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PDF to Image Converter: Free PDF to JPG, PNG, WebP and TIFF
Turn PDF pages into crisp images, or pull out the photos stored inside a PDF. Choose the format, the resolution from 72 DPI web previews to 600 DPI print files, and exactly which pages you want. Everything happens in your browser, so your documents stay on your device.
- 100% free, no limits
- Files never leave your device
- No sign up or watermark
- Works on phone, tablet and desktop
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PDF to image converterRuns in your browser · files are never uploaded · batch and ZIP supported
On-device · PrivateDrop PDFs here
Or choose them from your device. Add several at once and pick the pages you want from each.
- Up to 1,200 DPI
- Password-protected PDFs supported
Image format
Lossless · sharpest textResolution
A4: 1,240 × 1,754 pxMore options
Extracting saves the photos stored inside the PDF at their original size, without the surrounding page.
Transparent removes the white canvas so only content is saved.
Use placeholders: {name}, {n} (page), {total}, {w}, {h}, {dpi}.
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What is the PDF to Image converter?
PDF to Image is a free online tool from Entertainment Couch that converts PDF pages into JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF or BMP images in your web browser, at any resolution from 36 to 1,200 DPI. It can also extract the original photos embedded in a PDF. Files are processed on your own device and are never uploaded, and there is no sign-up, watermark or page limit.
PDF to Image at a glance
| Price | Free. No limits on files or pages, no watermark and no premium version. |
|---|---|
| Account | None. No sign-up, email or download. |
| Privacy | Files are processed in your browser and never uploaded to a server. |
| Devices | Any modern browser on phone, tablet, laptop or desktop. |
| Formats | 7: JPG (JPEG), PNG, WebP, AVIF (where your browser supports it), GIF, TIFF and BMP. |
| Resolution | Presets of 72, 150, 300 and 600 DPI, or any value from 36 to 1,200 DPI, plus an optional maximum width in pixels. |
| Modes | Each page as an image, all pages as one long image, a multi-page TIFF, or extract embedded images. |
| Page selection | Pick pages by tapping thumbnails or typing ranges, with All, Odd, Even and None shortcuts. |
| Extras | Grayscale, black and white, transparent background, rotation, DPI saved in the file and custom file names. |
| Batch | Convert many PDFs at once and save every image as one ZIP file, with a folder per PDF. |
| Made by | Entertainment Couch. Last updated 21 October 2026. |
How do you convert a PDF to an image?
Add your PDF to the tool, choose an image format such as JPG or PNG and a resolution such as 150 DPI, then press Convert. Save each image on its own or all of them as one ZIP file. No account, upload or software is needed.
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Add your PDF
Drop one or more PDFs onto the tool or press Choose PDFs. Nothing is uploaded.
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Pick format and resolution
Choose JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF or BMP, then a resolution: 150 DPI for screens, 300 DPI for print.
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Choose pages
Every page is selected. Tap pages to deselect them, or type a range such as 1-3, 8.
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Convert and save
Press Convert, preview any image, then save it on its own or save them all as one ZIP file.
Which image format should you choose?
Choose PNG for text, forms and diagrams, because it is lossless and keeps every letter sharp. Choose JPG for scanned pages and photos when small files matter, WebP for websites, and TIFF for printing and archives. JPG and JPEG are the same format.
| Format | Compression | Transparency | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPG / JPEG | Lossy, adjustable quality | No | Scanned pages, photos and small email attachments |
| PNG | Lossless | Yes | Text, forms, diagrams and screenshots that must stay sharp |
| WebP | Lossy, adjustable quality | Yes | Websites and apps that need small files at good quality |
| AVIF | Lossy, adjustable quality | Yes | The smallest files, where your browser can create AVIF |
| GIF | Lossless, 256 colours | Yes, on or off | Simple graphics and older systems that only accept GIF |
| TIFF | Lossless (Deflate) | Yes | Printing, archiving, fax and document-management software |
| BMP | Uncompressed | No | Older Windows apps that require bitmap files |
AVIF appears only in browsers that can create AVIF images, and WebP is marked unavailable in browsers that can’t create it. Every other format works in every modern browser because the tool includes its own encoders.
What resolution (DPI) should you use?
