HEIC to TIFF
Turn iPhone photos into lossless TIFF files for print labs, publishers and long-term archives.
HEIC to TIFF for print labs and archives
Phones take remarkable photos, but print labs and publishers rarely take HEIC files. This HEIC to TIFF converter turns your iPhone pictures into TIFFs: a long-established, lossless format that print workflows and archives have relied on for decades.
Use it when a lab asks for TIFF, when a magazine wants your photo for publication, or when you're putting together a family or project archive that you want to last.
How to convert HEIC to TIFF
There's no need for iTunes, Photoshop, or any other app.
- 1
Pick the photos to print or archive
Choose your best .heic shots from a computer or phone. Up to 20 go in one batch.
- 2
Convert to TIFF
Press the button and wait a moment. The HEIC decoder loads once, and every photo is then stored losslessly.
- 3
Download and hand over
Files are large, so expect 10 to 30 MB each. Use the ZIP download to keep them together.
How large can you print an iPhone photo?
| iPhone mode | Pixels | At 300 DPI |
|---|---|---|
| 12 MP | 4032 × 3024 | About 13 × 10 in (34 × 26 cm) |
| 24 MP | 5712 × 4284 | About 19 × 14 in (48 × 36 cm) |
| 48 MP | 8064 × 6048 | About 27 × 20 in (68 × 51 cm) |
Large wall prints seen from a distance look fine at 150 DPI, which doubles those sizes.
Is TIFF the right choice?
- Print lab or publisher asks for TIFF: yes, use this page.
- Family archive: TIFF is fine, though the original HEIC files are worth keeping too, because they contain dates and locations.
- Most online photo printing: a high-quality JPG is usually accepted and far easier to upload. HEIC to JPG makes that at quality 90 or more.
- Editing: HEIC to PNG is lossless too, and it works in more everyday apps.
What's in the TIFF
You get an 8-bit RGB image using lossless Deflate compression, at the full pixel dimensions of your photo. The image is rotated correctly, since the orientation is applied during conversion. EXIF information such as the date and GPS location isn't copied across, so keep your originals if you need those details.
Private conversion
Your photos stay on your own device from start to finish. The tool is free to use, with no sign-up and no watermark, which also makes it suitable for personal or client pictures.
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Frequently asked questions
Drop your HEIC photos on this page and press Convert to TIFF. They're decoded in your browser and saved as lossless RGB TIFF files.
It's more widely accepted. Printers and layout tools know TIFF, while few of them handle HEIC. The TIFF holds the photo as decoded, so no further quality is lost during the conversion.
No. The output is standard 8-bit RGB, so wide P3 colors are mapped into the sRGB range, and HDR highlights are flattened. Colors may look slightly less vivid on the best screens.
No DPI tag is written. Set the print size in your layout software, or tell your lab what size you want. A 12 MP iPhone photo prints at about 13 × 10 inches at 300 DPI.
HEIC is highly compressed, whereas TIFF keeps every pixel with only light lossless compression. A photo of 2 or 3 MB can easily become 15 MB or more.
Yes. Your photos are converted on your own device and never uploaded.
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