How to use it
This PDF to JPG converter turns the pages of a PDF into separate images: each page becomes its own JPG or PNG, and when there are several, you also get them bundled in one ZIP. Pick 72, 150 or 300 DPI and convert the whole document or only the pages you name. The pages are rendered inside your browser, so the PDF is not uploaded anywhere.
How to convert PDF to JPG
- Click "Choose a PDF" or drop the file onto the box. The tool works on one PDF at a time.
- Under "Image format", choose JPG or PNG.
- Under "Resolution", choose 72 DPI (screen), 150 DPI (standard) or 300 DPI (print). 150 DPI is preselected.
- To convert only part of the document, type pages into "Pages", for example 1-3, 5, 8-, or click the page thumbnails to pick them. Leave the box empty to convert every page.
- Press "Run tool" or Ctrl + Enter. Progress is counted page by page; when it finishes, download the images one by one or as a single ZIP.
Good reasons to turn PDF pages into images
- Posting on social media or in a group chat. Most social platforms will not take a PDF in a post, while an image of a menu, flyer or event poster shows up right in the feed.
- Dropping a page into slides or a document. Pasting a report's chart as a picture is far simpler than embedding the whole PDF.
- Upload fields that only want images. Some forms and listing sites accept JPG but not PDF in a document field.
- Sharing just the signature page. Sending one page as an image reveals less than forwarding the entire contract.
- Showing a catalog or newsletter on a website, so visitors can browse it without opening a PDF.
Which DPI to choose: the pixel arithmetic
PDF pages are defined in physical units rather than pixels, and DPI (dots per inch) decides how many pixels each inch of the page becomes. The arithmetic is simple: multiply the page edge in inches by the DPI. A4 is 8.27 inches wide, so 150 DPI gives about 1240 pixels across and 300 DPI about 2480. A widescreen slide of 13.33 × 7.5 inches comes out at about 2000 × 1125 pixels at 150 DPI.
| Resolution | US Letter page (pixels) | A4 page (pixels) | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 DPI (screen) | 612 × 792 | about 595 × 842 | Thumbnails and quick previews in a chat |
| 150 DPI (standard) | 1275 × 1650 | about 1240 × 1754 | Reading on screen, slides, web pages |
| 300 DPI (print) | 2550 × 3300 | about 2480 × 3508 | Printing, zooming into fine print, detailed drawings |
Doubling the DPI quadruples the pixel count, so files grow and conversion slows down noticeably. Footnotes in small type can turn mushy at 72 DPI, which is why text-heavy pages are best kept at 150 DPI or above. There is also a safety ceiling: any page that would exceed about 36 megapixels is scaled down to that size. An A4 page at 300 DPI is roughly 8.7 megapixels, so ordinary documents never get close. An A2 poster at 300 DPI still fits, while A1 and A0 technical drawings are reduced.
JPG or PNG output?
JPG output is saved at 92% quality. At that setting the difference is hard to spot in photos, scans and colorful layouts, and the files stay compact, which makes JPG the natural choice for email, chat and the web. PNG is lossless: letters keep clean edges without the faint smudges JPG can leave around them, and thin lines and flat colors stay exact, usually at the cost of a larger file. Choose PNG for pages that are mostly text, tables or line charts, or when you plan to edit the image further.
In both formats, transparent areas are painted white. Most PDF pages have a white background anyway, but it does mean a PNG made here will not have a transparent background. To shrink the JPGs further, the image compressor trims quality, and the image cropper cuts a single chart or signature out of a page image. Both are image tools that process files on our server, without storing them.
Writing page ranges
1-3, 5, 8-converts pages 1, 2, 3 and 5, plus page 8 through to the end.-3converts the first three pages.12converts page 12 alone, the quickest way to grab a single cover or chart.- An empty box converts the whole document.
Pages are always processed in ascending order, and listing a page twice does not produce a second copy. A range that goes past the last page triggers a message asking you to check the page numbers. Up to 200 pages can be converted per run; for a longer book, work through it in chunks such as 1-200 and then 201-400. File names carry the page number, so page 5 of report.pdf downloads as report-5.jpg, and a multi-page run also offers report-jpg.zip (or report-png.zip). The ZIP is built in your browser and stores the images without compressing them again, since JPG and PNG are already compressed.
Limits worth knowing
- Text becomes a picture. The output is an image, so its text cannot be selected, copied or searched. If you only need some pages as a separate document, split PDF keeps the text intact.
- Password-protected PDFs cannot be opened. The tool asks you to remove the password in a PDF reader first. Damaged files, or files that are not PDFs at all, get a "could not be read as a PDF" message.
- The rendering engine. Pages are drawn with Mozilla's pdf.js, the same engine behind the PDF viewer built into Firefox. Rare PDFs that use unusual fonts can look slightly different than in a desktop PDF reader, so check the first image of an important document.
- Phones have less memory. Dozens of pages at 300 DPI need a lot of it and can be slow on a phone; try a few pages first or split the range.
- Going the other way: the JPG to PDF converter gathers images back into one PDF.
Where your PDF is processed
The file is opened in your browser, its pages are drawn there and the images are saved straight to your device. Nothing is sent to our server and no copy is kept; closing the tab releases the file from memory. A successful conversion only bumps an anonymous usage count. Files can be up to 100 MB, and there is no watermark, sign-up or fee. More PDF helpers are collected under PDF tools.
