Sometimes a PDF page needs to be an image: to paste into a presentation, to attach where PDFs are not accepted, to post in a chat, or to upload to a portal that wants a photograph of a document. This converts any or all pages to JPG at a resolution you choose.
Your PDF never leaves your device. Pages are rendered to images by a JavaScript library running in this tab. Nothing is uploaded.
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What the PDF to JPG does
PDF pages are instructions for drawing text and graphics, not pictures. Converting to JPG means rendering those instructions onto a canvas at a chosen resolution — which is why DPI is the setting that matters most. At 150 DPI an A4 page becomes about 1240 × 1754 pixels; at 300 DPI, about 2480 × 3508.
One page downloads as a single JPG. Several pages are packaged into a ZIP, since a browser can only download one file at a time.
How to use this tool
- Select the PDF. Thumbnails of every page are rendered on your device.
- Tick the pages you want, or leave everything unticked to convert the whole document.
- Choose a resolution — 150 DPI for screen use, 300 DPI if the image will be printed.
- Press Convert to JPG. Progress shows which page is rendering.
- Download the image, or the ZIP if you converted several pages.
How resolution translates to pixels
Rendering scale = chosen DPI ÷ 72
(PDF measures pages in points; 72 points = 1 inch)
Pixel width = page width in points × DPI ÷ 72
A4 is 595 × 842 points, so:
96 DPI → 793 × 1123 px
150 DPI → 1240 × 1754 px
200 DPI → 1653 × 2339 px
300 DPI → 2480 × 3508 px
File size roughly quadruples each time you double the DPI.
Worked example
Example: a 5-page report at 150 DPI
| Pages converted | 5 |
| Each image | 1240 × 1754 px, roughly 250–450 KB |
| Download | one ZIP, around 1.5 MB |
| Naming | report-page-1.jpg … report-page-5.jpg |
Files are named after the source document and page number, so they stay in order when extracted.
What your result means
DPI is the only setting that really matters. Too low and text is fuzzy; too high and the files are enormous for no visible gain on screen.
Text becomes pixels. The output is a picture — it cannot be searched, selected or copied. If you need the text, use the text extractor instead.
Use PNG instead of JPG for pages that are mostly line art, tables or text, where JPEG artefacts show around sharp edges.
Important considerations
- JPG suits pages containing photographs. For text, diagrams and tables, PDF to PNG gives cleaner edges at a similar size.
- Converting to an image is a one-way step. Keep the original PDF — you cannot recover selectable text from a JPG without OCR.
- Rendering at 300 DPI is memory-intensive. A long document at that resolution may be slow on a phone; convert in batches of ten to twenty pages.
- This is also a crude way to flatten a PDF so its text cannot be copied, though proper redaction is the right tool if that is the goal.
- Scanned PDFs are already images. Converting them to JPG re-encodes an image, which loses a little quality — extract the originals with the image extractor instead where possible.
Limitations of this tool
- Output is a raster image. Text is no longer selectable or searchable.
- Very long documents at high DPI can exhaust browser memory. Convert in batches if a large job fails.
- Only the first 200 pages are shown as thumbnails, though page selection by ticking still works within that range.
- Password-protected PDFs cannot be opened.
Frequently asked questions
What DPI should I choose?
150 DPI for anything viewed on screen, 300 DPI if the image will be printed. Going above 300 rarely helps and makes files very large.
Why did I get a ZIP file?
Because more than one page was converted and a browser can only download one file at a time. Convert a single page and you get a JPG directly.
Can I convert only page 3?
Yes. Tick just that page in the thumbnail preview and only it is converted — and it downloads as a single JPG rather than a ZIP.
Will the text still be selectable?
No. A JPG is a picture. If you need the text, use the text extractor, or OCR if the PDF is a scan.
Should I use JPG or PNG?
JPG for pages with photographs, PNG for text, tables and line art where JPEG compression would blur sharp edges.