Is a TIFF a vector file?

No. A TIFF stores pixels, however many it holds, so it blurs when enlarged past them. An SVG stores shapes.

Which page of a TIFF is converted?

The first. A TIFF can hold several pages, as a scanner's or a fax's does; save the page you want as its own file to convert another.

Will a CMYK TIFF keep its colors?

Its inks become the nearest screen colors, through its color profile when it has one. A color no screen can show is moved to the closest one it can.

Is a .tif file the same as a TIFF?

Yes. They are two spellings of the same format's extension, and VecSnap reads both.

Is it free to convert a TIFF to SVG?

Converting and previewing cost nothing. Keeping the file takes one credit, with every format in it.

TIFF to SVG converter

TIFF to SVG, print inks to screen.

Drop in a TIFF from a printer, a scanner or a design app. VecSnap reads its first page and its inks, brings its colors to the screen, and redraws it as clean shapes.

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Converting and previewing are free
One credit keeps the file, every format included

TIFFpixelsSVGshapes

The TIFF as uploaded1,341 KBVecSnap's SVG1.4 KB49 anchor points

To convert a TIFF to SVG, drop it on VecSnap. A TIFF is often a print file: four inks, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, most often packed without loss, sometimes several pages. VecSnap reads the first page, turns its inks into screen colors, through the file's own color profile when it has one, and redraws the picture as flat shapes and curves. Converting and previewing are free.

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The file, opened

A print file, redrawn.

A real TIFF, saved in four printing inks. Browsers other than Safari cannot show one, so the picture here is the file as VecSnap read it. Drag the line to compare it with VecSnap's shapes.

OriginalVecSnap

An example we picked, made with Gemini.

Read asLossless TIFF

Anchor points

99.7% fewer

File size

99.7% lighter

In the file

1 circle · 4 paths

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Inside the file

What's inside my TIFF?

Often a print file: four inks, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, each a layer of the picture. VecSnap turns them into the colors a screen shows before it draws.

Compression
This TIFF
LZW, lossless
What VecSnap does
Reads every pixel as it was saved
Colors
This TIFF
CMYK, no color profile inside
What VecSnap does
Converts the inks by their plain sums
Pages
This TIFF
1
What VecSnap does
Converts the first page
Depth
This TIFF
8 bits an ink
What VecSnap does
Reads it as the file declares

In the file	This TIFF	What VecSnap does
Compression	LZW, lossless	Reads every pixel as it was saved
Colors	CMYK, no color profile inside	Converts the inks by their plain sums
Pages	1	Converts the first page
Depth	8 bits an ink	Reads it as the file declares

Which file

Which file for the print shop, the web or Illustrator

The print shop that sent the TIFFPDF
What you get
The drawing as shapes, sharp at the size they print.
A website or an appWeb file
What you get
A small SVG in screen colors, sharp on every screen.
Illustrator, Inkscape or FigmaDesign file
What you get
Each part a shape, each color one fill to change.

Where the file goes	Download	What you get
The print shop that sent the TIFF	PDF	The drawing as shapes, sharp at the size they print.
A website or an app	Web file	A small SVG in screen colors, sharp on every screen.
Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma	Design file	Each part a shape, each color one fill to change.

One credit keeps the file, every format included.

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