Step 1: Supply your TIFF files using the button above or by haul and lay.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Get your converted SVG files.
TIFF to SVG Conversion FAQ
What does the TIFF to SVG converter do?
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TIFF is a pixel-grid image. Converting to SVG traces the pixels into vector paths — best for logos, icons, and line art. Photographs do not vectorise cleanly, so the result will look stylised rather than photoreal.
What output quality should I expect from TIFF to SVG?
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Default settings target broadcast / web quality — visually identical to the source for most viewers. For archival use, pick the highest quality option in the converter settings.
Can a TIFF photo really be converted into a clean SVG?
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Only up to a point, and it is worth setting expectations first. Tracing turns pixel regions into paths, which works well for logos, line art and flat-colour graphics with clear boundaries. A photograph has no such boundaries, so the trace yields either a crude posterised approximation or an SVG with tens of thousands of paths that is larger and slower to render than the original. SVG cannot represent a photograph — tracing one produces either a crude approximation or a file larger than the original raster.
What happens to the layers in my TIFF file?
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They are flattened, permanently, into one composited image. Blend modes, masks, adjustment layers and editable text are all resolved into final pixels because SVG has no structure to hold them. Keep the TIFF as the working master and treat the SVG strictly as an export. TIFF handles CMYK, 16-bit depth, embedded ICC profiles and multi-page documents, which is exactly what print and archival workflows require.
Will my CMYK colour survive the conversion to SVG?
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It is converted to sRGB, because SVG has no CMYK mode. For screen use that is exactly what you want. For commercial print it is not — the gamut shift changes how saturated colours reproduce on press, so send the printer the original TIFF rather than the SVG.
How does text inside the SVG behave?
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In an SVG, text is real text — selectable, searchable and re-styleable, and it needs the font to be available or embedded to render as intended. Converting away from SVG turns that text into pixels or into document text depending on the target; converting towards SVG only produces real text if the source had a text layer to begin with.
Is there a file-size limit when converting TIFF to SVG?
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Free conversions have a size limit per file, set by the type of file, and the page tells you when a file is over it. A paid plan removes that limit, so much larger files can be converted.
Can I batch-convert several TIFF files to SVG at once?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
What happens to my TIFF files after the conversion?
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Uploaded files are processed on our own conversion servers, nobody looks at them, and they are not shared. The upload and the converted file are both deleted automatically about 24 hours after the conversion, which leaves time to download the result. See /privacy/ for the full policy.
Where can I open a SVG file?
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SVG is a vector format — browsers, Illustrator, Inkscape, and most design tools open it directly. Some older image viewers cannot render SVG; convert to PNG for those.
Do I need to install software to convert TIFF to SVG?
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No. The converter runs entirely in your browser plus our cloud — no plugin, no install, no admin rights. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android.
Do I need an account to convert TIFF to SVG?
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Yes. One conversion an hour is free, with no account needed, for a file within the free size limit. A paid plan removes the hourly limit and the size limit, and lets you add several files to one job.
