PDF to JPG

What this tool does

PDF to JPG renders each page of a PDF to an image using pdf.js. Choose the format, resolution and quality, convert every page or just a range, and download the images one by one or as a ZIP archive.

Plenty of places accept images but not PDFs: social media posts, presentation slides, chat apps, image-only upload fields and some e-commerce listings. Turning a page into a picture is also the simplest way to show a document preview on a website or to paste one page into another file.

The converter uses pdf.js, the PDF engine built into Firefox, to draw each page onto a canvas at the resolution you choose, then encodes it as JPG, PNG or WebP. Resolution is set in DPI: at 150 DPI an A4 page becomes about 1240 × 1754 pixels, and at 300 DPI about 2480 × 3508 pixels. Rendering happens locally, so private documents stay on your device.

How to use PDF to JPG

1. Drop a PDF onto the upload area.
2. Under Image settings choose a Format: JPG for photos and scans, PNG for crisp text and diagrams, WebP for small web images.
3. Pick a Resolution. 150 DPI suits screens, 300 DPI suits printing.
4. For JPG and WebP adjust Quality; 85 to 92 percent is a good balance.
5. Leave Pages empty to convert everything, or type a range such as 1, 4-6.
6. Press Convert to images, check the preview, and download single images or Download all (ZIP).

Tips for better results

• PNG is lossless and best for pages of text, but files are larger than JPG; WebP at 90 percent is usually smaller than both.
• For PNG and WebP you can untick White background to keep transparent areas transparent, useful for logos exported as PDF.
• Very large pages such as posters are automatically rendered at a lower resolution to stay within browser canvas limits; the tool tells you when that happens.
• Use Stop to end a long conversion early; the pages already rendered remain available.

Common use cases

• Posting a page of a report or flyer to social media.
• Inserting a PDF page into a slide deck or a word processor as an image.
• Creating preview thumbnails of documents for a website.
• Archiving scanned pages as standard image files.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Choosing 600 DPI for screen use, which creates huge files without visible benefit.
• Saving text-heavy pages as low-quality JPG, which produces blurry fringes around letters. Use PNG or quality above 85 percent.
• Expecting the images to contain selectable text. A rendered image is a picture of the page.