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Tool 6.14

PDF to JPG: turn PDF pages into images, privately

Convert each page of a PDF into a JPG or PNG image in your browser. Choose the resolution, preview the pages and download one or all. No uploads.

Runs on your deviceRuns entirely in your browser: nothing you type or upload leaves your device.

How to use it

  1. Drop a PDF, or click to choose it.
  2. Choose JPG or PNG, the quality and the resolution.
  3. Download one page from under its preview, or all pages at once.

When a PDF has to be a picture

Some forms only accept images, even for documents you received as PDF, like a certificate or a payment receipt. A picture is also easier to share: on WhatsApp or social media a JPG shows up right in the chat, while a PDF has to be downloaded and opened. And a single page as an image is handy to paste into a presentation or a message.

This tool draws each page the way a PDF reader would and saves it as a JPG or PNG. You choose the resolution and which pages you want.

Example: what size the image comes out

You drop certificate.pdf, one Letter-size page. With the resolution on High (144 dpi), the tool says Page 1 comes out at 1224 × 1584 px: the page measures 8.5 × 11 inches, and 144 dots per inch gives those pixels. On an A4 page the same setting gives about 1190 × 1684.

Click Download under the preview and you get certificate-page-1.jpg, and the status line shows its weight. For a 40-page file, type 1, 5-7 in Pages and use Download all to get only those four. If the tool adds "Reduced to what this device can handle", the page was very large (a plan or a poster) and was scaled down to 16 megapixels.

What you lose in an image

Text in the image is no longer text. You can't select it, search it or copy it, and links stop working. If the receiver needs to copy data from the document, send the PDF too.

An image can't be sharper than the source. A blurry scan stays blurry at any resolution; higher settings only make it heavier. For small print, choose Very high, or PNG, which doesn't add JPG blotches around letters. Password-protected PDFs need their password removed first, by saving an unprotected copy.

FAQ

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. Your browser draws each page and saves it as an image, on your device. The file never leaves it.

Which resolution should I use?

High (144 dpi) is good for sharing on WhatsApp or by email. Very high (216 dpi) is better for printing or for small text. Normal gives the smallest files.

JPG or PNG?

JPG makes much smaller files and is fine for scans and photos. PNG is lossless, so it's best for small text and line drawings, but its files are bigger.

Why does it download so many files?

Each page becomes its own image. Your browser may ask once for permission to download several files: allow it. To get only some pages, type them first, like 1-3, 5.

Can I edit the text after converting?

No. Each page becomes a photo of the page, like a screenshot, so the letters are pixels. To edit the text you need the original document, or a program with character recognition (OCR), which this tool doesn't do.

  • 6.1Compress PDFMake a heavy PDF lighter so a job, university or bank portal accepts it.
  • 6.2Word, Excel, PowerPoint to PDFTurn a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file into a PDF without installing anything: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .odt or .rtf.
  • 6.3PDF to WordTurn a PDF into a Word document you can edit: paragraphs, tables and images come back as a .docx.
  • 6.4Scanned PDF to text (OCR)Make a scanned PDF searchable, or get its text as a .txt file.
  • 6.5PDF to SVGTurn each page of a PDF into an SVG for Illustrator, Inkscape, Figma or a browser, sharp at any size.
  • 6.6Remove PDF passwordGet a copy of a protected PDF that opens without a password, or without print and copy limits, using the password you know.
  • 6.7Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one in your browser.
  • 6.8Split PDFExtract pages from a PDF, split it into one file per page, or remove the pages you don't need.
  • 6.9Rotate PDFTurn every page of a PDF, or only the ones you choose, 90° either way or 180°, and save the file that way.
  • 6.10Delete PDF PagesType the pages to delete, like 2, 4-6, and download a copy of the PDF without them, the rest in their original order.
  • 6.11PDF Page NumbersStamp page numbers on a PDF as 1, 1 / 12 or Page 1 of 12, in one of six positions, from any start number, skipping the cover if you want.
  • 6.12Watermark PDFStamp a word like DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL across the pages of a PDF, diagonal or horizontal, with the opacity and size you choose.
  • 6.13JPG to PDFTurn JPG, PNG and WebP images into one PDF in your browser.
  • 6.15PDF to PNGConvert PDF pages to PNG images in your browser: lossless, with crisp text and lines.
  • 6.16Sign PDFDraw your signature or upload a photo of it, place it on any page of a PDF and download the signed file.

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