Converting TIF files to JPG, GIF, or PNG

September 28, 2005 6:04 AM

How can I convert TIF files to JPEG, GIF, or PNG without spending 25 bucks on a computer program I'll use once?
posted by stoneegg21 to computers & internet (17 comments total)

GraphicConverter.
posted by OmieWise at 6:05 AM on September 28, 2005

IrfanView
posted by Serena at 6:09 AM on September 28, 2005

PAINT.NET
posted by oh pollo! at 6:10 AM on September 28, 2005

I'll second IrfanView (assuming Windows).
posted by exogenous at 6:13 AM on September 28, 2005

ImageMagick
posted by odinsdream at 6:29 AM on September 28, 2005

Gimp for Windows
posted by craniac at 6:47 AM on September 28, 2005

I'd third IrfanView.
posted by ubersturm at 6:47 AM on September 28, 2005

But Irfanview is great, fast, light. It's the Sugar Ray Leonard to the Gimp's Mike Tyson.
posted by craniac at 6:47 AM on September 28, 2005

I'll second ImageMagick (if you're good at command line stuff) and fifth IrfanView since it's free and trusty.
posted by rolypolyman at 6:50 AM on September 28, 2005

On the off chance that you have a Mac, or that people reading this have Macs: QuickImage, free, easy, small and does it all right from the finder [ctrl-click to resize, convert &c.]
posted by jessamyn at 7:38 AM on September 28, 2005

If you have XP you ought to be able to do it in MS image viewer without downloading anything. I don't have XP here at home so can't check but I remember being able to do it.
posted by mygothlaundry at 7:44 AM on September 28, 2005

If you're in OS X, Toy Viewer. Small, much less cluttered than Graphic Convertor or the big image manipulation programs. I swear by it. QuickImage, cited above, is great too.
posted by al_fresco at 8:14 AM on September 28, 2005

Since this is a service provided by the operating system in OS X, there are about a million possible ways to do it. In addition to those mentioned above, Preview can open and convert images (and there's nothing to download!).
posted by jjg at 8:45 AM on September 28, 2005

If you're using OS X, you can open and export files in Preview, which ships free with the operating system's Applications folder. You can open TIFF and export to the formats you list.
posted by Rothko at 8:54 AM on September 28, 2005

Photoshop CS 2 has a 30 day preview version you can download. You can do anything with that.
posted by SweetJesus at 11:45 AM on September 28, 2005

IrfanView
posted by rxrfrx at 11:58 AM on September 28, 2005

Get IrfanView.
posted by jimmy at 10:25 PM on September 28, 2005