The short answer
Drop the PDF on the converter below. Choose the Image format (JPG, PNG or WebP) and the Resolution: Low (72 DPI), Medium (150 DPI) or High (print, 300 DPI). In Pages, type the pages you want, for example 3 for a single page, 1-3, 5 for several, or 8- for page 8 to the end; leave it empty for all pages. Each page becomes one image, which you can download one by one or all together as a ZIP.
The PDF is opened and drawn by your browser, so contracts, invoices and scans never leave your device. You can add several PDFs at once and they are converted with the same settings.
Try it here: PDF to JPG
Open the full tool pageHow resolution (DPI) works for PDF pages
Most PDF pages are not pictures but instructions: draw this letter here, this line there. That is why text in a PDF stays sharp when you zoom in. To turn a page into an image, the page has to be drawn on a grid of pixels, and DPI (dots per inch) decides how fine that grid is. The page size times the DPI gives the image size in pixels.
A higher DPI means sharper small text but more pixels and larger files: doubling the DPI makes four times as many pixels. For a scanned PDF, which already contains a photo of each page, going above the resolution of the scan adds size but no detail; 150 or 300 DPI is almost always enough.
| Page | 72 DPI (Low) | 150 DPI (Medium) | 300 DPI (High) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A4 portrait | 595 by 842 px | 1240 by 1754 px | 2480 by 3508 px |
| Letter portrait | 612 by 792 px | 1275 by 1650 px | 2550 by 3300 px |
| 16:9 slide (13.33 by 7.5 in) | 960 by 540 px | 2000 by 1125 px | 4000 by 2250 px |
Which resolution for which purpose
- Previews and thumbnails, a quick image for a chat: Low (72 DPI). Small files, but small text becomes hard to read.
- Screens, websites, emails, social media and inserting a page into Word or PowerPoint: Medium (150 DPI). An A4 page at 1240 pixels wide is sharp on almost any screen.
- Printing, zooming into details, OCR and archiving: High (300 DPI). This is the standard resolution for print and gives the best results with text recognition tools.
- Slides exported from PowerPoint or Keynote as PDF: Medium gives 2000 by 1125 pixels, more than a Full HD projector or screen needs.
JPG or PNG for text pages
JPG is made for photos. It saves space by smoothing fine detail, which is invisible in a landscape but shows up as faint smudges around black letters on white paper, especially at lower quality settings. PNG keeps every pixel exactly, so text and lines stay perfectly crisp, and for pages that are mostly white with black text a PNG is often not much larger than a high quality JPG.
Practical rule: choose PNG for text documents, forms, tables, charts and drawings, and JPG for brochures, photo books, scanned pages and anything with photos, where it is several times smaller. The Quality slider (shown for JPG and WebP, default 90) controls the balance; 80 to 90 keeps text clean, below 70 artifacts around letters become visible. WebP gives the smallest files of the three and is fine for websites, but some older programs and upload forms do not accept it.
Saving only some pages
You rarely need every page. The Pages field accepts single numbers, ranges and open ranges, separated by commas. After the conversion each file shows how many pages were turned into images, for example 4 of 20 pages, so you can check the range before downloading.
| You type | Pages converted |
|---|---|
| 5 | Only page 5 |
| 1-3 | Pages 1, 2 and 3 |
| 1-3, 5 | Pages 1, 2, 3 and 5 |
| 8- | Page 8 to the last page |
| (empty) | All pages |
Other ways, and common problems
On a Mac, Preview can export the selected page with File, Export, choosing JPEG or PNG and a resolution. On Windows, a quick option for one page is a screenshot with Win+Shift+S, but its resolution is limited to what is on your screen. Adobe Acrobat's paid version can export pages as images too. On a phone, a screenshot works for a quick share; for a sharp image use the converter in your mobile browser.
A few problems come up again and again:
- The PDF asks for a password: protected files cannot be opened without it. Open it in your PDF reader with the password, save a copy without protection and try again.
- Small text is blurry: choose High (300 DPI), and PNG instead of JPG.
- The files are too large: use Medium instead of High, JPG at quality 80, or convert only the pages you need.
- A page looks different from the PDF reader: some unusual fonts or effects can render slightly differently. Compare the preview and, if needed, export that page from the program that created the PDF.