Yes, converting from JPG to TIFF would have the quality of a JPG and (I believe) the file size of a TIFF. On 4/26/13 4:19 PM, James Gilbert wrote: > I'm by no means an expert in the math behind image format conversions... > but: > > When converting to TIFF-to-JPG, TIFF is uncompressed formatting and JPG is > compressed format. > > When back converting, wouldn't the original quality of TIFF would be lost, > converted only to the quality of the last JPG (with degradation on each time > this process occurs)? > > James Gilbert, BS, MLIS > Systems Librarian > Whitehall Township Public Library > 3700 Mechanicsville Road > Whitehall, PA 18052 > 610-432-4339 ext: 203 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roy > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:15 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] tiff2pdf, then back to pdf? > > If you can stand an extrastep, Ed, there are tools to convert PDF to jpg > images, and from there it shouldn't be too hard to get TIFF output. Do a > search for "convert PDF to image" to get started. There are tools that are > not online only, which I'm pretty sure is what you're after. > > Roy Zimmer > Western Michigan University > > > On 4/26/2013 4:08 PM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a need to batch convert many TIFF images to PDF. I'd then like >> to be able to discard the TIFF images, but I can only do that if I can >> create the original TIFF again from the PDF. Is this possible? If so, >> using what tools and how? >> >> tiff2pdf seems like a possible solution, but I can't find a >> corresponding "pdf2tif" program that reverses the process. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Edward -- Steve Cherry Electronic Services Librarian The Catholic University of America 202-319-6433