TIFF to APNG converter

Convert TIFF to APNG 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 have Choose files or drop them here, TIFF files

I want APNG

Quality 90%

Background for transparent areas

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.

Colors to trace 16

Black below 50%

Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.

Advanced 5

Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.

Rotate

Mirror horizontally

Mirror vertically

Resize: longest side

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

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Need it the other way round? Convert APNG to TIFF

Other ways to convert TIFF

Convert other formats to APNG

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

Should you convert TIFF to APNG?

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

APNG is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens in current browsers and apps, while TIFF is has patchy support.

TIFF is a high-fidelity format used by scanners, printers and archives; APNG is a PNG that animates, with full color and soft transparency. Use APNG for small animated graphics on the web where GIF’s color banding or jagged edges would show.

TIFF and APNG compared
Property	TIFF	APNG
Compression	Lossless	Lossless
Transparency	Yes	Yes
Animation	No	Yes
Support	Has patchy support	Opens in current browsers and apps
Best for	Scans, print production and long-term archiving	Animations that need more than GIF’s 256 colors or smooth transparent edges
Introduced	1986	2008

How to convert TIFF to APNG

01
Add your TIFF

Drop your TIFF image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.
02
Check the settings

The output is already set to APNG. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.
03
Save the APNG

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

What changes when TIFF becomes APNG

Nothing is discarded

TIFF and APNG 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.

Transparency is kept

TIFF and APNG both support transparency, so transparent backgrounds and soft edges come through unchanged.

Expect a smaller file

APNG usually stores the same content in less space than TIFF. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB. APNG: Larger than a GIF of the same animation, but in full color.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of TIFF and APNG, 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 TIFF. Multi-page TIFFs from scanners look like one picture in some viewers, so pages go unnoticed when converting.
About the APNG. An APNG usually still ends in .png, so an upload form or editor treats it as a still picture and the animation silently disappears.
DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting TIFF to APNG lose quality?

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

Will the APNG be smaller than the TIFF?

Expect a smaller file. APNG usually stores the same content in less space than TIFF. TIFF: A scanned A4 page can be 20–50 MB. APNG: Larger than a GIF of the same animation, but in full color.