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EXR to TIFF converter, without the upload.

Turn EXR renders into TIFF. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

Drop EXR files here

or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V

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How to convert EXR to TIFF

  1. Add your EXR renders

    Drop EXR (OpenEXR image) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.

  2. TIFF is already chosen

    Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab.

  3. Download

    Save the TIFF, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.

Why ToAny

  • Private by construction

    The EXR to TIFF converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your renders are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

  • No upload, no queue

    Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.

  • Free, without an account

    No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.

EXR to TIFF: what to expect

EXR files are large and open in almost nothing outside 3D and compositing software. TIFF keeps full quality and is what print shops and archives ask for. EXR is at home in film and VFX frames, 3D renders and lighting data that must keep far more range than a screen shows; TIFF is the usual choice for scans, print production and archiving.

The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can resize the result.

EXR stores floating-point light values that a screen cannot show, so the picture is tone-mapped: highlights above white are compressed with the ACES filmic curve (a picture that already fits within white only gets the sRGB curve), then saved with 8 bits per channel. A file with several parts shows its colour image, deep files are not supported, and a picture over 24 megapixels is too large to tone-map in the browser.

EXR vs TIFF

EXR

OpenEXR image

OpenEXR stores each pixel as floating-point light values, usually 16-bit half floats, so highlights can be thousands of times brighter than white without clipping. Renderers and compositors use it to pass frames between steps. A screen or an ordinary image format cannot hold that range, so turning an EXR into a PNG or JPG means choosing how the bright values are squeezed down. Here that choice is automatic and the exposure is fixed, so a very dark or flat render cannot be brightened; EXR alpha is read as straight, so a premultiplied render can show dark edges.

Opens in Photoshop, GIMP, Blender, Nuke and most 3D and compositing software; not browsers

EXR converter
TIFF

TIFF image

TIFF is the workhorse of scanning, publishing and archiving. It keeps full quality, can hold several pages and carries rich metadata, but files are large and browsers other than Safari will not display it.

Opens in Photo editors, scanners and print software; Safari is the only major browser that displays it

TIFF converter
EXR compared with TIFF
EXROpenEXR imageTIFFTIFF image
Stands forOpenEXRTagged Image File Format
TypeHigh-dynamic-range raster imageRaster image
CompressionLossless or lossy, several methods (ZIP, PIZ, PXR24, B44, DWA)Usually lossless or none
TransparencyYesYes
AnimationNoNo, but one file can hold several pages
Introduced2003, by Industrial Light & Magic, now maintained by the Academy Software Foundation1986, by Aldus (now Adobe)
Opens inPhotoshop, GIMP, Blender, Nuke and most 3D and compositing software; not browsersPhoto editors, scanners and print software; Safari is the only major browser that displays it
Best forFilm and VFX frames, 3D renders and lighting data that must keep far more range than a screen showsScans, print production and archiving
File extension.exr.tiff, .tif

Questions

Are my renders uploaded anywhere?

No. The EXR to TIFF conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

Does converting EXR to TIFF reduce quality?

No further quality is lost: TIFF stores the decoded pixels exactly. The result is identical in content.

Can I convert several EXR files at once?

Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.

How do I convert EXR to TIFF on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?

The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the EXR file, press Convert and save the TIFF. There is nothing to install.

Is there a file size limit?

Pictures of up to 120 megapixels are accepted (for example 12,000 by 10,000 pixels); a larger one is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.

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