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Convert TIFF to PDF

Convert TIFF to PDF in seconds. Free, no signup, no watermark, no file-size limit. Your file is processed in your browser and never uploaded.

At a glance

Source
TIFF
Target
PDF
Where it runs
Your browser
Cost
Free, unlimited
Account
Not needed
TIFF

Converter

TIFF to PDF

On device

Drop one or more tiff image files.

or select tiff image

Your file never leaves this browser

    The details

    What happens when you convert between document formats

    The print and scan format. Designed to be edited, not to be small. The document is opened in a layout engine and re-saved in the target format, mapping each style onto the closest equivalent in the new format. The result is a the portable document format. fixed layout, universal, and the reason everyone can open the file you send them, produced entirely inside your browser.

    What survives

    • The text and the paragraph structure
    • Most formatting: fonts, sizes, colours, alignment, lists and tables
    • Embedded images

    What changes

    • Styles that have no equivalent are approximated
    • The file may gain or lose features the target format does not support

    Where it goes wrong

    • Styles are usually mapped by name, so renaming a style before converting can lose the mapping
    • The target format may not support the same page size or margins

    Why anyone would do this

    Different teams use different formats, and the content should not be held hostage by that.

    About the format

    The print and scan format.

    A flexible tagged container. It can hold raw uncompressed pixels, lossless compression, or several pages at once, with layers and alpha channels.

    Where it is good
    • The reference format for scanners, printers and publishing
    • Can carry multiple pages in a single file
    • Lossless options that keep every last pixel of detail
    Where it falls short
    • Very large files, especially uncompressed
    • Overkill for anything on a screen
    • A confusing format to open without the right software
    You will find it on
    Scanners, print shops, publishing, prepress

    The thing people miss

    A 300 DPI colour scan of one A4 page is around 25 MB as an uncompressed TIFF, and about 3 MB as a PDF.

    About the target

    The portable document format.

    A tree of objects describing pages, fonts, images and scripts, with a cross-reference table and a file trailer. Text and vector graphics are stored separately from the page layout.

    • Looks identical on every operating system and every device
    • Holds text, images, vector art, forms, signatures and 3D
    • Can be locked, compressed, tagged for accessibility and archived as PDF/A

    Real jobs

    What people are actually doing with TIFF

    Scanning a document for professional printing

    A multi-page scan that needs to stay one file

    Sending a design to a print shop that asks for TIFF

    Specification

    The details, in one table

    Source formatTIFF — TIFF image
    Target formatPDF — PDF document
    Typical source size5–30 MB per page
    RunsIn your browser
    Account neededNo
    WatermarkNone
    File extension.tiff .tif → .pdf

    How to

    TIFF to PDF, step by step

    1. 01

      Add your tiff image

      Drag the file onto the drop zone, or tap to browse. Only one file is needed.

    2. 02

      Choose the PDF settings

      Set the PDF-specific options — everything happens locally, so the speed is your device, not a queue.

    3. 03

      Download the result

      The finished PDF downloads to your device. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is retained.

    Also available

    TIFF converts into

    PNGPNG imageJPGJPEG image

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    Questions

    TIFF conversion questions

    What actually happens to my TIFF file when I convert it to PDF?

    The document is opened in a layout engine and re-saved in the target format, mapping each style onto the closest equivalent in the new format. So the TIFF file is unpacked, the content is laid out, and the result is written out as PDF. The text and the paragraph structure survives unchanged.

    Will converting TIFF to PDF reduce the quality?

    Partly. Styles that have no equivalent are approximated The text itself is never re-typed, so no words are lost.

    Is my TIFF file uploaded to a server?

    No. This TIFF to PDF conversion runs as JavaScript inside your browser tab. The file is read from your device and the result is written back to your device, so there is no upload step, no file-size limit and no copy of your TIFF file on any server.

    Do I need an account or will there be a watermark?

    Neither. There is no sign-up step, no email capture and no watermark on the output. The only limits are the ones your own device imposes.

    What is the most common mistake people make when converting TIFF to PDF?

    Styles are usually mapped by name, so renaming a style before converting can lose the mapping

    Why would somebody convert TIFF to PDF at all?

    Different teams use different formats, and the content should not be held hostage by that. In short: scanning a document for professional printing

    Something most people do not know about TIFF?

    A 300 DPI colour scan of one A4 page is around 25 MB as an uncompressed TIFF, and about 3 MB as a PDF.