Add your AVIF file
Drop one or more .avif files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
Converting a .avif image to .tiff re-encodes the pixels for a different balance of size, quality, and support. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.
Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.Converting a .avif image to .tiff re-encodes the pixels for a different balance of size, quality, and support. An .avif file stores a still image (or sequence) coded with the AV1 video codec inside a HEIF-derived container. It is currently among the most efficient image formats deployed on the web, routinely beating JPEG by half at similar quality while adding HDR, wide gamut, and alpha.
A .tiff file is a Tagged Image File Format raster, the long-standing archival and prepress standard for images that must not lose a single bit. Its tag-based structure lets one .tiff hold multiple pages, layers of metadata, and pixel formats from 1-bit fax scans to 32-bit floating-point channels. For this route the practical draw is losslessly preserves any bit depth and color space you throw at it and decades of stability make it the safest long-term archival bet — balanced against files are huge — often 10x a visually identical JPEG, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
The practical trigger for this conversion is usually a mismatch: with .avif, encoding is much slower than JPEG or WebP, especially at high effort settings. Switching to .tiff buys you losslessly preserves any bit depth and color space you throw at it, which is why it is the better fit for archival masters for museums, libraries, and digitization projects. Because the conversion runs locally, trying it costs nothing but a few seconds of compute on your own machine.
| Aspect | AVIF image (.avif) | TIFF image (.tiff) |
|---|---|---|
| Format type | Lossy — discards detail it judges invisible to shrink files | Lossless — every pixel or sample is preserved exactly |
| How it stores data | encodes AV1 intra frames; both lossy and a mathematically lossless mode are defined | structured as Image File Directories (IFDs) of numbered tags, allowing multiple images per file |
| Strongest at | serving hero images and photo galleries where bandwidth savings are significant | archival masters for museums, libraries, and digitization projects |
| Weak spot | encoding is much slower than JPEG or WebP, especially at high effort settings | files are huge — often 10x a visually identical JPEG |
| Metadata | eXIF and XMP are stored as metadata items in the HEIF container alongside ICC profiles or CICP color signaling, and mainstream encoders preserve them on conversion | eXIF is itself structured as TIFF tags, so TIFF holds it natively, alongside XMP packets, IPTC records, ICC profiles, and GeoTIFF georeferencing tags |
Drop one or more .avif files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
Select .tiff in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if TIFF is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Press Convert. Decoding and re-encoding happen on your device using the browser's native image pipeline and hand-tuned encoders.
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid TIFF file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .tiff extension.
No new loss is introduced — since avif is lossy-oriented and tiff is lossless-oriented, everything the .avif file still contains is carried over exactly. What was already discarded by the original lossy encode cannot be recovered, though; converting to .tiff does not "restore" quality.
Yes — the .avif file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. Decoding and re-encoding happen on your device using the browser's native image pipeline and hand-tuned encoders. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Every serious image editor, scanner driver, and DTP application on Windows, macOS, and Linux reads TIFF, and both major OSes preview it natively. Web browsers are the gap: Chrome, Firefox, and Edge will download rather than display a .tiff, so web delivery always requires conversion to PNG, JPEG, or WebP.
Larger, sometimes much larger. A lossless .tiff must store every pixel or sample the decoder produced, without the perceptual shortcuts .avif used. Use this route for editing headroom, not for saving space.
In .avif, eXIF and XMP are stored as metadata items in the HEIF container alongside ICC profiles or CICP color signaling, and mainstream encoders preserve them on conversion. Re-encoding through the browser pipeline does not carry embedded metadata into the output, which doubles as a privacy scrub — check the exported file if you specifically need tags preserved.
Yes — the reverse route exists as a separate tool. Bear in mind that round-tripping .avif → .tiff → .avif is not a perfect undo when any lossy step is involved; keep your original if fidelity matters.