Sometimes you need a PDF page as an image. Maybe you're building a presentation and need a screenshot of a document. Maybe you're uploading to a system that accepts images but not PDFs. Maybe you want a thumbnail for a website.
How to do it
Go to pdfmerger.io/pdf-to-jpg. Upload your PDF. Select which pages you want to convert — you can convert a single page or all pages. Choose JPG or PNG as the output format.
Click "Convert." Each page becomes a separate image file. If you converted 5 pages, you get 5 images. Download them individually or as a ZIP file.
JPG vs PNG
JPG is smaller and is fine for photos and full-color content. PNG is larger but preserves exact colors and is better for diagrams, logos, and content with transparency. For most PDF pages (text and simple graphics), JPG is adequate and much smaller.
Resolution
The images are created at screen resolution (72-96 DPI), which is perfect for websites, email, and presentations. If you need higher resolution for printing, you can request it — some tools offer this as a premium option.
Text in the converted images
Text is converted as image pixels, not searchable text. If you need the text to be searchable or editable, use the PDF-to-Word tool instead, which extracts actual text data.
Quality loss?
PDF-to-image conversion is lossy — you're converting vector and text content into raster pixels. The quality is usually very good for screen viewing but will degrade if you zoom in or print large. For presentations and web use, it's perfect.