Documents conversion
Convert PDF to TIFF
Updated Jul 2026
PDF is the everyday format for documents, while TIFF is an image format built for scanning, printing, and archiving. To convert PDF to TIFF, open the file in a converter that renders each page as a TIFF image. Doing this on your own computer means the document itself never has to leave your machine.
- Extension
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- The universal document format
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
- Extension
- .tiff
- Type
- Images
- Typically
- Scans, print, archival
- Transparency
- None
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
Convert PDF to TIFF on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert PDF to TIFF
- Open Morphjet and drag in the PDF file, or a whole folder of PDFs, you want to convert.
- Choose TIFF as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet writes a TIFF for each page next to your original file, and nothing leaves your machine.
PDF vs TIFF: what actually changes
| TIFF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Text layer | Yes, text stays selectable and searchable | No, each page becomes a flat image |
| File size | Smaller, especially for text-heavy documents | Larger, especially at high resolution or without compression |
| Multiple pages in one file | Yes, native | Possible, but most tools export one TIFF per page |
| Resolution | Scales to any size with no loss, since text and vectors aren't pixels | Fixed at the resolution you export, like a photo |
| Typical use | Reading, sharing, filling out forms | Scanning, faxing, print production, long-term archives |
| Keeps embedded metadata | Yes | Yes |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert PDF to TIFF when a scanner-based workflow, a fax system, a print shop, or an archive expects one image per page rather than a document.
Keep the PDF if you still need to select, search, or copy the text, since a TIFF page is a picture of the text, not the text itself.
Why not just use an online converter?
PDFs often carry metadata such as the author's name, the company or software that created them, and sometimes an edit history, all embedded quietly in the file. Send that file to an online converter and a stranger's server sees that metadata along with every page. Converting on your own computer keeps the document, and everything about who made it, on your machine.
Questions
Does converting PDF to TIFF lose quality?
The pages themselves render cleanly, since TIFF is lossless. What you actually lose is the text layer. Once a page is a TIFF, it's a picture of the text rather than text you can select or search.
Will the TIFF keep the PDF's text searchable?
No. TIFF is an image format, so converting flattens each page into pixels. If you need to search or copy the text later, keep the original PDF, or run the TIFF back through OCR software.
Does the TIFF keep the PDF's metadata?
Basic details like author and creation date often carry over, but TIFF describes images rather than documents, so page-level metadata gets simplified in the process.
Why would I convert PDF to TIFF instead of just printing it?
Many scanning, fax, and document-archive systems are built around TIFF rather than PDF, so converting first avoids compatibility problems further down that pipeline.
Can I convert PDF to TIFF without uploading the file anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet converts the file on your own computer, so the document never travels over the internet.
Morphjet converts PDF, TIFF, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.