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Open the PDF
Every page appears as a thumbnail.
EveryTask PDF tool
Turn PDF pages into pictures
For a slide, a social post, or anywhere a PDF will not embed. Choose the pages and the resolution.
Drop one PDF to exportEach page becomes a high-quality PNG image
A simple PDF workflow
Make the change, then keep moving.
For a slide, a social post, or anywhere a PDF will not embed. Choose the pages and the resolution.
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Pick pages and quality
All of them or a selection. Higher resolution for print, lower for the web.
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Download
One image per page, rendered.
Built for the task at hand
Work on the PDF without making the process bigger than it needs to be.
Open the document, make the needed update and download the result. When the file needs client feedback, an approval or a signature, move it into an EveryTask workspace rather than starting another email thread.
PNG or JPGNo watermarkChoose the resolution
Useful details
Know what matters before you start.
Practical answers for the job you came here to do.
01When do you need a PDF as images?
Whenever something will not accept a PDF, which is more places than you would expect.
Whenever something will not accept a PDF, which is more places than you would expect.
- Slides, most presentation tools import an image far more reliably than a PDF page.
- Social posts and messaging, where a PDF either will not attach or will not preview.
- A website or email, where an image renders inline and a PDF becomes a download.
- A document you want to show without it being edited or copied from.
That last one is worth being precise about. An image cannot be edited in a text editor, but it is not secure. Anything visible can be read, and text in an image can be recovered with OCR by anybody who cares to.
02What resolution should you choose?
Depends entirely on where it is going, and the wrong choice is obvious in both directions.
Depends entirely on where it is going, and the wrong choice is obvious in both directions.
| Use | Resolution | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Web, email, slides | 72–150 DPI | Sharp on screen, small enough to load |
| Printing | 300 DPI | The standard for print; anything less shows |
| Archiving or zooming | 300–600 DPI | Detail you can crop into later |
Higher is not free. A 600 DPI render of an A4 page is roughly five thousand pixels across, and a set of those will be tens of megabytes. For a slide, 150 DPI is indistinguishable and a fraction of the size.
03PNG or JPG?
PNG for pages that are mostly text. JPG for pages that are mostly photographs.
PNG for pages that are mostly text. JPG for pages that are mostly photographs.
PNG compresses without losing anything, and it handles the sharp edges of letterforms cleanly. Text rendered to JPG picks up faint smudging around the characters, invisible at a glance, obvious when you zoom.
JPG is much smaller for photographic content, where its losses are hard to see. A page of images at JPG might be a tenth the size of the same page as PNG, with no visible difference.
When a page has both, PNG is the safer default. Blurred text is more noticeable than a slightly larger file.
04Why is my converted page blurry?
Almost always the resolution, and occasionally the format.
Almost always the resolution, and occasionally the format.
A PDF page has no fixed pixel size, it is described in points, and a renderer decides how many pixels to produce. Ask for 72 DPI and an A4 page becomes about 595 pixels wide, which is fine in an email and soft the moment anyone zooms or projects it.
The other cause is JPG on a page of text. JPG compresses by discarding detail the eye tends not to miss, and the sharp edges of letterforms are exactly the detail it discards worst. The result is faint haloing around characters that looks like poor focus.
So: raise the resolution first, and switch to PNG if the page is mostly text. Between them those two settings account for nearly every disappointing conversion.
05Does converting lose the text?
Yes, and that is the point of the operation as well as its main cost.
Yes, and that is the point of the operation as well as its main cost.
An image of a page has no text in it. Nothing can be selected, searched or copied. If you convert a contract to images to share it, nobody can find a clause by searching, including you.
Keep the PDF. Convert a copy. The images are for a specific destination that needs pictures, not a replacement for the document.
Before you start
What this tool does not do
01It does not extract embedded images. Converting a page renders the whole page, including its text and layout. Pulling out the original photograph that was placed on the page is a different operation.
02It does not make an image searchable. The text becomes pixels. Getting it back needs OCR, which we do not do.
03It does not produce a single long image. One file per page.
Ready to work on your PDF?
Use the tool above, then keep the document in an EveryTask workspace when it needs a next step.
Got questions?
PDF to images answers
Can I convert only some pages?
Yes. Select the pages you want before converting.
Is there a page limit?
No, but rendering happens on your machine, so a few hundred high-resolution pages will take a moment.
Can I go back to a PDF afterwards?
Yes, with the images-to-PDF tool, though the text will not come back.
Which is better for a slide deck?
PNG at 150 DPI for most pages. It stays sharp when the slide is projected.
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