PDF to JPG
File ToolsPDF pages as JPG or PNG at the resolution you choose — rendered here, never uploaded.
Your files never leave this device. Everything here runs in your browser — your files are never uploaded, stored or seen by us. Open your network tab and check.
JPG is smaller and right for scans and photographs. Its compression softens fine text slightly.
Higher resolution means a bigger image, not more detail than the PDF holds.
85 is the sensible default. Above 90 the file grows faster than the quality does.
Leave empty for every page, or write 1-3, 7 to pick.
Add a PDF. Each page is drawn to an image at the resolution you choose.
How this is calculated
Each page is drawn fresh at the resolution you choose. pixels across = page width in inches × dpi page width in inches = width in points ÷ 72 A4 is 8.27 × 11.69 inches, so 72 dpi 595 × 842 px screen 150 dpi 1240 × 1754 px good quality 300 dpi 2480 × 3508 px print and OCR JPG is smaller; PNG is lossless and keeps text crisp. A page too large for a browser canvas is rendered lower, and said so. Nothing is uploaded. The pages are rendered in this browser tab.
How it works
A PDF page is not a picture. It is a list of instructions — draw this glyph here in this font, fill this path, place this image at this scale — which is why a PDF stays sharp at any zoom. Converting to JPG means running those instructions onto a grid of pixels at a size you pick. There is no image inside the file to extract; one is made.
That makes resolution the whole decision. At 72 dpi an A4 page is 595 pixels across, which is fine on screen and unreadable in print. At 300 dpi it is 2480 pixels, which is what a scanner produces and what OCR software expects. Past that you get a larger file and no more detail, because the extra pixels are inventing edges the page never described.
Format matters less but not nothing. JPG compresses by discarding detail the eye tends not to miss, which suits photographs and scans and produces small files. PNG throws nothing away, so fine text and thin lines stay exactly as drawn — at several times the size. For a page of body text, PNG at 150 dpi usually looks better than JPG at 300.
There is a ceiling, and it is the browser's rather than ours. A canvas has a maximum size, and asking for one past it does not raise an error — it hands back a blank or undersized image. An A0 poster at 300 dpi would be 139 megapixels, well over the limit. So each page is measured before it is drawn, capped if it has to be, and the resolution it actually reached is reported next to it.
Worked example
A 12-page A4 report at 150 dpi as JPG
- Page size 595 × 842 pt (A4)
- In inches 595 ÷ 72 = 8.27, 842 ÷ 72 = 11.69
- At 150 dpi 8.27 × 150 = 1240 px across
- 11.69 × 150 = 1754 px down
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- Each page 1240 × 1754 px, about 250 KB as JPG
- 12 pages 12 files, roughly 3 MB in total
- At 300 dpi 2480 × 3508 px — four times the pixels
12 JPGs at 1240 × 1754 px, named report-page-1.jpg through report-page-12.jpg
How to use it
- Drop the PDF in. The page count is read straight away, before anything is rendered.
- Choose JPG for scans and photographs, PNG for pages of text and diagrams.
- Pick a resolution. The hint under it shows the exact pixel size you will get, so you can decide before waiting for the render.
- Leave the pages box empty for the whole document, or write 1-3, 7 to pick out the ones you need.
- Convert, then download each page. Every image is previewed first, so you can check before saving.
What this tool does not do
- One download per page rather than a zip. A zip would mean adding a compression library for a single feature, and this site keeps its dependencies to what the tools actually need.
- The text becomes pixels. The output is not selectable, not searchable and not editable — that is what converting to an image means, and no setting changes it.
- 300 dpi is the ceiling offered. Higher is possible in theory and unreliable in practice: browsers cap canvas size, mobile ones far lower, and a failed canvas returns a blank image instead of an error.
- Very large pages are rendered below the resolution you asked for, for the same reason. The result names which pages and what they came out at.
- Password-protected PDFs cannot be rendered. Remove the password first.
- Rendering runs in your browser, so a long document at 300 dpi is limited by your device's memory and will take real time — each page is a full-size image.
- Rendering pauses if you switch to another tab. Browsers stop handing out animation frames to a hidden page, and the renderer draws on those, so a long job waits for you to come back rather than finishing in the background.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. The pages are rendered in your browser using pdf.js, and no network request carries your file. You can check: open your browser's network tab before converting and watch that none of them does — the only requests you will see after the page loads are small ones recording that the tool was used. Most online PDF-to-JPG tools post your document to a server first.
What resolution should I choose?
150 dpi for most things — sharp on any screen, sensible file size. Use 300 if you are printing the result or running OCR on it, since text recognition wants the extra detail. Use 72 only for a web thumbnail. Higher is not better past the point where you are storing pixels rather than detail.
JPG or PNG?
JPG for scanned pages and anything photographic: much smaller, and its compression suits continuous tone. PNG for text, tables, diagrams and line art, where JPG leaves faint smudges around the strokes. If you are unsure and the page is mostly words, PNG at 150 dpi is the safer pick.
Why is the text in my image not selectable?
Because it is no longer text. Converting a page to an image turns every glyph into pixels, so nothing is left to select, search or copy. That is inherent to the conversion, not a limitation of this tool. If you need the text, extract it from the PDF instead of rendering it.
Why did one page come out at a lower resolution?
Because it was too large for a browser canvas at the resolution you asked for. Very large pages — posters, plans, wide spreadsheets — can exceed the limit, and past it a browser returns a blank image rather than an error. Each page is measured first and rendered as high as it safely can be, and the result tells you which pages that applied to.
Can I convert just a few pages?
Yes. Write them the way you would say them: 1-3, 7, 10-12. A trailing hyphen means to the end, so 8- takes everything from page 8 onward. Leave the box empty and you get the whole document.
Can I get all the pages as one zip?
Not at the moment. Bursting gives one download button per page, which is honest but tedious for a long document — selecting the pages you actually need is usually the better move. A zip would mean adding a compression library for one feature.
Does it work on a scanned PDF?
Yes, and it is one of the better uses for it. A scanned page is already an image inside a PDF container, so rendering it back out is close to lossless if you pick a resolution at or above what it was scanned at. Choose 300 dpi and JPG for those.
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Last updated 7 September 2026.