Turn the pages of a PDF into JPG or PNG images. Choose the resolution you need, see the exact pixel size before you convert, and pick just the pages you want. Your original PDF is left unchanged. Everything happens in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
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A PDF is a set of instructions for drawing a page: place this text in this font here, draw this line there, put this photo in that box. An image is a flat grid of pixels with no instructions at all. Converting means following those drawing instructions once, at a resolution you choose, and saving the picture that comes out.
That is why the resolution setting matters so much. The PDF has no fixed pixel size of its own, so nothing is being extracted or read out of the file. The page is redrawn at whatever detail you ask for, which is why the same PDF can produce a small screen image or a large print-ready one from exactly the same source.
It also explains the one thing to know before you start: the text layer does not survive. Words that were selectable and searchable in the PDF become part of the picture. You can read them and print them, but you cannot copy them any more.
Dpi means dots per inch, and it decides how much detail the image holds. Because a PDF point is 1/72 inch, the numbers work out predictably. Here is what each setting gives you on a standard A4 page:
An A4 page comes out around 595 by 842 pixels, which is roughly what a browser shows at normal zoom. Use it for a preview thumbnail, a forum post, or anywhere the image is only ever viewed on a display. Text stays readable but will look soft if anyone zooms in.
A4 → 595 × 842 px
About 1240 by 1754 pixels for A4. This is the setting most people want. It is sharp enough to read comfortably, holds up when zoomed a little, and prints acceptably on a home printer without producing an enormous file.
A4 → 1240 × 1754 px
About 2480 by 3508 pixels for A4. This is the standard for print, so use it when the image will be sent to a print shop, placed in a layout, or run through OCR. The files are large, so only pick it when you need the detail.
A4 → 2480 × 3508 px
Doubling the dpi doubles the width and the height, so it makes the image four times as many pixels. That is why 300 dpi files are so much heavier than 150 dpi ones, and why picking more resolution than you need costs you more than you might expect.
JPG saves space by throwing away detail the eye is unlikely to miss. The quality slider decides how much it discards. At 100 it keeps almost everything and the files are large. At 40 it discards a lot and the files are small, but you start to see the cost.
Somewhere around 80 to 90 is where most people land, because the image still looks like the original while the file is a fraction of the size. Below about 60, JPG starts leaving faint smudges around sharp edges, which shows up first on black text against white paper.
The loss is permanent. Once a page is saved at low quality, converting it again at a higher setting cannot bring the detail back, because it is no longer in the file. If you are unsure, convert at a higher quality first. You can always make a smaller copy later.
If the page is mostly text, charts, or line art and you want perfectly crisp edges with no smudging at all, use the PDF to PNG converter instead. PNG keeps every pixel exactly as drawn, at the cost of a larger file.
Drag the file onto the box or click to pick it. It stays in your browser and is never uploaded. Every page appears as a thumbnail once it has been read.
Pick 72, 150, or 300 dpi, and set the quality if you want smaller files. This page always writes JPG, and the tool shows the exact pixel size each page will come out at.
All pages start selected. Click any thumbnail to leave it out, or use clear and select all to work from either end. Converting one page skips the ZIP and saves the image directly.
Save the images as one ZIP, or switch the bundle off to download them one at a time. Your original PDF is never changed.
Usually it is because something else will only accept an image. The common cases:
If you only need certain pages as a PDF rather than as images, Split PDF keeps them in their original format with the text intact.
Add your PDF, pick a resolution, then choose the pages you want and convert. This page always writes JPG, so there is no format to set. Each page becomes its own image. One page downloads directly, and several pages arrive as a ZIP unless you turn the bundle off. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
Use 150 dpi unless you have a reason not to. It is sharp on screen and prints acceptably. Drop to 72 dpi when the image is only ever viewed on a display and you want small files. Go to 300 dpi when the result will be printed professionally or read by text recognition software.
JPG for scanned pages and photographs, because the files are far smaller and the quality loss is hard to see. PNG for pages that are mostly text, charts, or line art, because it keeps edges perfectly crisp where JPG can leave faint smudges around letters.
The resolution was too low for how you are viewing it. An image exported at 72 dpi has roughly a quarter of the detail of one at 150 dpi, so it softens as soon as you zoom or print. Convert again at a higher resolution. Note that this only helps up to a point: if the PDF itself holds a low quality scan, no setting can add detail that was never there.
No, and this is worth knowing before you convert. An image has no text layer, so the words become pixels. You can read and print them, but you cannot select, search, or copy them. If you need the text, keep the PDF or run the image through text recognition afterwards.
Yes. Every page shows as a thumbnail with all of them selected to start. Click clear, then click just the page you want. A single page downloads as one image with no ZIP around it.
Browsers cap how big a single canvas can be, and a large page at 300 dpi can pass that limit. The tool warns you when the output would be very large. Pick a lower resolution and it will go through.
Yes. The whole process runs in your browser. Your PDF is never uploaded to a server or saved anywhere, and once the page has loaded you can even use it offline.