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How to convert PDF pages to JPG images, from screen size to 600 DPI

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Open PDF to JPG

Open PDF to JPG, drop in the PDF, leave the pages you want chosen, pick a resolution, and download. Each chosen page becomes its own image, named with its page number. One page downloads as a single image; several come together in one zip.

Steps

  1. Open PDF to JPG and drop the PDF onto the box, or click to choose it. Every page appears as a thumbnail, and all of them are chosen to start with.
  2. Click a page to leave it out, or click it again to bring it back. Shift-click chooses a run. None clears the selection if you only want a few pages; All pages chooses them all again.
  3. Under Format, choose JPG for smaller files or PNG for crisp text and lines.
  4. Under Resolution, choose Screen, Standard, Print or High.
  5. Look at the preview. It shows the page you last chose, rendered with its real pixel size and file size, and it updates as you change the format or resolution.
  6. Press Download for that one page, or Download 5 pages (the count matches your selection) for a zip of every chosen page.

Which resolution to pick

Preset A4 page in pixels Letter page in pixels Use
Screen, 96 DPI 793 × 1122 816 × 1056 Web pages, email, chat
Standard, 150 DPI (the default) 1239 × 1754 1275 × 1650 Sharp on phones and laptops
Print, 300 DPI 2479 × 3508 2550 × 3300 Printing at the page's own size
High, 600 DPI 4958 × 7016 5100 × 6600 Enlarging, fine print, archiving

DPI is how many pixels each inch of the page becomes. Very large pages, such as posters, are capped at about 60 million pixels each so the browser does not run out of memory; the result shows the DPI actually used.

JPG or PNG

JPG files are much smaller and suit pages with photos or scans. They are saved at 92 percent quality, which looks clean on screen. PNG is lossless, so text and line drawings keep perfectly crisp edges, but the files are bigger. Both are drawn on a white page, so a PDF with a transparent background comes out on white.

For a slide or a page of text you will zoom into, PNG at Standard reads most clearly. For a scanned page you want to post or send, JPG at Standard keeps the file light.

Converting a page is not the same as extracting images

This tool renders each whole page into one flat image: text, drawings and pictures together, the page as it looks. Extracting images is a different job that pulls out only the photos embedded in a PDF, at their own resolution. If you want a picture of the page, to post it or drop it into a slide, this is the right tool.

Why an image looks blurry

Either the resolution is low, or the page in the PDF is itself a low-resolution scan. A higher DPI sharpens text and vector drawings, because they are redrawn at the new size. It cannot add detail a scan does not have: a blurry scan stays blurry at 600 DPI, only larger.

Long documents

Pages are rendered one at a time. When you download several, they are held in memory until the zip is saved. For a very long document at Print or High, download it in groups of pages: choose None, click the first group, download, and repeat.

Password-protected PDFs

This tool does not open a PDF that needs a password. Remove the password first with Unlock PDF, using the password you know, then open the unlocked copy here.

Questions

Can I convert just one page?

Yes. Choose None, click the page you want, and press Download.

How do I get the images back into a PDF?

Use Images to PDF. JPG and PNG files go in without re-compression.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. It works in mobile browsers and keeps working offline once the page has loaded.

Does the PDF leave my device during conversion?

No. The pages are drawn in your browser, and the file never leaves your device.

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