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How to convert PDF pages to JPG images

Sometimes a PDF is the wrong shape for the job. You want to post a page on social media, put a slide into a presentation, attach a page to a form that only accepts images, or send a flyer in a chat where it shows up as a picture instead of a file to download.

Converting the pages to JPG images solves all of these. UtilOrb's PDF to JPG draws each page in your browser, at the resolution you choose, without uploading the document anywhere.

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01Step by step

Convert PDF pages to images in your browser

  1. Step 1: Open PDF to JPG

    Open PDF to JPG and drop your PDF onto the page, or click to choose it. You'll see a preview of its pages.

  2. Step 2: Choose JPG or PNG

    JPG gives smaller files and suits photos and most documents. PNG is lossless and keeps text and line drawings perfectly crisp, at a larger file size.

  3. Step 3: Pick the resolution

    150 DPI suits screens and sharing, 300 DPI suits printing, and 72 DPI makes small previews.

  4. Step 4: Choose the pages

    Convert every page, or type a page range such as 1-3, 5.

  5. Step 5: Download

    Save any page on its own, or download them all together in a single ZIP file.

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02Settings

Which settings should you use?

  • Social media, chat apps and presentations: JPG at 150 DPI. An A4 page comes out at about 1,240 × 1,754 pixels, and a US Letter page at 1,275 × 1,650.
  • Printing: 300 DPI. An A4 page becomes about 2,480 × 3,508 pixels, four times as many pixels as at 150 DPI, so expect much bigger files.
  • Text-heavy pages and diagrams you'll zoom into: PNG keeps edges crisp. Use JPG at a high quality if file size matters more.
  • Quick thumbnails or previews: 72 DPI.

The tool shows the image size in pixels for the settings you've chosen, so you can check before converting.

03Alternatives

Other ways to turn a PDF into images

Mac: Preview

Open the PDF in Preview, select a page, choose File > Export and pick JPEG from the Format menu. It's handy for a page or two; for a whole document, a tool that converts every page at once is quicker.

Take a screenshot

For a quick share, you can screenshot a page: Windows + Shift + S on Windows, or Shift + Command + 4 on a Mac. The image is limited to your screen's resolution, so it's fine for a chat message but not for print.

Paid PDF editors

Adobe Acrobat and other paid PDF editors can export pages as images too, along with editing and other conversions.

04Tips

Related jobs

  • Going the other way? To turn images back into a PDF, use JPG to PDF.
  • Only need a few pages? If they don't have to be images, Split PDF keeps them as a PDF, with text you can still select.
  • Need the text rather than a picture? If the PDF has selectable text, copy it directly. If it's a scan, convert the page to an image here, then run it through Image to Text.
  • Images too large to send? Shrink them with the Image Compressor.

05FAQ

Questions people ask

Choose 300 DPI and they'll print sharply at the page's original size. 150 DPI looks good on screens but can look soft on paper.

Yes. Type its number as the page range, or download just that page's image after converting.

No. A JPG or PNG is a picture of the page, so its text can't be selected or searched. Keep the PDF as well if you need that.

No. Pages are drawn in your browser tab with PDF.js, the open-source PDF engine that also powers Firefox's PDF viewer, and the images are created on your device.

Try it now

Ready? Open PDF to JPG.

It's free, there's nothing to install, and your files stay on your device the whole time.

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