Use 150 DPI for screens, email and social media, 300 DPI for printing, and 600 DPI for fine detail or OCR. At 150 DPI an A4 page becomes 1,240 × 1,754 pixels; at 300 DPI it becomes 2,480 × 3,508 pixels.
| Resolution | A4 page (pixels) | US Letter page (pixels) | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 DPI | 595 × 842 | 612 × 792 | Thumbnails and web previews |
| 96 DPI | 794 × 1,123 | 816 × 1,056 | Viewing at actual size on a standard screen |
| 150 DPI | 1,240 × 1,754 | 1,275 × 1,650 | Screens, email, chat apps and social media |
| 200 DPI | 1,654 × 2,339 | 1,700 × 2,200 | Sharp zooming on screen and home printing |
| 300 DPI | 2,480 × 3,508 | 2,550 × 3,300 | Professional printing and documents |
| 600 DPI | 4,961 × 7,016 | 5,100 × 6,600 | Fine detail, small print and OCR text recognition |
Pixel sizes are for a portrait page with no rotation. You can also set any custom value from 36 to 1,200 DPI, or a maximum width in pixels, under More options.
How does the converter keep images sharp?
The converter draws each page directly at the resolution you choose, so text and vector graphics are rendered at full detail rather than enlarged from a smaller image. It then encodes the result in your chosen format, with lossless compression for PNG, TIFF, GIF and BMP.
Native image extraction
Extract mode reads the photos stored inside the PDF and saves them at the size they were stored at, skipping duplicates that appear on several pages.
Built-in encoders
TIFF files use lossless Deflate compression with a predictor, GIF files get an optimised 256-colour palette, and BMP is written directly, so every format works in every browser.
Resolution saved in the file
JPG, PNG, TIFF and BMP images record their DPI, so they print at the PDF’s original page size in apps that read it.
Automatic black and white
Black-and-white mode picks the best threshold for each page using Otsu’s method, so faint text stays readable and backgrounds turn clean white.
Aware of browser limits
If an image would be larger than your browser can create, the tool lowers the resolution just enough and tells you the DPI it used.
How do you extract images from a PDF?
Open More options in the tool, set Convert to Extract embedded images and press Extract images. The tool saves every photo and graphic stored inside the selected pages, at the size it was stored at, without the surrounding text.
Converting a page and extracting its images answer different needs. A converted page is a picture of everything you see, which is right for sharing a page, printing it or posting it online. An extracted image is the original photo the document’s author placed in the file, which is right when you want to reuse that photo in another document or edit it.
Extraction skips images that appear on several pages, so a logo repeated in every header is saved once. Images smaller than 50 pixels, such as bullets and icons, are skipped unless you switch that option off. Pages made only of text and drawings contain no embedded images, so convert those pages instead.
Is it safe to convert PDFs to images online?
With this tool, yes. Your PDF is converted entirely inside your web browser and is never uploaded, stored or seen by anyone else. That makes it safe for contracts, IDs, bank statements, medical records and other private documents.
Many online PDF converters send your file to a server, convert it there and ask you to download the result. This tool works differently: the rendering engine is loaded into the page, and your file is read, rendered and saved locally. Password-protected PDFs are opened with a password you type in, which never leaves the page.
How do you get the best image from a PDF?
Pick PNG for text and JPG for scans, match the resolution to where the image will be used, and extract embedded images instead of converting when you only need a PDF’s photos. Check the result in the preview before you save.
- Use PNG for text, JPG for scans. PNG keeps letters perfectly sharp. JPG makes scanned pages and photos much smaller with no visible difference at quality 90 or higher.
- Match resolution to use. 150 DPI is plenty for screens and messages, 300 DPI for print, and 600 DPI only when you need fine detail or OCR.
- Extract instead of converting scans. If a PDF is a scan, Extract embedded images saves the original scan with no resampling at all.
- Try black and white for paperwork. Receipts, forms and letters become crisp and very small as black-and-white PNG, GIF or TIFF.
- Set a maximum width for the web. A maximum width such as 1600 px keeps every image the same size for websites, whatever the page size.
- Name files before converting. Change the file-name pattern under More options so images sort and upload in the right order.
Key terms in PDF to image conversion
Short definitions of the ideas behind the tool and its settings.
- DPI (dots per inch)
- How many image pixels cover one inch of the page. A4 at 150 DPI is 1,240 × 1,754 pixels; at 300 DPI it is 2,480 × 3,508.
- Rasterizing
- Turning a page of text and vector drawings into a grid of pixels, which is what converting a PDF to an image does.
- Lossless compression
- Compression that keeps every pixel exactly, as in PNG, TIFF with Deflate and GIF. Best for text and line art.
- Lossy compression
- Compression that drops detail the eye barely notices, as in JPG, WebP and AVIF. Gives much smaller files for photos.
- JPG and JPEG
- Two names for the same image format. JPG is the three-letter file extension; the format is defined by the JPEG standard.
- Alpha channel
- Extra data that stores transparency for each pixel. PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF and GIF can store it; JPG and BMP cannot.
- Embedded image
- A photo or graphic stored inside a PDF file. Extracting it saves the stored image rather than a picture of the whole page.
- Colour palette
- The fixed list of up to 256 colours a GIF can use. Dithering mixes palette colours to suggest smoother gradients.
