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title: 'TIF is not an image'
url: 'https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246'
markdown: 'https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246.md'
date: '2026-06-21'
description: 'Relatively new grav user. I have a large image archive I am looking to publish via grav, but some of my HiQ images are TIF/TIFF. Looks from learn.getgrav that'
---

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#   TIF is not an image 

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 Solved by Karmalakas [View solution](https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246#post-36348)

  Started by John Edwards 4 years ago · 3 replies · 645 views    

 [4 years ago](https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246#post-36347 "Permalink") 

Relatively new grav user. I have a large image archive I am looking to publish via grav, but some of my HiQ images are TIF/TIFF.
Looks from learn.getgrav that only jpg/jpeg/png are deemed images. I have updated Configuration/Media, but note that the MIME type for TIFF is image/tiff, but they do not display as images. Help welcome, tia - John
ps I have blogged the (perceived) issue at <https://jzedwards.github.io/grav-and-tif>, comments weclome there too

 [4 years ago](https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246#post-36348 "Permalink")  Solution 

Grav has nothing to do with this AFAIU. To my knowledge, none of the browsers support TIFFs. There are [very few browsers that support TIFFs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Image_format_support). I noticed there are also plugins to display them, but not even sure how they work.

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 [4 years ago](https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246#post-36349 "Permalink") 

Appreciate the quick response; interestingly Edge is downloading rather than previewing TIF despite TIF display support. I'll have a hunt for plugins and see what I find

 [4 years ago](https://getgrav.org/forum/support/tif-is-not-an-image-t7246#post-36350 "Permalink") 

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, I meant browser plugins, not Grav plugins 🙂

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