Images are the universal language of the web. You can post them on social networks, drop them into a slide, or send them in any chat app. Converting PDF pages to JPG is useful whenever the person on the other side just needs to see the page.
When to convert a PDF to images
- Sharing a single page (a flyer, a menu, a certificate) on WhatsApp or Instagram.
- Inserting a page into a PowerPoint or Canva design.
- Creating a preview thumbnail of a document for a website.
- Uploading to a form that only accepts images.
Choosing the resolution
Resolution is measured in DPI (dots per inch). PDFly offers three levels:
- 72 DPI — small files, fine for thumbnails.
- 144 DPI — sharp on phones and laptops; the best default.
- 216 DPI — for printing or zooming into small text.
JPG or PNG?
JPG uses lossy compression: files are small and photos look great, but very fine text can show slight artefacts. PNG is lossless: text and diagrams stay razor-sharp, but files are larger. For documents that are mostly text, PNG is often the better choice; for brochures and photos, choose JPG.
How to convert with PDFly
- Open PDF to JPG and add your file.
- Pick the quality and format.
- Press Convert to images. Each page becomes an image.
- Download single pages, or everything as one ZIP.
The rendering uses Mozilla's PDF.js engine — the same one that displays PDFs in Firefox — so pages look exactly as they do in a viewer.
Going the other way
Need to turn photos back into a document? Use Image to PDF. To make the resulting images lighter before sharing, run them through Compress image.