How to Convert PDF to JPG or PNG (High Quality, Free)

To convert a PDF page to an image, open PDF to JPG & PNG, load the PDF, choose JPEG or PNG and a resolution, pick the pages, and download. Choose PNG for pages with sharp text and diagrams, and JPEG for pages that are mostly photos. A resolution of 2× suits screens; use 3× when the image will be printed or zoomed.

The rest of this guide explains those choices, because they decide whether the result looks crisp or fuzzy.

Why convert a PDF to an image?

PDFs are great for documents but awkward elsewhere. You'll want an image when:

• Adding a page to a presentation. Slides handle images far better than embedded PDFs.
• Posting on social media or a website. Most platforms don't display PDFs inline but accept JPG and PNG.
• Sharing in chat apps. An image previews instantly, while a PDF has to be downloaded and opened.
• Using a page in an image editor. You might need to crop a chart, annotate a floor plan or place a certificate in a portfolio.
• Uploading to a form that only takes images. Some application forms want a JPG of a document, not a PDF.

Step-by-step: PDF to image with ToolMany

1. Open PDF to JPG & PNG.
2. Choose your PDF. The pages render in your browser using PDF.js, the same engine Firefox uses to display PDFs, so nothing is uploaded.
3. Pick the output format: PNG or JPEG.
4. Pick the resolution scale: 1×, 1.5×, 2× or 3×.
5. Choose all pages or a continuous range, such as pages 3 to 6.
6. Download pages one at a time, or start separate downloads for all of them. Your browser may ask once for permission to download several files.

JPG or PNG: which should you choose?

Rule of thumb: if the page is mostly text, PNG keeps letters razor sharp. If it's mostly photographs, JPEG gives a much smaller file that looks the same. A text page saved as PNG is also often smaller than you'd expect, because large areas of plain white compress very well without loss.

If a JPEG is still too large for an upload form, run it through the Image Compressor to lower the quality or pixel size.

What the resolution scale means

PDF pages are measured in points, at 72 points to the inch. A scale of 1× renders one pixel per point, which works out to roughly 72 pixels per inch of page. Higher scales multiply that:

These figures are for a standard desktop screen. On high-density screens, such as most phones and Retina laptops, the tool also multiplies by the screen's pixel ratio so pages look crisp there, which means the downloaded images come out two or three times larger in each dimension. If you need an exact pixel size, check the downloaded image and resize it with the Image Resizer.

Higher scales mean sharper images but bigger files and more memory used while rendering. On a phone, converting a long PDF at 3× can be slow, so convert in smaller ranges if that happens.

Tips for better results

• Convert only the pages you need. Use the page range, or extract the pages first with Split PDF.
• Fix rotation first. If pages are sideways in the PDF, they'll be sideways in the images. Rotate the PDF before converting.
• Watch for scanned PDFs. If the PDF is a scan, the image can only be as sharp as the original scan. Picking 3× won't add detail the scanner didn't capture.
• Check fonts. Very occasionally a PDF uses an unusual embedded font that renders slightly differently. Compare the image with the PDF before using it somewhere important.

Going the other way

Need to turn pictures into a PDF instead, for example photos of documents? Use Image to PDF, which places each image on its own A4, Letter or original-size page. Our guide on scanning documents with your phone walks through that whole workflow.