PDF to PNG

Turn each page into a lossless image with sharp text and clean edges.

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About this tool

PNG is the right choice when the page is mostly text, lines or flat colour. JPEG compression works by discarding detail the eye is unlikely to miss in a photograph, and around the hard edges of letterforms that shows up as a faint grey halo.

PNG stores every pixel exactly, so a converted page of text stays crisp at any zoom. The files are bigger, which is the trade you make for that.

How to pdf to png

  1. Add your PDF.
  2. Choose a resolution — higher means sharper and heavier.
  3. Select Convert to PNG and unzip the download.

Common questions

When should I use PNG instead of JPG?

For text documents, diagrams, tables, logos and screenshots. Use JPG for scans and photographs, where PNG gives you a much larger file for no visible gain.

Why are the files so big?

PNG is lossless, so nothing is thrown away. A 288 dpi page can run to several megabytes. Drop the resolution if size matters more than sharpness.

Do PNGs keep transparency?

The pages are rendered on white, since PDF pages are opaque. The output has no transparency.

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