Convert PDF to image

How to Convert PDF to images

1

Add your PDFs

Click “Select files” or drag and drop one or more PDFs into the upload area.

2

Choose format, pages and quality

Pick JPG or PNG. Convert every page or enter numbers and ranges (1, 3-5, 8). Choose Normal for screen or High (300 DPI) for print.

3

Convert and download

Click Convert. Pages render on your device and multi-page results are zipped automatically.

Every step runs in your browser. No server uploads, no waiting.

Why use this tool

DukPdf’s PDF to Image tool renders PDF pages as image files in your browser, and lets you choose the format rather than deciding for you. Pick JPG when you want small files and the page is mostly photographic, or PNG when the page is text, tables or line art and you want edges to stay exact. The difference is real: JPG spends its bytes on a quality dial (this tool starts it at 92%), while PNG has no dial at all — every pixel is stored exactly, which is why its files run several times larger. Everything else works the same either way: select pages, choose Normal (150 DPI) or High (300 DPI), set a per-image size target from 50KB to 2MB if a form demands one, and multi-page results arrive as a ZIP. The size target adapts to the format — JPG lowers quality before dimensions, PNG can only render smaller — so the same 200KB cap produces a slightly softer JPG but a slightly smaller PNG. If you already know which format you want, PDF to JPG and PDF to PNG skip the choice, and their size-preset pages (JPG under 200KB, PNG under 200KB) skip the setup too.

When you'd use this

Mixed documents

A report with photo plates and data tables may want JPG for some pages and PNG for others — run it twice and keep the best of each.

Social and web posts

Pull a chart or quote out as JPG for fast loading, or PNG when the text has to stay razor sharp.

Slide thumbnails

Turn a deck into per-slide images sized for a storyboard or a content management system.

Comparing output

Not sure which format your downstream tool wants? Convert one page each way and see which it accepts.

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PDF to Image — questions

Which format should I choose?

JPG for photographic pages and whenever file size matters — it is several times smaller. PNG for text, tables, diagrams and screenshots, because it is lossless and leaves no compression halos around dark text. If you are genuinely unsure, convert one page each way and compare at full zoom; the difference shows fastest around small type.

What is the difference in file size?

PNG is typically several times larger than JPG for the same page, and the gap widens on photo-heavy pages. A typical text page runs about 190KB as a Normal-quality PNG versus a fraction of that as JPG. That size buys pixel-exact reproduction.

How does the size target work?

Set a per-image cap between 50KB and 2MB and the tool searches for the best version that fits it. The lever differs by format: JPG steps quality down first and dimensions only after, while PNG — having no quality setting — renders the page at smaller dimensions until it fits. Pages already under the cap are exported untouched.

Can I convert some pages to JPG and others to PNG?

Not in one pass — the format applies to the whole run. Convert the pages you want as JPG, then run the rest as PNG using the page selector; unselected pages are never rendered, so the second pass costs only its own pages.

What resolution do I get?

Normal renders at 150 DPI for screen use; High renders at 300 DPI for print. The setting applies to both formats, and the renderer caps any image at 8192 pixels on its longest side — about 700 DPI on an A4 page.

How do multi-page results arrive?

As a single ZIP, with one image per page in page order. Convert several PDFs at once and each gets its own folder inside the ZIP, so a 500-page batch does not bury your Downloads folder in loose files.

Are my PDFs uploaded during conversion?

No. Rendering runs in your browser with PDF.js and a canvas. There are zero upload requests carrying your file.

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