use compression schemes (LZW with unusual predictors, JPEG-in-TIFF, CMYK colour) that browsers cannot decode. Safari handles more of them than Chrome or Firefox do.
  • A CMYK TIFF from a print workflow will shift colour when converted, because JPEG on the web is RGB.

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Questions

Why are my TIFF files so large?

Because TIFF is usually uncompressed or losslessly compressed, and scanners produce very high resolutions. A 600dpi colour scan of one page is around 100 million pixels of data with nothing discarded.

My multi-page TIFF only converted the first page.

That is expected — a JPEG holds exactly one image. For a multi-page scan you want a PDF, which can hold the whole document in one file.

What BriskFile will not do to you

  • Your files never leave your device

    Every conversion runs in your browser. Open DevTools, watch the Network tab, and you will see no upload — because there is not one.

  • No account, no email, no watermark

    Nothing to sign up for and nothing stamped on your images. There is no step between choosing a file and getting it back.

  • No limits at the download button

    No daily cap, no file counter, no "upgrade to download". If the tool starts a job, it finishes it.

  • Checkable, not just claimed

    Open the Network tab and convert something — nothing goes out. Or load the page, disconnect, and watch it keep working: the tool is already on your machine, and your file never leaves it.