Which image format should I choose?
PNG is useful for text, diagrams and crisp edges. JPEG is useful for photographic pages when file size matters. Both use a white page background. Quality controls only affect JPEG.
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Turn the PDF pages you need into easy-to-use images. Choose PNG or JPEG, set a resolution, and take your pages with you.
For example, enter 2, 5-6 to save an illustration and two reference pages. The numbers refer to page positions in the PDF, not page labels printed inside it.
At 150 DPI, an 8.5 × 11 inch Letter page produces 1,275 × 1,650 pixels. Higher resolutions create more pixels and larger files; they cannot recover missing detail from a low-resolution scan.
Update the preview after changing settings. Use Previous and Next to inspect selected pages, then export. Download a PNG or JPEG for one page, or a ZIP for several.
PNG is useful for text, diagrams and crisp edges. JPEG is useful for photographic pages when file size matters. Both use a white page background. Quality controls only affect JPEG.
Rendering can differ for unusual fonts, color profiles, transparency or annotations. Interactive forms, XFA and certified PDFs are outside this tool’s supported path; export flattened, unsigned pages first. Inspect your downloads before using them.
Limits keep work practical on phones: 20 selected pages, 16 megapixels and 10,000 px per page side, 64 megapixels combined and 60 MiB output. Embedded image objects are limited to 24 megapixels and 12,000 px per side, with a 96-megapixel source budget. Some complex PDFs may still need significant memory.
Cancel stops rendering and terminates the parsing worker. Inspection and previews have a 30-second limit; exports have a 60-second budget. Browser image encoding and ZIP packing finish their current step before cancellation is reflected. Try fewer pages or a lower resolution.
Use Split PDF to extract PDF pages without turning text into pixels. Use Merge PDF to combine documents or Images to PDF to put images back into a PDF.
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