TIFF to PDF
Convert TIFF images & scans to a PDF.
Click to upload or drag & drop
Select a TIFF image (.tif or .tiff)
How to use the TIFF to PDF
- 1Upload your TIFF image (.tif or .tiff)
Drag, drop or paste the TIFF image (.tif or .tiff) you want to convert.
- 2Convert to PDF
Click Convert to PDF. Every frame in the TIFF becomes a PDF page, in order.
- 3Download
Your PDF downloads automatically.
Examples
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
12-page fax TIFF | 12-page PDF, in order |
Single-page scan | 1-page PDF |
Mixed page sizes | Kept per page |
Scanned text | Image, not searchable |
Needs to be searchable | Follow with OCR PDF |
Convert TIFF to PDF online
Of the three ways to convert a TIFF, this is the only one that respects the fact that a TIFF can be a document rather than a single picture. Scanners, fax machines and document-management systems have used multi-page TIFF for decades, and converting such a file to JPG or PNG quietly discards everything after page one. PDF is the natural destination because it was designed for exactly this: multiple pages, fixed layout, opens everywhere.
What happens to the pages
Each frame inside the TIFF becomes one PDF page, in the original order, with its own dimensions preserved — so a document that mixes a portrait letter with a landscape table survives intact rather than being stretched to a common size. A single-page TIFF simply becomes a one-page PDF.
The important limitation: it is still a picture
A PDF made from a scan contains images of pages, not characters. That means you cannot search it, select a sentence to copy, or let a screen reader read it aloud — it looks like a document but behaves like a photograph. This catches out anyone archiving paperwork who assumes a PDF is automatically searchable.
The fix is one extra step: run the converted file through OCR PDF, which recognises the text and adds an invisible text layer beneath the scanned image. The pages look exactly the same, but the document becomes searchable, selectable and far more useful in an archive.
If the PDF is still too large
Because the pages remain images, a high-resolution scan produces a heavy PDF. Two things help, in this order:
- Drop the colour if the document does not need it — PDF to Grayscale can halve a colour scan on its own.
- Then compress with Compress PDF, which downsamples the page images to a sensible resolution.
When to pick an image format instead
If your TIFF is a single photograph rather than a document, PDF only adds a wrapper you do not need. Use TIFF to JPG for a small, universally viewable photo, or TIFF to PNG when transparency or lossless quality matters.
Private & secure
Your TIFF, including multi-page scans and fax-compressed files, is assembled into a PDF on our server. It is uploaded encrypted, processed in a private workspace, and both the TIFF and the PDF are erased the moment your download starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it handle multi-page TIFF files?
Yes, and this is the main reason to choose PDF. A multi-page TIFF becomes a single PDF with one page per frame, in the original order. Converting the same file to JPG or PNG would silently keep only the first page.
Will the PDF be smaller than the TIFF?
Usually yes, but the pages are still images, not text. A PDF is a container around them, so a very large uncompressed scan stays large. If the result is still too big for an upload limit, run it through Compress PDF, or convert it to greyscale first if the document does not need colour.
Can I search or select the text in the PDF?
Not from this conversion alone. A scanned TIFF is a picture of text, so the PDF contains images rather than characters. Run the result through OCR PDF to add a searchable text layer underneath the scan while leaving the pages looking identical.
Does it work with fax and black-and-white scans?
Yes. Faxes and document scanners typically produce TIFFs using CCITT Group 4 compression, which is decoded correctly here. These are exactly the files PDF suits best, because they are nearly always multi-page.
Is it free? Is there a watermark or size limit?
Completely free, no sign-up, and the PDF has no watermark. TIFF files up to 100 MB each are accepted.