Shrink TIFF scans and print files with LZW, ZIP, JPEG or Group 4 - every page kept, and you never get a bigger file back. Need a lighter format for sharing? Try TIFF to JPG or TIFF to PDF.
Press Compress when your settings are ready. Sizes are measured on the real output.
A 600 DPI scan saved at 300 DPI has a quarter of the pixels. Multi-page files are only resampled when every page is above the limit.
| Method | Lossless? | Best for | Compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| LZW | Yes | Everything - the safe default | Every TIFF reader |
| ZIP (Deflate) | Yes | Smallest lossless files | Photoshop, GIMP, modern apps |
| JPEG | No | Photos where size matters | Most modern apps |
| PackBits | Yes | Old Mac and prepress software | Every TIFF reader |
| CCITT Group 4 | Yes (black and white) | Scanned text, fax, archives | Document and fax software |
Not sure which one wins? Compress the same file twice with different settings - the sizes are measured each time. For photos you share online, a JPG is usually smaller still: TIFF to JPG.
Scans are where TIFF compression saves the most.
Pick the Text scans preset: Group 4 at 300 DPI.
A full A4 page often ends up around 50 KB.
Use ZIP with Grayscale, or LZW if the receiving software is old.
Stamps and signatures stay readable.
Keep ZIP or LZW for archives, JPEG at 85 for sharing.
16-bit scans halve with 8 bits per channel.
LZW is lossless and opens everywhere - the safe default. ZIP (Deflate) is also lossless and usually a little smaller. JPEG makes photos much smaller but loses some detail.
For black-and-white scans of text, Group 4 is unbeatable - often 20-50 times smaller than an uncompressed page.
LZW, ZIP, PackBits and Group 4 do not change a single pixel of what they store. JPEG is lossy, like a JPG photo.
Group 4 stores only black and white, so a colour or grey scan is turned into a crisp black-and-white page first - perfect for text, not for photos.
Yes. Every page is compressed with the same settings and the result is again one multi-page TIFF, in the same order. The row shows how many pages were found.
Need the pages as a document? Turn the TIFF into a PDF with TIFF to PDF.
Your file may already use good compression, or it holds photo-like detail that lossless methods cannot squeeze much. We never hand you a bigger file: if the result is not smaller, you get your original back and the row says so.
Try ZIP, JPEG or a lower Resolution - 300 DPI is plenty for print.
It stores the difference between neighbouring pixels instead of the pixels themselves. For photos and scans this makes LZW and ZIP files much smaller, and it is still lossless.
Every modern program reads it. Turn it off only for very old software that cannot.
It deletes camera data, editing history, thumbnails and other tags that are not needed to show the picture. The colour profile is kept, so colours stay correct in print.
Want to see what is inside first? Open the file in the TIFF Analyzer.
Each TIFF can be up to 100 MB, and you can add up to 20 files at once. Three or more results download as one ZIP with a short README.
For very large scans, lower the resolution or resize first with the TIFF Resizer.
TIFF files are compressed on our server, because browsers cannot write multi-page and high bit-depth TIFFs. Your files get random names, are never shared, and are deleted automatically within 4 hours.