TIFF to MOV Converter

How to Convert TIFF to MOV Online

1. Upload Your TIFF Files: Drag and drop or click "Add Files" to select one image or a numbered sequence (frame_0001.tif, frame_0002.tif...). Both .tif and .tiff extensions are accepted; batch upload is supported.
2. Pick Duration, Background Color, and Quality Preset: Set Duration per frame (defaults to 5 seconds; choose 1/24, 1/30, 1/60 second for cinematic motion or 1-10 seconds for slideshows). Pick a Background Color (default Black; used when source frames don't match the output aspect ratio). Under File Compression select Quality Preset — Very High (recommended) keeps the master crisp, while Lowest cuts file size for proofing.
3. Set Resolution and Merge Mode (Optional): Under Video resolution choose Keep original, a Preset Resolution (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, 4320p), a Fixed Resolution (1920×1080, 3840×2160, etc.), or enter custom Width × Height. Use Merge images to stitch the whole sequence into a single MOV, or Video per image to render one MOV per TIFF.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Each file is processed on our servers — no Premiere, After Effects, or QuickTime install needed — and the resulting MOV downloads directly to your device.

Why Convert TIFF to MOV?

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the master archive format used by scanners, DSLRs, microscopes, and CGI render farms — losslessly stored with LZW, Deflate, or no compression at all. MOV is Apple's QuickTime container; it accepts almost any codec (H.264, HEVC, ProRes, MJPEG) and is the native timeline format inside Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and After Effects on macOS. Wrapping a TIFF sequence in a MOV turns a folder of stills into a single playable, scrubbable, NLE-ready clip.

• Stop-motion and time-lapse delivery — Photographers shooting a sunset every 30 seconds or animators capturing clay puppets frame-by-frame end up with hundreds of TIFFs. A single MOV at 24, 25, or 30 fps gives clients one file to preview instead of a 200-image folder.
• CGI and VFX render output — Render farms (Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke) write 16-bit TIFF passes per frame for color-fidelity. Compositors typically wrap the beauty pass into a ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444 MOV before sending dailies to the editor.
• Scientific and microscopy image series — Confocal microscopes and electron microscopes export Z-stacks or time-lapse acquisitions as multi-page TIFFs. Converting to MOV makes the sequence playable inside Keynote, PowerPoint, and conference review tools without ImageJ.
• Medical and radiology playback — DICOM-to-TIFF exports from CT/MRI workstations need a MOV wrapper for case reviews and tumor-board screen shares where the audience can't install medical imaging software.
• Document scan archival video — Bulk scanners often produce per-page TIFF (CCITT Group 4 for text, LZW for color). A MOV slideshow at one second per page works for read-along training and accessible review with subtitles.
• Drone, satellite, and GIS frame stacks — Orthomosaic flyovers and Sentinel/Landsat time-series often come out as numbered TIFFs. A MOV is easier to drop into a stakeholder briefing than a GeoTIFF viewer.

TIFF vs MOV — Format Comparison

Codec & Quality Preset Guide

Frequently Asked Questions

What frame rate does the converter use for the MOV output?

Frame rate is set by the Duration per image option. Pick 1/24 second for cinematic 24 fps, 1/30 second for 30 fps broadcast, or 1/60 second for smooth 60 fps motion. Set a longer duration (1, 2, 5, 10 seconds) when each TIFF is a slide rather than a single animation frame — 5 seconds is the default for slideshow-style output.

Does the output MOV use ProRes, H.264, or something else?

The MOV container can wrap many codecs. xConvert's TIFF-to-MOV pipeline encodes with broadly compatible video codecs that play in QuickTime, VLC, Final Cut, and DaVinci Resolve. For a true Apple ProRes master (e.g. ProRes 422 at ~147 Mbps for 1080p as Apple specs), you'll still want to use QuickTime Player's "Open Image Sequence" or render directly from your NLE — ProRes encoding is licensed by Apple and not produced by every online tool.

My TIFFs aren't numbered. Will they still merge into a sequence?

Yes. With Merge images selected, files are concatenated in the upload order shown on the page. Reorder them in the queue before converting if the alphabetical sort doesn't match your intended frame order. For long sequences, rename them frame_0001.tif, frame_0002.tif... before upload so the order is unambiguous.

Can I convert a multi-page TIFF (one file, many pages)?

Yes. Multi-page TIFFs — common from document scanners and microscopy — are read as a frame sequence. Each page becomes one frame at the chosen duration, producing a single MOV in playback order.

Why is the output much larger than the source TIFFs?

A TIFF with LZW or Deflate compression stays small for static images, but a MOV at "Very High" quality keeps detail across every frame plus container overhead. If the output is too large, drop the Quality Preset to High or Medium, lower the Resolution preset (e.g. 1080p instead of 2160p), or set a longer duration per frame so fewer total frames are encoded.

Will alpha channels from my TIFFs be preserved?

Not in standard encodes. Most consumer-friendly codecs in MOV (H.264, HEVC) discard the alpha channel, so transparent regions are flattened against the Background Color you choose. For alpha preservation you need ProRes 4444 or ProRes 4444 XQ inside MOV, which (per Apple's spec) supports a 4:4:4:4 image with a dedicated alpha channel.

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

Merge images stitches your whole TIFF queue into one MOV — pick this for time-lapse, animation frames, or slideshows. Video per image renders a separate MOV for each TIFF, useful when each image is a standalone clip you'll cut together later in an editor.

How does this compare to QuickTime Player's "Open Image Sequence"?

QuickTime Player (macOS) offers Greater Compatibility (H.264), Better Compression (HEVC), and Higher Quality (ProRes) per Apple's docs, but it requires a Mac. xConvert runs in any browser on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android — useful when you don't have macOS handy or need to batch many sequences.

Can I also convert to MP4 or other containers instead?

Yes. For broader playback compatibility (mobile, web, Android) use TIFF to MP4 instead. Other targets include TIFF to MKV for archival and TIFF to WebM for web delivery. To go the other direction, see MOV to TIFF for extracting frames.