PDF to JPG / PNG

PDF to JPG converts the pages of a PDF into images, entirely in your browser. Convert every page or just a range, choose JPG or PNG, and pick 1x, 2x or 3x resolution depending on how sharp the images need to be. Download pages one at a time or grab them all as a ZIP. It is ideal for turning a brochure page into a social post, dropping a chart into a presentation, adding a document preview to a website, or sharing a page with someone who struggles to open PDFs. Your file is never uploaded, so it is safe for confidential reports and personal documents.

How to use the PDF to image

1. 1 Open your PDFDrop a PDF onto the tool or click to choose it. It is opened in your browser and the pages are ready to convert.
2. 2 Choose the pagesConvert every page, or enter a range to convert only the pages you need, such as a single page from a long report.
3. 3 Pick JPG or PNGChoose JPG for photos and general sharing, where smaller files matter. Choose PNG for pages with sharp text, line drawings or charts.
4. 4 Set the resolutionPick 1x for quick on-screen previews, 2x for most uses including presentations and websites, or 3x when you need extra detail for zooming or printing.
5. 5 Convert and downloadRun the conversion. Download individual page images, or download them all together as one ZIP file.

Convert PDF pages to images without uploading

Turning a PDF into images sounds simple, but most online converters do it by uploading the whole document to a server. If the PDF is an unreleased price list, a client report, a payslip or a scanned letter, that is a copy of something private on a machine you do not control.

This tool renders the pages in your browser using your own device. The PDF is read locally, each page is drawn and saved as an image locally, and the downloads come straight from your browser. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how often you use it.

JPG or PNG: which should you choose?

JPG uses lossy compression, which makes files small and works well for photographs and pages with lots of images or colour gradients. At high zoom, fine text and sharp lines can show faint smudging around the edges, known as compression artefacts, but at normal viewing sizes most people will not notice.

PNG is lossless, so every pixel is kept exactly. Text, thin lines, logos, charts and diagrams stay perfectly crisp, which makes PNG the better choice for document pages, slides and anything with lots of flat colour. The downside is size: a PNG of a photo-heavy page can be several times larger than the equivalent JPG.

• Brochure or photo page for social media: JPG.
• Chart, table or diagram for a presentation: PNG.
• Scanned letter to share by message or email: JPG.
• Page of text to quote on a website: PNG, or JPG at 2x if size matters.

Choosing 1x, 2x or 3x resolution

PDF pages are not made of pixels; they describe text and shapes that can be drawn at any size. When you convert a page to an image, you have to choose how many pixels to use. The resolution setting controls that: 2x produces an image twice as wide and twice as tall as 1x, which means four times as many pixels, and 3x goes further again.

1x is fine for thumbnails and quick previews. 2x is the best all-rounder: it looks sharp on modern high-density screens such as phones and laptops, and is a good size for slides, websites and social posts. 3x gives the most detail, useful when someone will zoom in on small print, when you plan to crop a small area such as a single chart, or when the image will be printed. Higher settings take longer to convert and produce larger files, especially as PNG, so use the lowest setting that looks right.

Converting a page range

You rarely need every page of a long document as an image. Converting just the pages you want is faster, uses less memory and saves sorting through dozens of files afterwards. Page numbers count from the first page of the file, so if the document has a cover and a contents page, the page printed as 1 may actually be page 3. Check its position in your PDF viewer first.

If you convert several pages, downloading them as a ZIP keeps them together and in order. If you only need one page, download that image on its own.

Popular uses for PDF to image

Images can go places a PDF cannot. Social networks, website builders, chat apps and presentation software all handle pictures more smoothly than PDF attachments.

• Posting a page from a brochure, menu, flyer or event programme on Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook.
• Dropping a chart or table from a report into a PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides deck.
• Adding a preview image of a downloadable guide or price list to a web page.
• Sending a page by WhatsApp or text message to someone who finds PDFs awkward on their phone.
• Including a page of a document in an email body so the reader sees it without opening an attachment.
• Creating thumbnails for a document library or intranet.

After converting: sizing, compressing and accessibility

The images may be larger than you need, particularly at 3x. To fit a specific platform size, such as 1080 by 1080 for an Instagram post or 1200 by 630 for a link preview, use our Image Resizer. To cut the file size for a website, use our Image Compressor, which can also output WebP. Smaller images help pages load faster, which matters for visitors and for search.

One thing to remember: once a page is an image, its text is no longer real text. Search engines and screen readers cannot read it directly. When you put a converted page on a website, add descriptive alt text, and keep important information, such as prices, opening hours or contact details, in the page text as well rather than only inside an image. If you need to go the other way and turn images back into a PDF, use our Image to PDF tool.

Where PDF pages work better as images

Social media platforms, website builders and slide software rarely accept PDFs directly, but they all take images. Converting a page to JPG or PNG lets you post a flyer on Instagram, put a brochure page into a blog post, or drop a chart from a report into a presentation.

Images are also handy for previews. Showing the first page of a guide or menu as a thumbnail, with a link to the full PDF, gives visitors a clear idea of what they will download. For websites, convert at the Sharp setting and then compress the result, so the page still loads quickly on mobile.

If you only need part of a page, convert it at a high resolution and crop the image afterwards, which keeps small text readable.

• Use PNG for text-heavy pages and diagrams.
• Use JPG for photos, scans and anything going on social media.
• Add alt text when you publish a page image on your website.

Examples you can copy

Social media post from a brochure page  -> JPG, 2x
Chart or table for slides               -> PNG, 2x
Quick preview thumbnail                 -> JPG, 1x
Small print to zoom into, or printing   -> PNG, 3x

pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 -f 2 -l 4 report.pdf page

pdftoppm -png -r 300 report.pdf page

pdftoppm -jpeg -jpegopt quality=90 -r 200 -f 1 -l 1 -singlefile report.pdf cover

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