Documents conversion
Convert RTF to TIFF
Updated Jul 2026
RTF is a text document any word processor can open and edit. TIFF is an image format used for scans, prints, and archives. Converting RTF to TIFF renders each page of the document as a flat picture, packed into a TIFF file. Doing this on your own computer means the text never leaves your machine.
- Extension
- .rtf
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Cross-app rich text
- Extension
- .tiff
- Type
- Images
- Typically
- Scans, print, archival
- Transparency
- None
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
Convert RTF to TIFF on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert RTF to TIFF
- Open Morphjet and drag in the RTF document, or a whole folder of them, that you want to convert.
- Choose TIFF as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet renders each page as an image and writes the TIFF next to your original, and nothing leaves your machine.
RTF vs TIFF: what actually changes
| RTF | TIFF | |
|---|---|---|
| Editable text | Yes, open and edit it in any word processor | No, it becomes a flat image once converted |
| Searchable text | Yes | No, unless you run OCR on the image afterward |
| File size | Small, mostly text and formatting codes | Larger, since it's now a picture of the page |
| Quality | Exact, it's the original text and formatting | Lossless image, but it's a fixed snapshot of how the page looked |
| Compatibility | Opens in any word processor | Opens in image viewers, scanners, and print or fax software |
| Metadata | No image-style tags | Can carry resolution and color tags, useful for print and archival work |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert RTF to TIFF when a document needs to exist as an image rather than editable text, like preparing a page for a fax system, an archival scan, or a print workflow that expects image files.
Keep the RTF if you or anyone else still needs to edit, copy, or search the text, because once it's a TIFF, it's just a picture of the words.
Why not just use an online converter?
RTF documents often hold things you wouldn't want handed to a stranger, contracts, letters, personal notes. Running one through an online converter means uploading that text to someone else's server just to get an image back. Converting on your own computer keeps the document, and everything written in it, on your machine the whole time.
Questions
Does converting RTF to TIFF lose any text or formatting?
The page looks exactly the same, since the TIFF is a picture of the rendered document. But the text itself is gone, you can't select, copy, or search it anymore unless you run OCR on the image.
Can I still edit the document after converting it to TIFF?
No. A TIFF is an image, not a document, so there's nothing for a word processor to open and edit. If you might need to make changes later, keep the RTF around too.
Does the TIFF keep any metadata?
TIFF can carry tags like resolution and color information, which is part of why it's used for scans and archives. It won't carry anything from the RTF's own file properties, since those aren't part of an image format.
Why would I turn a document into an image instead of a PDF?
TIFF is the format most scanners, fax systems, and archival tools expect, so if you're feeding a document into one of those, TIFF is often the format it wants.
Can I convert RTF to TIFF without uploading the document anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet renders the file into a TIFF right on your computer, so the document never has to leave your machine or touch the internet.
Morphjet converts RTF, TIFF, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.