PDF to JPG Converter
Turn each page of a PDF into a JPG image you can post, send in a chat or insert into a slide. Pages are rendered at 150 dpi, and a PDF with several pages gives you a ZIP with one JPG per page.
Format Comparison & Technical Specifications
| Specification | JPG | |
|---|---|---|
| MIME Type | application/ | image/ |
| Type | document container | raster |
| Compression | Flate / JPEG / JBIG2 / CCITT | lossy (Discrete Cosine Transform / DCT) |
| Standard Specification | ISO 32000-2:2020 | ISO/IEC 10918-1 / ITU-T T.81 |
| Magic Bytes Header | 25 50 44 46 (%PDF) | FF D8 FF |
Format Overview & Applications
Many places accept pictures but not documents: social networks, messaging apps, online forms that ask for an image, and presentation or design tools. Saving a PDF page as a JPG lets you share a flyer, a ticket, a scanned letter or a chart from a report wherever a photo would go. The image shows the page exactly as a PDF reader draws it, but it is only a picture: the text can no longer be selected or searched, and links and form fields stop working. Keep the PDF if you still need those.
Technical Specifications & Codec Breakdown
The PDF is opened with pdf.js, the same rendering library Firefox uses for PDFs, and each page is drawn on a white canvas at 150 dpi (150 pixels per inch of page size). An A4 page becomes 1240×1754 pixels and a US Letter page 1275×1650 pixels. Each canvas is then saved as a JPEG at quality 85.
OS & Browser Compatibility
JPG files open on most phones, computers, and browsers. Many websites and apps accept image uploads, though support varies. PDF files require a PDF reader and may not preview in image-only upload forms.
Useful info
For pages that are mostly text, tables or line drawings, PDF to PNG gives sharper edges than JPG; JPG is the better choice for photos and scanned pages, where it makes much smaller files.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I get from a PDF with several pages?
A ZIP file with one JPG per page, named after the PDF with the page number (for example report-page-01.jpg). A one-page PDF gives a single JPG.
What resolution are the images?
Every page is rendered at 150 dpi. An A4 page becomes 1240×1754 pixels and a US Letter page 1275×1650 pixels; very large pages are scaled down so that their longest side is at most 8000 pixels.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF?
No. Remove the password in a PDF reader first, then convert the unlocked copy.