TIFF to 3GP Converter

How to Convert TIFF to 3GP Online

1. Upload Your TIFF Files: Drag and drop or click "+ Add Files" to select one or many TIFF/TIF images. Batch upload is supported — every image you add becomes a frame (or its own clip) in the output.
2. Pick Merge Strategy and Duration: Choose Merge images to combine all uploads into one 3GP slideshow, or Video per image to emit one 3GP file per input. Set Duration per frame (default 5 seconds; options range from 1/60 second up to 10 seconds).
3. Set Resolution, Background, and Quality (Optional): Pick a Preset Resolution (144p, 240p, 360p, 480p — 3GP's native targets) or use Keep original / Fixed Resolutions / Width x Height. Set Background Color (Black is default — used when frame aspect doesn't match output). Choose a Quality Preset (Lowest, Low, Medium, High, Very High, Highest) or switch to Constant Quality for CRF-style control.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Files process server-side and download directly — no watermark, no sign-up. Need MP4 instead? See TIFF to MP4 for a more modern slideshow target.

Why Convert TIFF to 3GP?

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is a high-fidelity raster container used in publishing, scanning, and archival workflows — often multi-page, often uncompressed, frequently in the 50-500 MB range per file. 3GP is the mobile-multimedia container standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project, released April 4, 2003, and designed for low-bitrate playback on feature phones and early smartphones over 3G connections. Turning a TIFF (or a TIFF sequence) into a 3GP gives you a tiny, broadly-compatible video that legacy hardware will actually play, while squeezing the file size down to a fraction of an equivalent MP4.

• Feature-phone and legacy-handset playback — 3GP with H.263 + AMR-NB is the only video format guaranteed to play on Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung feature phones from the 2003-2012 era, plus point-of-sale kiosks and embedded displays that still ship with the same Symbian/Series 40 stacks.
• MMS-friendly slideshows — carriers historically capped MMS attachments at 300 KB to 1 MB; a 480p 3GP slideshow of 4-6 TIFFs at H.263 fits well under that ceiling, where the same content as MP4 would not.
• Archival proof-of-concept reels — museums, libraries, and small studios that scan documents or artwork into multi-page TIFFs can flip the stack into a 3GP "preview reel" for low-bandwidth web embeds without re-rendering each scan.
• 3G-era device testing — QA labs verifying mobile-web compatibility on older Android (2.x-4.x) and Symbian builds still use 3GP samples as the lowest-common-denominator format.
• Education and training kiosks — vocational programs in regions with patchy bandwidth or older Lenovo/Acer kiosk hardware lean on 3GP for short instructional clips because the H.263/AMR combination decodes in software with negligible CPU.
• Compact image-sequence storage — a 200-frame TIFF timelapse rendered as 3GP at 144p sits in the single-digit MB range; the same sequence as a PNG or TIFF folder can run hundreds of megabytes.

TIFF vs 3GP — Format Comparison

Quality Preset Quick Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my TIFF's transparency or alpha channel survive the conversion to 3GP?

No. 3GP video frames are stored in YUV 4:2:0 (no alpha channel), so any transparency in the source TIFF gets composited against the Background Color you set in Advanced Options (Black is the default). If your TIFF has a meaningful alpha layer — common in scanned cutouts or icon sheets — pick a background color that won't bleed into the foreground, or flatten against a specific color first.

Why are the only resolution presets 144p, 240p, 360p, and 480p useful for 3GP?

3GP was designed for 3G-era handsets whose decoders cap out around VGA (640x480). Going higher than 480p creates a file that says "3GP" on the wrapper but won't play on the older devices that are usually the reason to use 3GP in the first place. If you need 720p or 1080p, you almost certainly want MP4 instead — see TIFF to MP4.

What's the difference between "Merge images" and "Video per image"?

Merge images stitches every uploaded TIFF together into a single 3GP slideshow, with each frame held for the Duration you set. Video per image emits one 3GP file per input TIFF — each one a short loop of that single frame. Use Merge for a timelapse, scanned-document playback, or photo slideshow. Use Per-image when you're producing many tiny clips (one per scan).

How long does each TIFF show on screen?

Whatever you set in the Duration dropdown — from 1/60 of a second (treat the TIFFs as flipbook frames at 60 fps) up to 10 seconds per frame. The default is 5 seconds, which works for casual slideshows. For a timelapse out of scanner/microscope captures, pick a sub-second value like 1/24 or 1/30 second.

Why is my 3GP file so much smaller than an equivalent MP4?

3GP encodes most often with H.263 and AMR audio at very low bitrates — often 64-384 kbps for video — versus H.264/AAC defaults closer to 1-2 Mbps for MP4. That's by design: the format targets 3G mobile bandwidth (a few hundred kbps), not Wi-Fi or modern broadband. The size win is real, but you trade visible blocking and softness, especially on high-detail TIFF scans.

My multi-page TIFF only converted one page — what happened?

Multi-page TIFFs are typically read as a single image (the first page) by most converters, including this one. To convert all pages, first split the TIFF into individual single-page TIFFs (most viewers can export each page), upload them all, and select Merge images so they become a single 3GP slideshow in page order.

Will the 3GP I make here play on a modern iPhone or Android?

It will play on modern Android via VLC, MX Player, or other third-party players, and on iOS through VLC or similar. Native iOS Photos and modern Android galleries don't always handle 3GP cleanly — they expect MP4. If your target is a current smartphone, TIFF to MP4 is a better fit; reserve 3GP for genuinely legacy devices.

Can I add an audio track to my 3GP slideshow?

This converter produces silent 3GP (no audio track) when the source is image-only. If you need narration or background music over the slideshow, convert the TIFFs to MP4 with audio using a video editor afterward, or use TIFF to MP4 and mux audio in a second pass.

Do you keep my TIFF files after conversion?

Uploads and outputs are deleted automatically after your session ends. There's no account requirement, no watermark, and no manual review of files. If you need to compress the source TIFFs first (for example, very large scans), Compress TIFF is the companion tool.