Two ways to get images from a PDF
“Pages to JPG” takes a picture of each page, text and all. Use it when you need a page as an image: a flyer to post on social media, a certificate to add to a profile, a slide to drop into a chat, or a page preview for a website.
“Extract images” does something different. It pulls out the JPG photos already stored inside the PDF and saves them as they are, without recompressing. That’s the one to use when you want the original product photos from a catalog or the pictures from a report, not the whole page around them.
Everyday uses
Many upload forms accept only images for things like a profile document or a proof of payment, while the bank or the school sent you a PDF. Converting the relevant page to JPG solves that in a few seconds.
It is also handy for sharing a single page in a messaging app, where images show a preview right in the chat while PDFs have to be opened separately.
Choosing the right resolution
72 dpi gives small, light images, fine for a quick preview or a thumbnail. 150 dpi is a good middle ground for screens, messaging apps and social posts. 300 dpi is meant for printing or for zooming into fine print, but the images are much larger.
If a form asks you to upload a document as an image under a certain size, start at 150 dpi. Go up only if the text looks blurry when you zoom in.
Your PDF stays on your device
The pages are rendered into images by your own browser. The PDF never leaves your device and nothing is kept on our side. There is no sign-up and no limit on how often you use it.
Long documents at 300 dpi can take a while and use a lot of memory, especially on phones. If you only need a few pages, use Extract pages first and convert just those.
Good to know
Scanned PDFs work well: each scanned page simply becomes a JPG. “Extract images” only finds photos stored as JPG inside the file; images saved in other formats won’t appear there, so use “Pages to JPG” instead.
Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked first with Unlock PDF. And if you later want to turn your images back into a single document, JPG to PDF does the reverse.