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BMP to TIFF converter

Convert BMP to TIFF in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want TIFF

Settings appear once you add an image.

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Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

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Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
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Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
Rotate
Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Done on your device No upload, no queue, no sign-up.

Bytes sent anywhere: 0 B

Works offline after you’ve used it once.

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Read more about the BMP format and the TIFF format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert BMP to TIFF?

A print shop, an archive or a publishing workflow asks for TIFF, and all you have is a BMP from Paint, an old scanner or legacy software. TIFF is the format print and archive software expects.

A safe conversion when TIFF is what you need: both BMP and TIFF keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

Bear in mind TIFF is has patchy support: it works in photo editors, macOS Preview and Windows Photos, but not Chrome, Firefox or most upload forms.

BMP is an uncompressed grid of pixels; TIFF is a high-fidelity format used by scanners, printers and archives. Both formats keep every pixel, so the picture comes out identical; only the wrapping changes.

BMP and TIFF compared
Property BMP TIFF
Compression Uncompressed Lossless
Transparency No Yes
Animation No No
Support Opens almost everywhere Has patchy support
Best for Old software and hardware that only understands raw bitmaps Scans, print production and long-term archiving
Introduced 1990 1986

How to convert BMP to TIFF

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  1. Add your BMP

    Drop your BMP image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. Check the settings

    The output is already set to TIFF. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. Save the TIFF

    Press convert and save the TIFF. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when BMP becomes TIFF

Nothing is discarded

BMP and TIFF both keep every pixel, so the picture survives the move intact. You can convert back and forth as often as you like without it degrading.

Expect a smaller file

TIFF usually stores the same content in less space than BMP. BMP: A 12-megapixel image is about 36 MB. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of BMP and TIFF, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the BMP. BMP looks like a safe “raw” choice, but a single photo can run to tens of megabytes and most sites refuse it.
  • About the TIFF. Multi-page TIFFs from scanners look like one picture in some viewers, so pages go unnoticed when converting.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting BMP to TIFF lose quality?

No. BMP and TIFF are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

Will the TIFF be smaller than the BMP?

Expect a smaller file. TIFF usually stores the same content in less space than BMP. BMP: A 12-megapixel image is about 36 MB. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB.

Next steps

Often used before or after BMP to TIFF converter. These run on your device too.