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Convert PDF to JPG

Your files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server.

Drop your files here

or pick them from your device

72 matches the size on screen. 150 is good for viewing, 300 for print. Higher means much larger files.

Leave empty to apply to every page. Otherwise list them, e.g. 2, 4-6.

How it works

  1. Drop a PDF onto the bench, or pick one from your device.
  2. Set the resolution in DPI and, if you only need some pages, list them.
  3. Press Convert. One page gives you a JPG; several pages come as a .zip.

Turning a PDF into JPGs is a one-way trip, and knowing what is lost tells you when it is the right trip to take. A PDF page is a set of instructions — draw this text in this font here, place this image there — that a viewer renders fresh at whatever size you look at it. A JPG is a fixed grid of pixels. Rendering the page freezes it at one size: the text becomes picture of text, no longer selectable or searchable, and zooming in reveals pixels rather than more detail.

That is a fine trade when you need a picture rather than a document. Slides going into a presentation, a page to post on social media, a diagram for a chat message, a preview thumbnail, an image for a system that refuses to accept PDFs — all of these want a JPG. Anything that needs the text to stay text — archiving, editing, searching, accessibility — should stay a PDF.

The resolution setting decides how many pixels the page becomes. A PDF page is measured in points, 72 to the inch, so 72 DPI produces an image the same pixel size as the page looks on screen, 150 DPI gives a comfortable image for viewing on any display, and 300 DPI matches print quality. Pixel count grows with the square of the DPI: a 300 DPI render of an A4 page is roughly 2500 by 3500 pixels and correspondingly large as a file. Pick the lowest setting that looks sharp for what you are doing.

JPG has no transparency, so any see-through area of the page is filled with white. If the page has sharp line art or small text you intend to zoom into, the PDF to PNG tool keeps it crisper.

Questions people ask

Which DPI should I use?
150 for anything viewed on a screen, 300 if the image will be printed, 72 for a small preview. Doubling the DPI quadruples the number of pixels and the file size, so avoid going higher than you need.
Can I convert only some pages?
Yes. Type the pages in the box — 1-3, 5, 9- — and only those are rendered. Leave it empty to convert every page.
Why is the text no longer selectable?
Because a JPG is a picture. Rendering the page turns the text into pixels, exactly as if you had photographed the printed page. To get selectable text back you would need an OCR tool.
Are the images crisp?
At 150 DPI or above, yes, for normal reading. Fine line drawings and small text look sharper as PNG, because JPG compression softens hard edges slightly.
Why do I get a .zip?
A multi-page PDF produces one image per page, and a zip is the only practical way to hand over many files at once. A single page comes back as a plain JPG.
Is the PDF uploaded to be rendered?
No. Rendering happens inside your browser on this page. The document never leaves your device and nothing is kept afterwards.

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