PDF to PNG
Turn PDF pages into lossless PNG images with crisp text and sharp lines, at screen or print resolution. Free, and the PDF never leaves your browser.
Drop a PDF to convert to images
For pages that are mostly text and lines
A diagram for a wiki page, a chart for a slide, a page of a paper quoted in a presentation, a form shown in a tutorial: these are text and thin lines on flat backgrounds, which is what JPG handles worst. Rendered as PNG they stay as sharp as in the PDF viewer, at any zoom the resolution allows.
Each page is rendered with its fonts, vector graphics and embedded images, on white, at the resolution you pick. Choose the pages, convert, and download them one by one or all together.
Photos and scans
For scanned documents and pages full of photographs, PDF to JPG gives files several times smaller with no visible difference. To go the other way and put images into a PDF, use PNG to PDF.
Frequently asked questions
Still stuck? Ask us.
Why PNG rather than JPG?
PNG is lossless: the edges of letters, the lines of a chart and flat areas of colour come out exactly as rendered, with none of the blur and halos JPG adds around sharp edges. That makes it the right format for slides, diagrams, documentation and anything you will zoom into. The price is size — a page of text can be several times larger as PNG.
What resolution should I choose?
150 dpi for screens, slides and documentation: an A4 page comes out about 1240 × 1754 pixels. 300 dpi for print or for cropping a detail out of a page later, at four times the pixels. 72 dpi for thumbnails.
Are the PNGs transparent?
No. Pages are rendered on white, as a PDF viewer shows them, so a page looks the same in any app. If you need a logo with a transparent background, export it from the original design file instead.
Can I convert only some pages?
Yes. Untick “All pages” and type the pages you want, such as “2, 5-7”. Each page becomes its own PNG; when there are several, “Download all” saves them in one ZIP, numbered in page order.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The pages are drawn by pdf.js, the PDF engine of Firefox, running in your browser tab, and the images are saved straight to your device.
I need the text, not a picture of it
Then an image is the wrong output: use PDF to Markdown or PDF to Text, which keep the words editable and searchable.
Limitations
- Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first, with Unlock PDF.
- Very large pages (posters, plans) are rendered at a reduced resolution to stay within browser limits; the tool tells you when that happens.
- PNG files of whole pages are large: hundreds of pages at 300 dpi need a capable device and some disk space.
- No transparency: pages are rendered on white.