# Convert PDF to Tiff **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495 "2011-10-25T09:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dshriver2](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@dshriver2](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/dshriver2)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/1 "2011-10-25T09:21:35Z")
Hello, When I use the convert PDF action to convert a PDF to a Tiff image, it says it completed successfully, but when I look at the newly created Tiff image it is completely messed up (black with lines going everywhere).  Should the pdf be in a certain version or format that Automise needs to run this action correctly?  I am attaching the result of one of the converted Tiffs. [002\_001\_test.zip](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ec097eb3a61dbbf5d77689ab06c4df989c4aa4d6.zip) (77.624 KB) ---
**Author:** ![stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stephen.ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/2 "2011-10-27T07:51:45Z")
Hi, Thanks for reporting this, I can reproduce it here as well. I will have a look into this and get back to you. Regards, Steve ---
**Author:** ![dshriver2](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@dshriver2](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/dshriver2)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/3 "2011-12-08T07:51:41Z")
Hi, I was just wondering if this bug is still being looked at and when a fix would be available. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@stephen.ryan](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stephen.ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/4 "2011-12-08T11:16:56Z")
Hi Sorry for not responding earlier. I did investigate this problem but must have got distracted before replying. This issue seems to be a bug in the third party PDF conversion library that we are currently using. I will have to check what the current status of this library is to see if there are any updates available. In the mean time you can use a workaround by converting the PDF to a jpeg and then use the Image Manipulation action to convert this jpeg to a tiff file. Regards, Steve ---
**Author:** ![sexy-trousers](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/sexy-trousers/32/97_2.png) [@sexy-trousers](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/sexy-trousers)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/5 "2011-12-16T05:30:36Z")
You could also make a call to a Ghostscript or Imagemagick .command line and rip it out yourself - you have way more control and options. If you use Imagemagick (which is a great tool) it makes the call to Ghostscript itself to handle the PDF extraction before manipulating the extracted image. Also check if the PDF is using CMYK rather than RGB - that may be the cause of your problem. TJ ---
**Author:** ![gdjump](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@gdjump](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/gdjump)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/6 "2013-07-02T05:38:45Z")
try some other command line or options to [convert pdf to tiff vb.net](http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/vb-net-imaging/tiff-convert-pdf/), here is a converter i have been using. hope it help you solve your problems. ---
**Author:** ![nana111](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@nana111](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nana111)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/convert-pdf-to-tiff/4495/7 "2013-11-20T02:53:44Z")
> Posted By [gdjump](https://www.finalbuilder.com/User-Profile/userid/13843.aspx) on 01 Jul 2013 10:38 PM > try some other command line or options to [convert pdf to tiff vb.net](http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/csharp-imaging/pdf-convert-tiff/), here is a converter i have been using. hope it help you solve your problems. Hi there Thanks for your sharing.It helps me a lot.I am looking for a converter which supports to convert pdf to tiff effctively.By the way ,is there any [tiff converter](http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/csharp-imaging/tiff-converting/) which  supports to work offline?Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.