---
title: "TiffSettings"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/api/python/settings/format/advanced/tiff-settings/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/api/python/settings/format/advanced/tiff-settings.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-12T15:43:20.748Z"
description: "Settings for Tiff. Values fall back through three levels: document → SDK → built-in default."
---

Settings for Tiff. Values fall back through three levels: document → SDK → built-in default. Writes target the document only when set on a document's settings, otherwise the SDK globally when set on SdkSettings.

**Tags:** `Format`, `Advanced`

```python

from nutrient_sdk import TiffSettings

```

## Construction

`TiffSettings` is accessed through a [`Document`](/api/python/document/) instance for per-document overrides, or via [`SdkSettings`](/api/python/settings/document/sdk-settings/) for SDK-wide defaults.

```python

# Per-document override

with Document.open("input.pdf") as doc:
    settings = doc.settings.tiff_settings
    settings.some_field = new_value          # mutate fields directly

# SDK-wide default (applies to all documents)

SdkSettings.tiff_settings.some_field = new_value

```

Settings are configured by writing to fields on the returned object. The settings property itself cannot be reassigned — `doc.settings.tiff_settings = other_settings` is rejected.

## Properties

### tiff_compression

```python

@property
def tiff_compression(self) -> TiffCompression

@tiff_compression.setter
def tiff_compression(self, value: TiffCompression) -> None

```

The compression method to use for TIFF images.

**Type:** [`TiffCompression`](/api/python/enums/tiff-compression/)

**Default:** `TiffCompression.TiffCompressionAUTO`

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## Related pages

- [Advanced](/api/python/settings/format/advanced.md)
- [Per-document override](/api/python/settings/format/advanced/jbig2-settings.md)
- [Per-document override](/api/python/settings/format/advanced/pdf-page-settings.md)