PDF to JPG Converter
Social apps, photo galleries and many upload forms take pictures, not documents. This converter turns each PDF page into a JPG image at the resolution and quality you choose, so a certificate, a flyer or a page of notes can go anywhere a photo can.
PDF to Image
or drop PDF files here ·
Max 95 MB per file· Up to 20 files· Deleted after 30 minutes
Files are processed on our servers and deleted after 30 minutes.
Page numbers or ranges separated by commas, e.g. 1-3, 5.
85 keeps text crisp. Lower it only if the images are too large to upload.
Black & white produces pure black and white pixels, which suits scanned text and keeps files very small.
Each page becomes its own image. A ZIP keeps them together and numbered in page order.
How to use this tool
- 1
Select your PDF
Drag in one PDF or a batch of up to 20 files, 95 MB each. Pages are converted in order and named with their page number.
- 2
Set size and quality
The defaults, 150 DPI and Quality 85, give clear pages at modest file sizes. Lower either one if a site has a strict KB limit; raise DPI to 300 for printing.
- 3
Convert to JPG
Press Convert to JPG and download a ZIP with one JPG per page, or choose separate files under Download as.
Converting a PDF to JPG renders each page as a photo-style image. Two settings decide the result: DPI sets how many pixels each page gets, quality sets how hard those pixels are compressed.
- Default resolution, 1240 × 1754 px for A4
- 150 DPI
- Default JPG quality
- 85
- DPI range you can set
- 36–600
- PDFs per batch
- 20
An online PDF to JPG converter that keeps files small
JPEG, standardized in 1992, is still the image format that every phone, browser, email client and upload form understands. Its lossy compression is what makes it practical here: a page full of color photos that would be several megabytes as a lossless image shrinks to a few hundred kilobytes at quality 85 with no difference you can see at normal size.
For most people the question is how small the JPG can get before it looks bad. Resolution matters more than quality. Halving the DPI cuts the pixel count to a quarter, while dropping quality from 85 to 70 saves a smaller share. So when a site caps uploads at, say, 200 KB, lower DPI first, then quality. Grayscale under Color removes the color channels for documents that are black text on white, and Black & white goes further for clean scans of typed pages.
If you only need part of the document, set Pages to Selected pages and enter something like 1, 3-5. A single page from a 40-page brochure then converts in seconds, and you skip a ZIP full of images you would delete.
Convert a PDF to JPG: pick the right settings for the job
JPG at 150 DPI
The default. Readable on any phone, light enough for chats.
- A4 page 1240 × 1754 px
- Quality 85
- Usually a few hundred KB per page
JPG at 300 DPI
Four times the pixels for printing or zooming into small print.
- A4 page 2480 × 3508 px
- Quality 90 or higher
- Files several times larger
JPG at 100 DPI, grayscale
For portals with a strict size limit on scanned certificates.
- A4 page about 827 × 1169 px
- Quality 70
- Gray instead of color
Portable Document Format
PDF was created by Adobe in 1993 and became the open ISO 32000 standard in 2008. It fixes text, fonts, images and layout so a document looks the same on every screen and printer. PDFs can contain forms, signatures, links, attachments and searchable text, and the PDF/A variant is used for long-term archiving. The fixed layout makes PDFs hard to edit, and scanned PDFs contain only images unless OCR is applied. Every browser and operating system can open them.
- Compression
- –
- Transparency
- Yes
- Animation
- No
- Introduced
- 1993 · Adobe
JPG
JPEG image
JPEG (or JPG) is the most widely used photo format, standardised by the Joint Photographic Experts Group in 1992. It uses lossy compression that discards fine detail the eye is unlikely to notice, which keeps photos small enough for the web, email and phone storage. It handles smooth gradients and natural scenes well, but sharp text, line art and flat colours pick up visible blocky or fuzzy artefacts. JPEG has no transparency and no animation, and every re-save loses a little more quality. Every browser, phone, camera and image editor can open it.
- Compression
- Lossy
- Transparency
- No
- Animation
- No
- Introduced
- 1992 · Joint Photographic Experts Group
A PDF gets turned into JPG when its pages have to behave like photos: posted to social media, shown inline in a chat, added to a gallery or uploaded to a form that only lists image types.
Keep a copy of the PDF
A JPG is a snapshot of the page. Selectable text, bookmarks, hyperlinks, form fields and digital signatures stay behind in the PDF, and a JPG of a signed contract is not the signed contract. Keep the original and send the images as a preview or for places that demand pictures.
Going the other way is just as easy if a recipient later wants one file: our guide to compressing a PDF without losing quality covers when a smaller PDF beats a folder of JPGs.
PDF to JPG questions
How do I convert a PDF to JPG for free online?
Upload the PDF on this page and press Convert to JPG. There is no account, no watermark and no daily limit; files are deleted from the server 30 minutes after conversion. You only need a browser, so it works the same on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPhone and Android.
Can I compress a PDF to JPG for a small upload?
Yes. Lower Resolution to 100 or 120 DPI and Quality to 70, and an A4 text page typically lands well under 200 KB. Setting Color to Grayscale shrinks it further for black-and-white documents. If the site wants a PDF rather than an image, use compress PDF instead.
How do I share a PDF page on Instagram or WhatsApp?
Instagram does not accept PDF uploads at all, and WhatsApp sends a PDF as a document icon that people have to tap and open. Convert the page to JPG and it posts or sends as a normal photo that shows inline.
Why do the letters look a little fuzzy in the JPG?
JPG compression smooths the hard black-and-white edges of text. Raise Quality to 92 or more, increase DPI to 200, or convert to PDF to PNG for lossless text if the page is mostly words.
Can I convert the JPG pages back into a PDF?
Yes, upload the images to JPG to PDF and they are combined in file-name order. The result is an image PDF: it looks like the original but its text is no longer selectable.
What happens to links and form fields in the PDF?
They become part of the picture. A JPG has no clickable areas or fillable fields, so fill in forms before converting and keep the original PDF if anyone needs to follow the links.
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