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How to Convert PDF to TIFF Online
TIFF is not an everyday image format for most people — it exists for a specific niche of archival, print-shop, and scanner-software workflows that still expect it. The Looty Tools PDF to TIFF converter renders each page of a PDF into a TIFF image entirely in your browser. This guide covers the steps and when TIFF is genuinely the format you need, rather than the more familiar JPG or PNG.
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How to convert PDF to TIFF on Looty Tools
- Open the PDF to TIFF tool at /tools/pdf-to-tiff.
- Choose or drop a PDF file.
- Pick a resolution: 1×, 1.5×, or 2×.
- Convert all pages.
- Download each page as its own TIFF, or download every page at once as a ZIP.
When TIFF is actually the right call
- A print shop, scanner, fax, or legal/archival system that specifically requires or produces TIFF input.
- Long-term archival storage where a lossless, widely-supported legacy format matters more than file size.
- A downstream tool or pipeline (e.g. an older document-management system) that expects TIFF specifically, not PNG or JPG.
One TIFF per page, not one multi-page file
- Each PDF page becomes its own TIFF file.
- For a multi-page PDF, all of the page TIFFs are bundled into a single ZIP download — this is not a single multi-page TIFF container.
- See pdf-to-tiff-vs-png-vs-jpg for when that distinction actually matters for your workflow.
Limits
- Maximum file size: 25 MB, up to 50 pages.
- Rendered page dimensions are capped at 4096 pixels on the longest edge.
- Output is uncompressed 8-bit RGBA — see pdf-to-tiff-resolution-and-quality for what that means for file size.
How to Convert PDF to TIFF FAQ
- Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
- No. Conversion runs locally in the browser. Your PDF is not uploaded to Looty Tools.
- Does this produce a single multi-page TIFF file?
- No. Each page becomes its own TIFF file, bundled into one ZIP when there is more than one page.
- Why would I use TIFF instead of JPG or PNG?
- Mainly for archival, print-shop, or scanner-software workflows that specifically expect TIFF. See pdf-to-tiff-vs-png-vs-jpg for the full comparison.
- What resolution options are available?
- 1×, 1.5×, or 2× the PDF page size, capped at 4096 pixels on the longest edge to avoid running out of browser memory.
- Why are the TIFF files so much larger than the source PDF?
- TIFF output here is uncompressed 8-bit RGBA, so files are typically much larger than a JPG or PNG at the same resolution. See pdf-to-tiff-resolution-and-quality.
- What is the maximum PDF size?
- The maximum file size is 25 MB, with up to 50 pages.
Related guides
- PDF to TIFF Resolution & QualityWhat the 1×, 1.5×, and 2× resolution options actually mean in output pixels, why rendering is capped at 4096 pixels per edge, and why this uncompressed TIFF output is larger than the equivalent JPG or PNG.
- PDF to TIFF vs PNG vs JPGA practical comparison of when TIFF is genuinely the right output for a PDF page versus when PNG or JPG serves better, plus the one-TIFF-per-page-and-ZIP behavior to expect for multi-page PDFs.
- How to Convert PDF to HTMLTurn a text-based PDF into a standalone HTML page in your browser, and see when publishing it as real markup — not an embedded PDF viewer — is the right call.