How to convert a PDF to JPG

How to convert a PDF to JPG in PDFZyro

1. 1Open PDF to images on the Home page, or choose Convert to images… from the Tools menu of an open document.
2. 2Choose the PDF from your documents, or upload it.
3. 3Under Picture format, choose JPG.
4. 4Choose the Resolution: 72 DPI for screens, 150 DPI (recommended), 300 DPI for printing, or 600 DPI for very large pictures.
5. 5Choose All pages, or Some pages and type which ones, for example 1-3, 5, 8-. You can convert up to 300 pages at a time.
6. 6Click Convert to JPG. When the pictures are ready, the download starts by itself. One page gives a single JPG; several pages come together in a zip file, each picture named after the document and its page number.
7. 7If the download didn't start, use the Download button. It stays available for 24 hours, and the PDF itself isn't changed.

JPG, PNG or TIFF?

• JPG: the smallest files and the format every app and website accepts. Best for pages with photos, and for sending pages in messages.
• PNG: sharper text and line drawings, with no blurry edges around letters, but larger files. Best for pages that are mostly text, diagrams or charts.
• TIFF: for archives, scanners and fax-style workflows. Choose One multi-page TIFF to get the whole document in one file, or One TIFF per page in a zip.

Which resolution to choose

Resolution (DPI, dots per inch) sets how many pixels each inch of the page gets. A US Letter page at 150 DPI becomes a picture of 1,275 by 1,650 pixels; at 300 DPI it's 2,550 by 3,300 pixels, four times as many, with a much larger file.

• 72 DPI: quick previews and thumbnails. Small text is hard to read.
• 150 DPI: right for most uses, such as slides, websites, emails and messages.
• 300 DPI: for printing, or for zooming in on small print and detailed drawings.
• 600 DPI: very large pictures, for posters or detailed technical pages. Very large pages are made at a lower resolution to stay within the size limit, and the result says so.

Getting just one page, or part of a page

For a single page, choose Some pages and type its number. You get one JPG instead of a zip file.

PDFZyro turns whole pages into pictures. To get only a chart, a photo or a signature from a page, convert that page at 300 DPI and crop the picture in the photo app on your computer or phone. The higher resolution keeps the cropped part sharp.

Other ways to convert a PDF to JPG

• Preview on a Mac: open the PDF, select the page in the thumbnails, choose File, then Export, pick JPEG as the format, set the quality and save. It saves one page at a time.
• Adobe Acrobat: the paid version can export a PDF as JPEG pictures, one per page. The free Acrobat Reader can't.
• A screenshot: on Windows, press Windows + Shift + S to capture part of the screen; on a Mac, press Shift + Command + 4. The picture is only as sharp as your screen, so zoom in on the page first.
• GIMP: this free image editor can open the pages of a PDF at a resolution you choose and export them as JPG.

Turning pictures back into a PDF

Going the other way is just as quick. Open Images to PDF on the Home page, add your JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, TIFF or BMP pictures, and choose the page size, the orientation and the margin. You can put every picture into one PDF or make one PDF each, and the new PDFs are added to your documents.

Keep the original PDF as well. A JPG is a picture of the page, so its text can't be searched, selected or edited. If you need the words rather than a picture, convert the PDF to Word instead.