PDF to Image Converter
Turn PDF pages into sharp PNG or JPG images, right in your browser.
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About the PDF to Image Converter
Open a PDF and turn its pages into images: PNG for crisp text and diagrams, or JPG for smaller files and scanned documents. Choose the resolution (72, 150 or 300 DPI, or any value from 36 to 600), pick the pages you need from the thumbnails or type a range such as 1-3, 7, and download each image on its own or all of them in one ZIP file.
Pages are drawn by pdf.js, the open-source PDF engine used by Firefox, directly in your browser. Your document is never uploaded, and password-protected PDFs work too if you know the password.
How to use it
- Drop a PDF onto the box above, or tap Choose a PDF. If it is password-protected, enter the password when asked.
- Pick PNG or JPG and a resolution. 150 DPI suits screens and email; 300 DPI suits printing and text recognition (OCR).
- Keep all pages, type a selection such as
1-3, 5, 8-(8 to the end), or tick and untick the page thumbnails. - Press Convert. When it finishes, download the ZIP with every image, or single pages from the list.
Examples
72 DPI → 595 × 842 px 150 DPI → 1240 × 1754 px 300 DPI → 2480 × 3508 px
Pixels = page size in inches × DPI. A US Letter page (8.5 × 11 in) at 300 DPI is 2550 × 3300 px.
2-4, last
Pages 2, 3, 4 and 10 → report-page-02.png, report-page-03.png, report-page-04.png, report-page-10.png
Common uses
- Posting a page of a report, menu or poster on social media or a website.
- Adding PDF slides or diagrams to a presentation, document or chat that does not accept PDFs.
- Uploading forms and certificates to portals that only accept JPG or PNG.
- Preparing 300 DPI page images for printing or for OCR software.
Which resolution should I choose?
PDF pages are measured in points (72 points = 1 inch), so the image size in pixels is the page size in inches multiplied by the DPI (dots per inch).
- 72 DPI — small previews and thumbnails. Small text becomes hard to read.
- 150 DPI — the best default for screens, email and messaging. Text is sharp on phones and laptops.
- 300 DPI — print quality and best for OCR. Files are about four times larger than at 150 DPI.
The DPI is also saved in every PNG and JPG, so printing at 100% (“actual size”) reproduces the original page size, and OCR and image-to-PDF apps measure the page correctly.
Your browser limits how big one image can be (about 16.7 megapixels in Safari and on phones, 50 megapixels on desktop browsers here). Very large pages, such as A1 posters at 300 DPI, are rendered at the highest resolution that fits, and the tool shows the DPI it actually used.
PNG or JPG?
PNG is lossless: text, line art and diagrams stay perfectly sharp, but files are larger. Turn on Transparent background to keep the empty parts of the page see-through, for example to reuse a logo or a chart.
JPG is lossy: files are much smaller, which suits photos and scanned pages. At 85% quality differences are hard to see; below about 60% you will notice blur and blocky edges around text.
Limitations
- Fonts that are not embedded in the PDF are replaced with standard look-alike fonts, so a page can look slightly different from the original program.
- Dynamic XFA forms (from Adobe LiveCycle) are not supported; only their static fallback page, if any, is drawn.
- Very long documents at 300 DPI produce a lot of data. Converting hundreds of pages works, but needs patience and memory, especially on phones.
- The first conversion downloads the PDF engine once (about 0.5 MB compressed), so it needs an internet connection.
Privacy
Everything happens in your browser. What you enter or open here is not uploaded or stored by MySmartCoPilot.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The PDF is opened and drawn by pdf.js inside your browser, and the images are created on your device. Nothing about the file is sent anywhere.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF?
Yes, if you know the password. The tool asks for it and uses it only on your device to open the file. Without the password the pages cannot be read, so there is no way around it.
Why are my PNG files so large?
PNG keeps every pixel exactly, and a 300 DPI A4 page has almost 8.7 million pixels. Choose 150 DPI, or JPG at 80–90% quality, for much smaller files.
What do I type in the Pages box?
Page numbers and ranges separated by commas: 1-3, 5 converts pages 1, 2, 3 and 5. 8- means page 8 to the end, -3 means pages 1 to 3, and you can also type all, odd, even or last.
Are form fields, comments and stamps included?
Yes. Filled-in form fields, highlights, stamps and other annotations that have a visible appearance in the PDF are drawn into the images.