PDF to TIFF Converter
FileFlip converts PDF to TIFF entirely inside your browser, using MuPDF and ImageMagick compiled to WebAssembly. The file is never uploaded to a server: it is read off your disk, converted on your own machine, and saved back by the browser. That means no file-size limit, no queue and no account.
How do I convert a PDF file to TIFF?#
- Drop your PDF file onto the converter at the top of this page, or click it to pick one from your computer. You can add as many as you like.
- Leave the target set to TIFF and the conversion starts on its own. FileFlip downloads 24.1 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, then runs MuPDF and ImageMagick on your own machine.
- Save the TIFF file. Your browser writes it straight to your downloads folder, because there was never a server holding it.
Does converting PDF to TIFF lose quality?#
Yes, in the sense that text stops being text. Each PDF page is rendered to pixels and handed to TIFF, so the result looks right and can no longer be selected, searched, or reflowed.
Is it safe to convert PDF files online?#
Yes, because nothing is uploaded. FileFlip converts PDF files inside the browser tab you already have open, using WebAssembly builds of the same engines a desktop converter would install. Your file is read from your own disk into the page's memory, and no request carrying it is ever made.
You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network panel, run a conversion, and you will see the engine come down and your file go nowhere. There is no upload, no server-side copy, no retention window, and no account tied to what you converted.
How FileFlip works lists every engine, its version and its download size, and shows how to check for yourself that nothing leaves your machine.
What PDF to TIFF actually does to the file#
Converting PDF to TIFF runs on MuPDF and ImageMagick, downloads 24.1 MB of WebAssembly the first time and nothing after that, renders each page to pixels, keeps page layout, and drops selectable text and transparency.
| Engine | MuPDF and ImageMagick |
|---|---|
| Conversion path | 2 steps: PDF → PNG → TIFF |
| Downloaded to your browser | 24.1 MB, once, then cached by your browser |
| Quality | Text becomes pixels |
| You get back | One image per page, zipped when the source has several |
| Where it runs | In a background worker, so the page stays responsive |
What survives the conversion
| What is in the file | This conversion | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Selectable text | Dropped | The target format has nowhere to put it. |
| Page layout | Kept | Carried through into the converted file. |
| Transparency | Dropped | The target format has nowhere to put it. |
Worth knowing before you start:
- pages render at twice their point size in opaque RGB, roughly 144 DPI, with no transparency
What is a PDF file?#
A PDF file records each character, image and line at a fixed position on the page, independent of any word processor's styles or fonts, which is what makes it print and display identically wherever it opens.
Use PDF to send a finished document to someone who needs to see the exact layout, on any device, without being able to accidentally change it.
Convert PDF to DOCX or another editable format when the real task is changing the wording, not just reading it, and accept that the layout will reflow rather than stay pinned in place.
What is a TIFF file?#
A TIFF file stores one or more raster images, usually uncompressed or losslessly compressed, inside a tagged container that scanners, printers, and publishing software rely on to keep exact pixel data intact through repeated edits.
Use TIFF for scanned documents, print production, and archival photography, where preserving every pixel losslessly matters more than file size.
Convert TIFF to JPEG or PNG when the image needs to go on the web or be shared casually, since browsers cannot display TIFF and the files are far bigger than screen viewing requires.
PDF to TIFF questions people ask#
Does converting a PDF to Word preserve the original layout?
No, it reflows rather than preserves. A PDF fixes every line of text and image at an exact coordinate, while a Word document flows text into paragraphs and pages that adjust to fit, so a converter has to guess at paragraph breaks, headings and reading order from position alone. Simple single-column documents come through close to intact; multi-column layouts, text boxes and tables often don't.
Can a scanned PDF be turned into editable text?
Only through OCR (optical character recognition), which reads the shapes of letters in the scanned image and turns them into actual text characters. A scanned PDF has no text in it at all, only a picture of a page, so a converter that just changes the file format has no words to extract until OCR has run as a separate step.
How do I make a PDF file smaller?
The biggest reduction usually comes from recompressing or downsampling the embedded images, since photos at print resolution are the main thing bloating most PDFs. Removing embedded fonts you don't need, flattening unnecessary layers, and stripping metadata help further, though they save far less than the images do.
Why can't I select or search the text in some PDF files?
That happens when the PDF is a scan: the page is stored as an image, so there's no text underneath to select. A PDF built from a word processor or web page instead embeds real text, which is why selection and search work on some PDFs and not others that look identical.