PDF to PNG or PDF to JPG?
PDF pages are mostly text, lines and flat color, and PNG is the right format for that: it's lossless, so letters stay sharp with no fuzzy edges. That's why this PDF to image converter saves every page as PNG.
JPG makes sense when a page is mostly a photograph and you need a small file. In that case, convert the PDF to PNG here, then run the page you want through PNG to JPG and choose the quality.
| Page content | Best format | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Text, forms, invoices | PNG | Sharp letters, no compression smudges |
| Charts and diagrams | PNG | Clean lines and flat colors |
| Full-page photos | JPG | Much smaller file |
| Anything you'll edit | PNG | Lossless master copy |
What resolution are the images?
PDF pages are measured in points (72 per inch). Each page is rendered at 2× that size, which works out to 144 pixels per inch: sharp on screens, including high-density phone displays, and fine for slides and social posts.
- For large-format printing you may want a higher-resolution export from the app that made the PDF.
- If you only need part of a page, crop the PNG afterwards with the Image Cropper.
| Page size | PNG size |
|---|---|
| US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) | 1224 × 1584 px |
| A4 (210 × 297 mm) | 1191 × 1684 px |
| 16:9 slide (13.33 × 7.5 in) | 1920 × 1080 px |
Converting a PDF to images without software
On a Mac, Preview can export one page at a time as PNG or JPEG. On Windows there's no built-in way, and screenshots of the page lose resolution. A browser converter handles the whole document in one go on any computer or phone. Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked first.
Large PDFs take longer, because every page is rendered on your own device rather than on a server. A typical report of a few dozen pages finishes quickly on a laptop; a very long document on an older phone may take a while, so keep the tab open until all the page previews appear. Scanned PDFs work too: each scanned page is already an image, so the PNG looks like the original scan.
