About PDF to images
This is the format-agnostic page: the same rasterisation as our per-format tools, but with a format choice you can change between runs. PNG stores the rendered pixels losslessly, avoiding additional JPEG or WebP encoding artefacts on letterforms, rule lines and chart strokes. It does not preserve the PDF's text layer, vectors or fonts, and a low-resolution render still has limited detail. JPG uses lossy encoding and is widely supported, although compatibility must still be checked with the actual destination. WebP offers a different lossy encoder that can save bytes for some content, not a fixed one-third saving or a guarantee of the smallest file at equal appearance. Its destination support is application-specific, and viewing WebP does not guarantee that your browser can encode it; unsupported canvas encoding may fall back to another format despite a .webp filename. All three outputs are rendered against white rather than preserving a transparent page background. Resolution is a separate setting: DPI determines the viewport's pixel grid before encoding, using the page's bounds and rotation with dimensions rounded down. An A4-sized page at 150 DPI is roughly 1240 × 1754 pixels regardless of the requested encoding. Inspect important details and actual file size before choosing. One successful page downloads directly; several are zipped, and skipped-page warnings explain why the result may be incomplete.
How to PDF to images
- 01
Add the document
Add one accessible PDF, up to 250 MiB. Parsing and rendering happen locally without upload. There is no password-entry flow; use an accessible local copy.
- 02
Choose a format
Try PNG to avoid lossy pixel encoding, JPG for broad compatibility, or WebP where browser encoding and destination support are confirmed. Compare actual size and appearance rather than assuming a smallest format.
- 03
Set resolution and, if lossy, quality
DPI applies to all formats. The quality slider only has an effect on JPG and WebP.
- 04
Convert and save
Download one successful image directly, or a ZIP when several pages succeed. Read warnings and check the unpadded source page numbers in filenames; archive listings need not be numerically ordered.
What this tool does
- All three raster formats behind one tool, so you can change your mind without changing page
- Format labels distinguish lossless pixels, lossy encoding and compatibility checks without promising a smallest output
- Resolution and lossy quality handled as separate controls, because they are separate things
- Page ranges supported, so you need not render a whole report to get four pages
- One successful image downloads directly; several are zipped with original page numbers in their filenames
Limitations worth knowing
Every PDF tool has constraints. Stating them plainly is more useful than discovering them halfway through your work.
- The quality slider does nothing when PNG is selected — PNG is lossless and has no such parameter.
- Mixed output is not supported: one run produces one format for every page.
- All rasterisation discards the text layer; the output is pictures of pages, not documents.
- Canvas memory grows with DPI squared at a fixed page size; large pages and accumulated images can exhaust the tab, even within the file-size limit.
How your file is handled
This tool runs entirely inside this browser tab. When you choose a file, your browser reads it from your own disk and hands the bytes to JavaScript running on this page — no network request carries your document anywhere. You can confirm that yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, switch to the Network panel, and run the tool. You will see no upload.
Nothing is stored after the fact. Closing or reloading this tab discards the file, the result and everything derived from them, because none of it ever left your machine. Read how local processing works.
Questions about PDF to images
Which format should I choose?
Try PNG for text, tables and diagrams when preserving the rendered pixels without lossy encoding matters. Try JPG for broad compatibility, and WebP when the browser can encode it and the destination accepts it. Compare actual files at the intended viewing size: no format is always smallest, and none preserves selectable PDF text or guarantees identical rendering across PDF viewers. All outputs here use a white background.
Can I export some pages as PNG and others as JPG?
Not in one run. Choose a page range and format, convert it, then repeat with a different range and format. Both runs process the PDF locally without an upload, but each takes time and device memory. Check warnings and filenames so any skipped pages are not mistaken for a complete set.
Does the DPI setting mean the same thing for every format?
Yes. DPI governs the rendering step, which happens before encoding, so 150 DPI produces the same pixel dimensions whether you then write PNG, JPG or WebP.
How many images will I get?
One image per successfully rendered page in your selection. If all pages succeed, a 24-page PDF selected with “all” gives 24 images in a ZIP. Failed pages can be skipped with warnings. Exactly one successful page downloads as a direct image, even if you requested more; several successes are zipped, and no successes produce an error. Filenames keep the source page numbers without zero-padding, so archive-listing order may not be numeric.
Is any of this done on a server?
The PDF is rendered and encoded locally in your browser rather than uploaded to a conversion server. That does not promise a silent network panel: the page may fetch engine or worker assets, and optional consented aggregate reporting can make requests. Those requests are separate from uploading the document for conversion.
Tools that pair with this one
- PDF to JPGRender each page of a PDF as a JPG image, at the resolution you pick.
- PDF to PNGRender PDF pages as white-background PNG images with lossless pixel encoding.
- PDF to WebPExport PDF pages as WebP, then compare size, appearance and compatibility.
- Batch PDF to ImagesRender every page of every file to an image, organised per document.
- Images to PDFDrop a mixed pile of JPG, PNG, WebP and BMP files and get one coherent PDF.
- Extract Images from PDFGet the actual embedded images out of a PDF, at the resolution they were stored at.
Read more about this
- How to convert a PDF to JPGRendering a page to an image is a one-way conversion from instructions to pixels. This guide covers the DPI arithmetic and the JPG versus PNG decision.5 min guide
- How to convert a PDF to WordA PDF has no paragraphs to convert — only positioned glyphs. This guide explains what the converter infers, where it goes wrong, and when to extract text instead.6 min guide