PDF to JPG
Convert PDF pages to JPG at chosen DPI, or pull out embedded images.
Choose PDF file
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Processed on your device — never uploaded
How to pdf to jpg
- Open a PDF.
- Choose whether to render each page as an image or extract embedded images.
- Set the resolution, then download the JPGs individually or as a ZIP.
About this tool
Turning PDF pages into images is useful for a range of purposes: generating thumbnails for a document viewer, converting slides to images for a presentation tool, creating images for upload to systems that do not accept PDFs, or just getting a clean screenshot of a page.
The resolution you choose is a direct trade-off between file size and detail. For most web and documentation purposes, 150 DPI hits the sweet spot. 300 DPI is the archival standard and what you want if the images will be printed.
Questions
What DPI should I use?
72 DPI is fine for web thumbnails. 150 DPI gives clear readable images for screen sharing and documentation. 300 DPI is print quality and produces larger files — useful for archiving or when the PDF contains fine diagrams. 600 DPI is rarely necessary and produces very large files.
What is the difference between rendering and extracting?
Rendering composites everything on the page — text, shapes, images, annotations — and saves the visible result as a raster image. Extraction pulls out the raw image objects that happen to be embedded in the PDF, at whatever resolution they were stored at, ignoring the rest of the page content. Use render for screenshots of pages; use extract when you want the original high-resolution photos that were placed into the PDF.
Why does 600 DPI produce such large files?
A letter-size page at 600 DPI is 5100 × 6600 pixels. Even with JPG compression at quality 85, that is a substantial image. For most purposes 150 or 300 DPI is the right choice.