About the PDF to Image converter
Who makes the tool, exactly what it does with your file, its limits, and the standards it follows.
Who made it
PDF to Image is designed and maintained by Entertainment Couch, which also publishes a collection of free online tools and free browser games. It was last updated on .
How the engine works
- Pages are rendered with PDF.js, the open-source PDF engine built into Firefox, at the exact resolution you choose. The PDF standard measures pages in points of 1/72 inch, so 300 DPI means each point becomes 300/72 pixels.
- JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF images are created by your browser’s own encoders. With Save the DPI turned on, the resolution is written into the JPG density fields and the PNG pHYs chunk.
- TIFF files are written by the tool itself, with lossless Deflate compression and a horizontal predictor where your browser supports compression streams, and uncompressed otherwise. They can hold several pages.
- GIF files use a 256-colour palette chosen by weighted median cut for each image, with optional Floyd–Steinberg dithering, and LZW compression.
- Black-and-white mode sets the threshold for each page with Otsu’s method. Grayscale uses the standard luminance weights for red, green and blue.
- Extracted images are read from the PDF’s own image objects and saved at their stored size; duplicates are saved once.
Known limits
- The largest image depends on your browser: about 140 megapixels on most computers, 50 megapixels on lower-memory devices and 16.7 megapixels on iPhone and iPad. Larger images are scaled down, and the tool reports the DPI it used.
- Very large embedded images may be reduced by the PDF engine to fit your device’s memory when extracted.
- Images that are only masks or patterns, such as stencil shapes, are not extracted.
- Text in an image can’t be selected or searched. Use 300 DPI or higher if you plan to run OCR software on the images.
Sources
- ISO 32000-2:2020. Document management: Portable document format, Part 2: PDF 2.0. International Organization for Standardization. https://www.iso.org/standard/75839.html
- ITU-T Recommendation T.81 (1992). Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images (JPEG). https://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/itu-t81.pdf
- W3C. Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification. https://www.w3.org/TR/png/
- J. Zern, P. Massimino, J. Alakuijala (2024). RFC 9649: WebP Image Format. IETF. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9649
- Adobe Systems (1992). TIFF Revision 6.0. https://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com16/tiff-fx/docs/tiff6.pdf
- CompuServe (1990). Graphics Interchange Format, Version 89a. https://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt
- N. Otsu (1979). A threshold selection method from gray-level histograms. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 9(1): 62–66. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.1979.4310076
- Mozilla. PDF.js, the open-source PDF renderer used to draw pages and read embedded images. https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/
- JSZip, the open-source library used to build ZIP downloads. https://stuk.github.io/jszip/
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Frequently asked questions
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General
What is the PDF to Image converter?
PDF to Image is a free online tool from Entertainment Couch that converts PDF pages into JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF or BMP images in your web browser. It can also extract the original images embedded in a PDF. Files are processed on your device and never uploaded.
Is the PDF to Image converter really free?
Yes. Every format, resolution and feature is free, with no limit on files or pages, no watermark and no premium version.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. There is no account, email or download. Open the page, add a PDF and convert it.
How do I convert a PDF to JPG?
Add the PDF, choose JPG as the image format, pick a resolution such as 150 DPI, then press Convert to JPG. Each selected page becomes its own JPG image, which you can save one by one or all together as a ZIP file.
How do I convert a PDF to PNG?
Add the PDF, choose PNG, pick a resolution and press Convert to PNG. PNG is lossless, so text and line art stay perfectly sharp, and you can turn on a transparent background under More options.
How do I convert a PDF to an image on iPhone or Android?
Open this page in Safari or Chrome, tap Choose PDFs and pick a file from Files, Drive or Downloads. After converting, tap an image to preview it, then use Save, or Share where your phone offers it to send the image to Photos or another app.
Can I convert several PDFs at once?
Yes. Add as many PDFs as you like. Each one gets its own page picker, Convert all processes them in turn, and Save all as ZIP downloads every image in one file, with a folder for each PDF.
Using the tool
How do I convert only some pages of a PDF?
Tap pages in the page picker to select or deselect them, use the All, Odd, Even and None shortcuts, or type a range such as 1-3, 7, 10- in the Pages box. Shift-click selects a run of pages. Only selected pages are converted.
How do I extract images from a PDF?
Open More options, set Convert to Extract embedded images, then press Extract images. The tool saves each photo or graphic stored inside the selected pages at the size it was stored at, skips duplicates, and can skip tiny images such as icons.
What is the difference between converting pages and extracting images?
Converting pages takes a picture of the whole page, including text, layout and drawings, at the resolution you choose. Extracting images saves only the pictures embedded in the PDF, at the resolution they were stored at, without the rest of the page.
Can I combine all PDF pages into one image?
