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Convert PDF to images (PNG or JPG)

Turn every page of a PDF into a PNG or JPG image at the resolution you choose. Pages are rendered in your browser, so the document is never uploaded.

e.g. "1-3, 5". Leave blank for all pages.

This tool does not upload your files

The conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your files stay on your device from start to finish, there is no server copy, and nothing is stored once you leave the page. That is true for every tool on FileFlip.

01About this tool

About this tool

Sometimes a PDF page needs to become a picture: a slide for a presentation, a figure for a document, a preview thumbnail, or something to post where PDFs are not accepted. This renders each page at the resolution you choose and hands back PNG or JPG files, all without the document leaving your device.

02Step by step

How to pdf to images

  1. 01

    Add one PDF

    Drop in the document you want to turn into pictures.

  2. 02

    Pick the image format

    PNG keeps text and lines perfectly crisp. JPG produces noticeably smaller files and suits pages that are mostly photographs.

  3. 03

    Choose the resolution

    144 dpi is a good default for screen use. Go to 300 dpi if the image will be printed or zoomed into, and drop to 72 dpi for small previews.

  4. 04

    Select pages and convert

    Leave the pages field blank for the whole document, or name the ones you need. Download the images individually or take the whole set as a zip.

03Good to know

What to watch for

Choosing a resolution

The setting controls how many pixels each page is rendered into. At 72 dpi an A4 page is about 595 pixels wide, at 144 dpi about 1190, and at 300 dpi about 2480. Higher numbers mean sharper images and much larger files, and rendering takes longer. For anything viewed on a screen, 144 dpi is usually enough.

PNG or JPG

PNG is lossless, so text and diagrams stay razor sharp, but pages full of photographs produce big files. JPG is far smaller for photographic pages, at the cost of slight fuzz around text. If in doubt for a text document, choose PNG.

The text becomes pixels

Once a page is an image, the text in it can no longer be selected, searched or copied. Keep the original PDF if you still need those things.

04Questions

Frequently asked

Is my document uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs inside your browser using code that was downloaded to your device. Your file is never sent to us or to anyone else, so there is no copy to store or leak.
Why is it slow on a long document?
Every page is fully rendered on your own processor, and higher resolutions take longer. A long document at 300 dpi is genuinely a lot of work. Selecting only the pages you need is much faster.
How do I get just the first page as a preview?
Type 1 in the pages field and pick a lower resolution such as 72 or 108 dpi.
Do the images keep transparency?
No. Pages are drawn onto a white background, matching how a PDF viewer displays them.