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PDF to JPG

Converts each page of a PDF into a JPG image. Single-page documents download as a standalone .jpg file. Multi-page PDFs produce a ZIP archive containing one JPG per page.

How It Works

  1. Upload a PDF by clicking the drop zone or dragging a file onto it. The tool displays the filename, file size, and page count.
  2. Adjust the Quality slider to control JPG compression.
  3. Click Convert to start processing.
  4. The result downloads automatically -- a single JPG for one-page PDFs, or a ZIP file for multi-page documents.

Options

  • Quality -- a slider from 0% to 100% (default 90%). Higher values produce sharper images with larger file sizes. Lower values compress more aggressively.

Pages render at 2x scale internally, so the output resolution is double the PDF page dimensions. A standard letter-size page produces roughly a 1,224 x 1,584 pixel image.

Output Format

  • Single page: filename.jpg
  • Multiple pages: filename_jpgs.zip containing page_1.jpg, page_2.jpg, etc.

Use Cases

  • Generating preview thumbnails for a document management system.
  • Sharing a page from a report in a chat or email that doesn't support PDF.
  • Creating image assets from PDF diagrams or illustrations.
  • Archiving scanned documents as individual images.

Tips

  • For lossless output, use PDF to PNG instead.
  • A quality setting of 80-90% strikes a good balance between file size and visual fidelity.
  • If you need a specific format per page, consider the PDF Workflow Builder which has a PDF to Images output node.