How to convert a PDF to JPG
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Add a PDF
Drop it in or pick it from your files.
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Pick pages and resolution
Choose which pages to convert, up to 600 DPI for print, and set the quality.
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Download
Save the images one by one, or all together in a ZIP.
Questions
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. LocalPDF runs entirely in your browser: files are read from your disk, processed on your device and saved straight back. Nothing is sent to a server, and once the page has loaded it keeps working with your internet connection switched off.
What resolution should I choose?
150 DPI is the right default for viewing on a screen and keeps files small. Use 300 DPI when the image will be printed at its natural size or shared with someone who may zoom in, and 600 DPI only for artwork or small print you need to enlarge afterwards.
How do I get just one page as a picture?
Type its number in the Pages field, or click it in the page list, then convert. A single page is saved straight to a .jpg file; several pages are packed into a ZIP so you get one download.
What is “Extract images”?
The other mode copies the pictures already embedded in the PDF, at whatever size they were stored in. A photo placed in a document comes out as the original photo, with no re-encoding and no loss of quality, rather than a picture of the page.
Does it work with password-protected PDFs?
Not yet. Encrypted PDFs are turned away with a message rather than producing a broken file. Remove the protection in your PDF reader first, then try again.
What converting a PDF to JPG does, and when to use it
Converting a PDF to JPG turns each page into a picture. Where a PDF describes a page abstractly — text, fonts, lines and images placed on a canvas — a JPG is a fixed grid of pixels. That trade is the whole point: a picture can go anywhere, while a PDF often cannot.
You reach for it when a destination takes images but not documents. Social posts, chat messages, slide thumbnails, a profile picture, a form that only accepts JPG uploads. You also reach for it to prevent editing: a JPG of a page can be viewed by anyone but is far harder to change than the document it came from.
The number that matters most is resolution, measured in dots per inch. A PDF page has no single resolution — it is sized in inches and drawn at whatever detail the reader chooses — so you decide how many pixels to give each inch. Screen viewing wants about 150 DPI. Printing at the page’s true size wants 300. Only use 600 for fine detail you intend to enlarge, because the files get large quickly: doubling the DPI quadruples the pixel count.
There is a second, quieter use. Most PDFs that contain photographs also contain those photographs as whole images, stored once and placed on the page. The “Extract images” mode copies those out directly, without re-encoding, so a photo saved in the document comes back as the same photo, not a picture of the page it sat on. When a PDF is a photo album or a scan, that is usually what you actually want.
Everything here runs on your device. The pages are rendered in your browser and encoded on the spot, so a confidential document never leaves your machine to become a picture.