How to Convert TIFF to WebP: From Print-Ready to Web-Ready

You have high-quality TIFF images from a photographer, a scanner, or a design export. Now you need them on a website. Uploading TIFFs directly is not an option. They're too large and browsers can't display them.

WebP is the best landing spot. It takes your full-quality TIFF and compresses it to a fraction of the size while keeping the image looking great. We're talking 95-98% file size reduction.

How Much Smaller Is WebP Than TIFF?

The numbers are dramatic.

TIFF size	WebP size (80% quality)	Reduction
10 MB	150-300 KB	97%
30 MB	300-600 KB	98%
50 MB	400-800 KB	98%

A photographer delivers 50 product photos as TIFF files. Total size: 1.5 GB. Convert to WebP and the total drops to about 25-30 MB. That's the difference between a website that crawls and one that flies.

The quality difference? Almost invisible. At 80% WebP quality, you need to zoom in and compare side-by-side to spot any change. For web display, the images look identical.

Why Not Convert to JPG Instead?

JPG is the traditional choice for putting professional images on the web. It works fine. But WebP is simply better.

WebP is 25-35% smaller than JPG at the same quality. A TIFF that becomes a 400 KB JPG would be about 280 KB as WebP. Same visual quality. Less bandwidth.

WebP handles transparency. If your TIFF has a transparent background (product cutouts, for example), WebP preserves it. JPG would fill it with solid white.

WebP supports animation. Not relevant for most TIFF conversions, but useful if you ever need it.

WebP works in all modern browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. Over 97% of web users can see WebP images. There's no practical downside to using it.

The only reason to choose JPG over WebP is if you need the files for a non-web purpose (email, print, legacy software). For websites, WebP wins every time.

How Do You Convert TIFF to WebP?

ConvertIMG converts TIFF to WebP right in your browser. Drop your files in, pick WebP, adjust the quality slider, and download.

Everything runs on your device. No uploads to external servers. This matters when you're working with client photos or sensitive professional images.

For quality settings, here's what works for TIFF-to-WebP conversions:

90-95%: Maximum quality. Use for portfolio sites, product detail pages, and hero images. Files are still 95%+ smaller than the TIFF.

80-85%: The sweet spot for most web use. Excellent quality at very small file sizes. This is where you should start.

70-75%: Good for thumbnails, gallery grids, and background images. Quality is solid. Files are tiny.

Since you're converting from a lossless source, the WebP will be as clean as possible. No double-compression artifacts. You're getting the best possible WebP from the best possible source.

What Do You Lose in the Conversion?

Converting TIFF to WebP is going from a professional archival format to a web delivery format. Some things change.

Lossless becomes lossy. TIFF preserves every pixel. WebP (in its common lossy mode) approximates pixels to achieve smaller files. At high quality settings, the approximation is invisible.

Color space changes. TIFFs are often in CMYK or wide-gamut color spaces for print. WebP uses sRGB. Colors may shift slightly, especially vivid blues and greens that are outside sRGB's range.

Bit depth drops. 16-bit TIFFs become 8-bit WebP. For web display, this doesn't matter. Screens are 8-bit anyway. But subtle gradient details in the source may be simplified.

Metadata may be stripped. Camera data, color profiles, and other embedded information might not carry over. For web delivery, this usually doesn't matter.

Resolution stays the same. The pixel dimensions don't change. A 4000 x 3000 TIFF becomes a 4000 x 3000 WebP. You might want to resize first if the image will be displayed smaller.

Should You Resize Before Converting?

Yes, almost always. Professional TIFFs are often much larger than what a website needs.

A 6000 x 4000 pixel TIFF displayed at 800 x 533 on your website is wasting 96% of its pixels. Those extra pixels cost bandwidth without adding any visible quality.

Resize to the display size (or 2x for retina screens) before converting. A 1600 x 1067 WebP at 80% quality loads almost instantly and looks sharp on any screen.

Quick resize guide:

• Blog photos: 1200-1600 px wide
• Hero images: 1920-2400 px wide
• Product photos: 800-1200 px wide
• Thumbnails: 300-600 px wide

Combine resizing with WebP conversion and your 50 MB TIFF becomes a 50-100 KB web image. That's a 500x reduction.

For more on picking the right format, see our image format guide.

Ready to Convert TIFF to WebP?

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