Convert TIFF to PDF
A TIFF scan becomes a PDF page sized to the image, with no margins; a multi-page file gives its first page.
Convert TIFF to PDF after scanning: scanners save contracts and drawings as TIFF, while almost everyone accepts PDF only, and a recipient usually cannot open a TIFF on a phone at all.
What happens when you convert TIFF to PDF
The picture becomes a page of a document. The page size comes from the image itself: no margins are added around it, the proportions hold, and the scan is neither stretched nor cropped.
From a multi-page TIFF the first page is what reaches the document. If you need all of them, split the TIFF into separate files with a desktop program and convert each one.
- The weight usually drops, since an uncompressed scan is stored more compactly inside a PDF.
- The scan stays a picture, so text on it is neither searchable nor selectable.
- The document opens on any device and does not change on the way.
When you need a lighter picture rather than a document, take the TIFF to JPG converter or the TIFF to PNG converter.
How to convert
- Upload your TIFF file to this page.
- Check that the target format is PDF.
- Start the conversion and wait for the finished file.
- Download the PDF and look at the page before sending.
Frequently asked questions
What happens to a multi-page scan?
The first page of the file goes into the PDF. Uploading the same TIFF again gives the same page, so the rest have to be split into separate files with a desktop program first.
Can text be selected in the finished document?
No. The page consists of a picture, and no text recognition is performed in this pair.
More about the formats
What the format is, how to open it and how it differs from the others.