Free PDF to JPG Converter
Why turn a PDF page into a picture?
A PDF is built for reading and printing. A picture is built for sharing. Sometimes you need the second: a slide for a social post, a page to paste into a chat that does not preview PDFs, a certificate for a site that only takes images, or a thumbnail for a document on your website. This converter renders the pages of a PDF as JPG or PNG files at a resolution you choose, one page at a time or all together in a ZIP.
What DPI really means for the result
DPI stands for dots per inch, and here it simply decides how many pixels each page gets. A standard A4 page is about 8.3 by 11.7 inches, so the three settings give very different pictures.
- Small, 72 DPI: about 595 by 842 pixels. Fine for a quick preview or a chat message, but small text is soft.
- Standard, 150 DPI: about 1240 by 1754 pixels. The sensible default for screens, slides and social posts, with readable text.
- High, 300 DPI: about 2480 by 3508 pixels. For printing, or when you need to zoom into small print. The files are much bigger.
Pick the lowest setting that still looks sharp where the image will be used. A picture that will be shown 800 pixels wide gains nothing from a 2480 pixel original.
JPG or PNG for a page?
It depends on what is on the page. A page that is mostly photographs, such as a brochure or a magazine spread, is best as JPG, because it stays small and photos hide the compression well. A page of text, tables, diagrams or a slide with flat colours is best as PNG, since the edges stay crisp and you avoid the fuzzy halo JPG can leave around letters. If you are unsure, convert one page both ways and compare the file sizes and the sharpness at full size.
Choosing pages and handling long documents
Leave the Pages box empty to convert everything, or type what you need, such as 1, 2-5 or 1, 4, 9. For a long PDF, converting only the pages you need saves a lot of time, because rendering a page at 300 DPI takes real work from your browser. If you do need all of a long document, start with Standard quality and keep the tab open until the list finishes. Download as a ZIP rather than saving fifty pictures one by one.
Everyday examples
- Turn the pages of a PDF presentation into images for a LinkedIn carousel.
- Save a certificate page as a JPG for an application that does not accept PDF.
- Create page thumbnails for a document library on a website.
- Send one page by a chat app that shows images but not PDFs.
If you only want the photographs inside the PDF rather than the whole page, use extract images from PDF, which pulls them out at their original size. If you want the words, use PDF to text.
Making the pictures smaller afterwards
A 300 DPI PNG of a full page can be several megabytes. If you need to upload the results somewhere with a limit, run them through the image compressor, or aim for a specific size with compress image to 100KB. And if you need to go the other way and build a PDF out of pictures, JPG to PDF does that.
If the pictures come out blurry or enormous
Blurry text almost always means the resolution was too low for how you are viewing the result. Convert again at a higher DPI, or choose PNG instead of JPG for pages that are mostly text. Enormous files mean the opposite: the resolution is higher than needed, or the format is PNG on a page full of photographs. Try Standard quality and JPG first, and move to High or PNG only when you see a reason. Converting one test page before the whole document saves a lot of waiting.
Using page images in other programs
Page pictures drop neatly into presentation software, design tools and website editors. For a slide deck or a post, 150 DPI is usually plenty. If you plan to lay the picture out in a design tool and enlarge it, take the 300 DPI version, so there is room to scale. Remember to keep the page order in the file names. The tool numbers the files by page, so they sort correctly when you place them.
FAQ
Drop the PDF into the tool, choose JPG and a resolution, and click Convert to images. Download single pages or a ZIP of all of them.
150 DPI for screens and sharing, and 300 DPI for printing or very small text.
Yes. Type the page number in the Pages box, for example 4.
PNG is lossless, and a full page at 300 DPI has millions of pixels. Use JPG, a lower DPI, or compress the result afterwards.
No. The pages are rendered in your browser and never sent anywhere.