Free online AVIF to TIFF converter

Print, scanning, publishing, and older editing systems may require TIFF files while rejecting AVIF input. Converting creates a TIFF that these workflows can open, but it does not recover detail discarded by a lossy AVIF source.

What AVIF is

AVIF is an image format using AV1 image compression in an ISO Base Media File Format/HEIF-derived container. Browsers, content-delivery systems, web exporters, and modern image software use it primarily for web delivery because it can be smaller than JPEG or PNG at comparable visual quality.

An AVIF file can contain lossy or lossless image data, transparency, embedded ICC color profiles, HDR or wide-gamut color, and sometimes multiple frames. Application support is still less universal than support for JPEG, PNG, or TIFF.

What TIFF is

TIFF is a tagged raster-image container used in scanning, print production, publishing, scientific imaging, and archival workflows. It can store large images, alpha channels, embedded ICC profiles, multiple pages, and 8-bit, 16-bit, or higher channel depths.

TIFF supports uncompressed data and several compression methods. ZIP/Deflate and LZW are lossless and broadly supported; uncompressed TIFF offers the widest compatibility but produces larger files. JPEG-compressed TIFF is lossy and should not be used when a lossless production or archive copy is required.

TIFF is a container rather than a guaranteed “layered” format. Some applications store application-specific layers in TIFF, but ordinary TIFF exports usually contain a flattened raster image.

Convert an AVIF file

For a single file, upload the AVIF to the converter on 101convert.com, select TIFF as the output format, start the conversion, and download the TIFF. Inspect the result before deleting or replacing the original AVIF.

For local batch work, ImageMagick is appropriate when its installation includes AVIF decoding through libheif. Confirm that the installation reads the source with magick identify input.avif, then convert one file with:

magick input.avif -compress Zip output.tiff

On Windows PowerShell, convert AVIF files in the current folder with:

Get-ChildItem -Filter *.avif | ForEach-Object { magick $_.FullName -compress Zip ($_.BaseName + '.tiff') }

In a GIMP build that supports AVIF, open the source through File → Open, then use File → Export As. Enter a filename ending in .tif or .tiff, select TIFF export, and choose ZIP or LZW compression if the receiving software supports it.

Quality and compatibility limits

Lossy AVIF compression permanently removes some image information. Exporting to TIFF prevents another lossless-compression stage from removing more data, but it cannot recreate lost texture, tonal values, or original sensor data.

A 16-bit TIFF can retain precision when the AVIF decoder supplies higher-bit-depth pixels, but increasing an 8-bit source to 16 bits does not add tonal detail. Match the TIFF bit depth to the destination workflow rather than increasing it automatically.

Keep the embedded ICC profile when the converter provides that option. Older software may ignore profiles or assume sRGB, causing color shifts with Display P3, wide-gamut, or HDR AVIF files. Convert to sRGB only when the destination specification requires sRGB; doing so discards wide-gamut or HDR appearance.

Transparency can be exported as a TIFF alpha channel, but older TIFF consumers may ignore alpha. Flatten the image against the required background color for workflows that require opaque TIFF files.

Animated AVIF files need verification: many converters export only the first frame. Export frames separately when every frame is required, since most TIFF workflows expect a single still image. Preserve the original AVIF for future use because conversion may not retain all AVIF metadata, animation data, or HDR characteristics.