Yes. Set Convert to All pages in one long image. Pages are stacked from top to bottom into a single tall image. If the result would be larger than your browser can create, the resolution is lowered automatically and the tool tells you the DPI it used.
Can I make a multi-page TIFF?
Yes. Choose TIFF, keep Convert set to Each page to an image, and turn on Combine pages into one multi-page TIFF. All selected pages are saved in one TIFF file, which fax software, scanners and archiving systems often expect.
How do I change the file names?
Under More options, edit File names. You can use {name} for the PDF name, {n} for the page number, {total} for the page count, {w} and {h} for the pixel size, and {dpi} for the resolution. The default is {name}-page-{n}.
How do I check an image before saving it?
Tap any converted image to open the preview. Switch between fit to screen and actual size, step through every image with the arrow buttons or arrow keys, and save from there.
Formats & quality
What resolution (DPI) should I use?
Use 72 DPI for thumbnails and web previews, 150 DPI for screens, email and social media, 300 DPI for printing, and 600 DPI for fine detail, small print or OCR. Higher DPI gives sharper, larger images and bigger files.
What is the best image format for a PDF page?
PNG is best for text, forms and diagrams because it is lossless and keeps edges sharp. JPG is best for scanned pages and photos where smaller files matter. WebP gives smaller files than JPG at similar quality. TIFF suits printing and archiving.
Is JPG the same as JPEG?
Yes. JPG and JPEG are the same format; JPG is the three-letter file extension. Under More options you can choose whether files are saved with .jpg or .jpeg.
Will converting a PDF to an image reduce quality?
Text and vector graphics are drawn fresh at the resolution you pick, so they are as sharp as that resolution allows. PNG, TIFF and BMP are lossless. JPG, WebP and AVIF use the quality setting, and 90 or higher looks virtually identical for most pages.
Can I get a transparent background?
Yes, with PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF or TIFF. Set Background to Transparent under More options and areas of the page without content become transparent. JPG and BMP can’t store transparency, so they always use white.
How do I convert a PDF to black and white?
Set Colour to Black and white under More options. The tool picks the best threshold for each page automatically using Otsu’s method, which gives clean, crisp results for text documents and very small PNG, GIF and TIFF files.
Why does a GIF look slightly different from the PDF?
GIF images can use only 256 colours. The tool builds the best 256-colour palette for each page, which works well for text and diagrams, but photos can show banding. Turn on Dither GIF colours to smooth gradients, or choose PNG for full colour.
Does the image keep the DPI I chose?
Yes. With Save the DPI inside each image turned on, JPG, PNG, TIFF and BMP files record their resolution, so they print at the PDF’s original page size in apps that read it. WebP, AVIF and GIF have no standard place to store it.
Privacy & security
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The conversion engine runs in your browser using JavaScript. Your PDF is read, rendered and saved on your own device and is never sent anywhere.
Is it safe to convert confidential PDFs?
Yes. Because files never leave your device, contracts, IDs, bank statements and medical records stay private. Once the page has loaded, most PDFs can be converted even with your internet connection turned off.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF?
Yes. If a PDF needs a password to open, the tool asks for it. The password is used only in your browser to open the file and is never stored or sent anywhere.
Files & limits
Is there a page or file size limit?
There is no fixed limit. Because everything runs on your device, the practical limit depends on its memory. Computers usually handle PDFs with hundreds of pages; on phones, convert large files in smaller groups of pages.
What is the largest image the tool can create?
Browsers limit how big one image can be. On most computers the tool allows up to 140 megapixels and 32,767 pixels on a side, on lower-memory devices 50 megapixels, and on iPhone and iPad about 16.7 megapixels. Larger images are scaled down and the tool tells you the DPI it used.
Why can’t I choose WebP or AVIF?
WebP and AVIF images are created by your browser’s own encoder. If your browser can’t create them, WebP is marked as not available and AVIF isn’t shown. Try an up-to-date Chrome, Edge or Firefox, or choose PNG or JPG.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
Yes. Convert scanned pages at 300 DPI for a faithful copy, or use Extract embedded images to save the original scans at their stored resolution with no resampling.
Technical help
Which browsers are supported?
Any up-to-date version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Samsung Internet or Opera on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad. JavaScript must be enabled.
The conversion is slow or stopped. What can I do?
High resolutions create very large images. Lower the DPI, convert fewer pages at a time and close other heavy tabs. You can press Stop at any time and keep the images already made.
Is the tool accessible?
Yes. Every control works with a keyboard, buttons have text labels, the page picker and preview support arrow keys, and animations are reduced automatically when your device has the reduced-motion setting turned on.
How do I report a problem?
Use the contact options on Entertainment Couch and tell us what happened, which device and browser you used, and roughly how large the file was. Please don’t send the file itself if it is private.