Convert PDF to images

Runs on your device — nothing is uploaded

Turn pages into images for slides, thumbnails or previews. Choose the resolution you actually need instead of receiving a fixed output size.

How it works

1. Add the PDFDrop the document you want to convert.
2. Choose format and resolutionPNG for crisp lines and screenshots, JPG for photographs and smaller files. 96 dpi suits screens, 300 dpi suits print.
3. Download the ZIPEvery page arrives as a separate image, numbered in page order.

Choosing a resolution that makes sense

dpi here means the resolution the page is rendered at relative to its printed size. A 96 dpi render of an A4 page is about 794 by 1123 pixels, which is right for a web preview or a thumbnail. 150 dpi is the comfortable middle ground for documents you will read on screen or drop into a slide. 300 dpi produces roughly 2480 by 3508 pixels and is the usual requirement for anything going to print.

Higher is not automatically better. A 300 dpi render of a 40-page report produces a ZIP of well over a hundred megabytes and takes noticeably longer, when 150 dpi would have looked identical on the screen you are viewing it on. Pick the resolution from where the image is going, not from a habit.

PNG or JPG

PNG is lossless and keeps sharp edges, so it is the better choice for pages that are mostly text, tables, diagrams or screenshots. It also supports transparency, although a rendered page is filled with white because paper is white.

JPG is much smaller for photographic content — scanned documents, brochures, pages with full-page images — because it discards detail the eye does not notice. The trade-off is ringing around sharp text. For a page of body text, JPG at 150 dpi will look visibly softer than PNG when you zoom in.

What the output is useful for

Common uses are embedding a page in a slide deck or a Notion page, generating a thumbnail for a file listing, sending a single page to someone over a messaging app that mangles PDFs, publishing a preview of a document you do not want to distribute in full, and feeding pages into OCR or image tools that do not accept PDFs.

If you only need one page, split the PDF first with the Split tool, then convert that single page — the conversion itself always exports the whole document so that the file naming stays predictable.

Questions

PNG or JPG — which should I pick?

PNG is lossless and best for text, diagrams and screenshots. JPG produces much smaller files and is a better fit for scans and photographs.

What resolution do I need?

96 dpi is fine for on-screen previews, 150 dpi covers most documents, and 300 dpi is the usual requirement for print.

Can I convert just one page?

The tool exports every page, which keeps the naming predictable. Split the PDF first to get a single page, or delete the images you do not need from the ZIP afterwards.

Are the images watermarked?

No. There are no watermarks and no branding on any output.

Will the images keep their quality?

Pages are rendered directly from the PDF at the resolution you select, so quality is determined by your choice of dpi rather than by any additional re-compression.

Why is my ZIP so large?

Because resolution multiplies fast. Doubling the dpi quadruples the number of pixels. A 40-page document at 300 dpi is genuinely a very large download — 150 dpi is usually the better trade.

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