TIFF to PNG Converter

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the format that print production, professional photography retouching, and document archiving run on. It stores pixel data with full fidelity — no lossy compression discards any detail — and supports 16-bit color depth per channel, embedded ICC color profiles, multiple layers, and documents that span dozens of pages in a single file. These properties make TIFF the right source format for print prepress and professional editing. They also make TIFF poorly suited to digital distribution: a TIFF from a retouched 24-megapixel camera file can exceed 140 MB, and most web platforms, CMS systems, email clients, and browser-based design tools do not accept TIFF at all. Converting TIFF to PNG produces a lossless file that is universally compatible, substantially smaller than an uncompressed TIFF, and accepted in every context without additional codec installs.

The AT USE TIFF to PNG Converter processes files server-side using ImageMagick. Upload a TIFF up to 20 MB and download a lossless PNG. Both files are deleted from the server after download. No account required.

Lossless in both directions — no quality change

Both TIFF (in its lossless LZW or ZIP compression modes, or uncompressed) and PNG use lossless encoding. Converting between them preserves every pixel value exactly. No compression artifacts are introduced and no detail is discarded by the conversion step itself. If your TIFF was encoded with lossy JPEG compression inside the container — an uncommon but valid TIFF variant sometimes produced by certain scanner software — those existing JPEG artifacts carry into the PNG unchanged. The conversion does not add or remove any compression beyond what the source file already contained.

Uncompressed TIFFs — the most common type from professional imaging and scanning workflows — hold every pixel as raw values. PNG encodes those values using DEFLATE lossless compression, which efficiently reduces repetitive pixel patterns. A 60 MB uncompressed TIFF of a photographic image typically produces a PNG of 20–40 MB. The visual result is pixel-for-pixel identical at every display size and print resolution.

Layers, color profiles, and bit depth

TIFF files from Photoshop or GIMP can contain multiple layers. PNG is a flat single-image format with no layer support. ImageMagick composites all visible layers into a single flat image before encoding as PNG. If the source TIFF has layers that must remain separately editable, flatten and export each layer individually from the editing application before converting — in Photoshop, use Layer > Export As for each layer.

ICC color profiles embedded in the TIFF are handled during conversion. ImageMagick applies the profile to produce a correctly color-managed sRGB PNG, since PNG's standard color space is sRGB. TIFF files in wide-gamut profiles (ProPhoto RGB, Adobe RGB) convert accurately within the sRGB gamut range. Highly saturated colors that fall outside sRGB — common in wide-gamut TIFF files prepared for print with colors in the extended green and cyan range — are mapped to the nearest sRGB value, which is standard behavior across all color-management tools when converting from a wide-gamut source to sRGB. For critical cross-gamut conversions where color accuracy is non-negotiable, use Photoshop with explicit soft-proofing and a profile-aware color conversion rather than this tool.

16-bit TIFF files are supported and produce 16-bit PNG output. 16-bit PNG is a valid format and preserves the full tonal range from the source. In practice, web browsers typically render 16-bit PNG as 8-bit, and some design tools handle 16-bit PNG inconsistently. For web delivery, 8-bit PNG is the standard target. For archival storage, professional editing handoff, or print-preparation contexts where 16-bit color depth matters, the converter preserves bit depth accurately.

Multi-page TIFF files

Document scanners and fax machines produce multi-page TIFF files with several pages packed into one container. This converter extracts and converts the first page only. To convert all pages as separate PNGs, split the multi-page TIFF into individual single-page files using a TIFF splitter or PDF split tool first, then convert each single-page TIFF to PNG individually.