Convert TIFF to PNG Online Free
Convert TIFF to PNG for lossless quality, transparency, and universal web compatibility.
ToFormat — free online converter
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Max file size: 30MB · Up to 20 files at once
Why ToFormat?
Lossless Output
PNG is a lossless format. Converting TIFF to PNG preserves every pixel exactly — ideal for editing, web graphics, and archiving without quality loss.
Transparency Preserved
TIFF supports alpha channels; PNG fully retains transparency. Perfect for logos, overlays, and images with transparent backgrounds.
Multi‑Page Support
Convert multi‑page TIFFs to multiple PNG files — one per page. Great for scanned documents or multi‑frame images.
About the Formats
📄 What is TIFF?
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is a flexible, lossless format created in the 1980s. It supports multiple layers, pages, various color depths, and compression options. It is the standard for printing, scanning, and digital archiving, but files are often very large.
All TIFF conversion tools →🖼️ What is PNG?
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless raster format created in 1996. It supports full alpha transparency, 24‑bit color, and is widely used for web graphics, logos, and screenshots. PNG is the standard for lossless images with transparency.
All PNG conversion tools →How to Convert
Upload your TIFF
Click or drag and drop your TIFF files. You can select up to 20 at once. Multi‑page TIFFs are supported.
Choose options
PNG is always lossless. Optionally strip metadata for privacy or keep ICC profiles. For multi‑page TIFFs, choose to extract all pages.
Download PNGs
Your PNG files are ready. Download individually or as a ZIP archive. Files auto‑delete in 10 minutes.
When to Convert TIFF to PNG
🌐 Web Graphics
PNG is web‑friendly. Convert your high‑quality TIFF logos and illustrations to PNG for use on websites, with full transparency preserved.
💡 Smaller size: PNG to WebP →🎨 Graphic Design
Design software (Photoshop, GIMP) handles PNG perfectly. Convert TIFF to PNG for editing, layer composition, and sharing with clients.
💡 For printing: keep TIFF or use PNG to TIFF →📱 Mobile Apps
Mobile developers often need PNG assets. Convert TIFF scans or artwork to PNG for integration into iOS and Android apps.
💡 For icons: PNG to ICO →📂 Archiving
PNG is a lossless, open format. Convert important TIFFs to PNG for long‑term storage with smaller file sizes than uncompressed TIFF.
💡 For web: TIFF to JPG →Format Comparison
| Format | TIFF | PNG |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless |
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| File Size | Smaller | Larger |
PNG is lossless and web‑friendly, but files can be larger than JPG. For photos where file size matters more than perfect fidelity, consider TIFF to JPG. For transparency, TIFF to PNG is the way to go.
💡 Pro Tips
- TIFF often contains 16‑bit per channel data. PNG supports 8‑bit per channel; we downsample smoothly. For maximum quality, use lossless compression.
- If your TIFF has multiple layers or pages, we extract each as a separate PNG. You can also merge them into a single PNG (choose "combine" in advanced settings).
- PNG supports gamma correction and ICC profiles. We preserve color information if you enable metadata retention.
- For scanned documents, PNG with compression often yields smaller files than TIFF while preserving every pixel.
- Use PNGQuant or OxiPNG after conversion to losslessly reduce file size further.
- We strip metadata by default for privacy, but you can keep EXIF and IPTC by toggling the option before conversion.
- TIFF’s alpha channel is perfectly preserved in PNG — great for graphics with complex transparency.
How TIFF to PNG Conversion Works
TIFF is a container format that can store uncompressed or losslessly compressed image data, often with high bit depth, multiple layers, and pages. PNG is a lossless format using DEFLATE compression. When you convert TIFF to PNG, our servers decode each page/layer to raw pixels (preserving alpha channels), then encode them using the PNG format.
The process is lossless — every pixel from the original TIFF is preserved in the PNG. For multi‑page TIFFs, you get a set of PNG files, one per page. All processing is done in memory, and files are permanently deleted after 10 minutes.
TIFF vs PNG: Key Differences
File size: TIFF files are often huge, even with compression. PNG typically achieves better compression for photographic or complex images while remaining lossless.
Compatibility: TIFF is mainly used in professional printing and scanning; PNG is universally supported on the web, in browsers, and in image editors.
Features: Both support transparency (alpha), but PNG is simpler and more widely implemented. TIFF can store multi‑page documents, which PNG cannot.
When to Choose PNG Over TIFF
Choose PNG when you need lossless quality for web use, editing, or sharing. PNG is the standard for logos, screenshots, and UI elements. For long‑term archiving, PNG is also an excellent choice because it is open, well‑documented, and widely supported.
If you need to preserve multi‑page documents, you might want to keep TIFF or convert to PDF. Our TIFF to PDF converter can help with that.