PDF to PNG
Convert each page of a PDF into high-quality PNG images.
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User Guide
Add the PDF
One page is handled in the browser. Longer documents are zipped server-side, one PNG per page.
Convert
Every pixel is preserved exactly as rendered. There is no quality setting because there is nothing to trade — lossless means lossless.
Compare with a JPG if you are unsure
Convert the same page both ways and zoom to 100% on the smallest text. The difference around letterforms is usually obvious immediately.
Expect a larger file
Lossless compression cannot discard anything, so a PNG of a photographic page can be several times the size of the JPG. On a text page the gap narrows sharply.
Use it where sharpness is the point
Documentation screenshots, diagrams pasted into a wiki, tables reproduced in a report, anything that will be zoomed or printed.
For photographic pages, reconsider
If the page is mostly photograph, JPG gives you nearly the same appearance at a fraction of the size. PNG earns its keep on edges, not on tone.
About the PDF to PNG Converter
PNG stores an image without throwing anything away. Convert a page to PNG and every pixel comes back exactly as it was rendered — no smoothing, no artefacts, no haloes around type. That single property is the entire reason to choose it.
Lossless, and what that buys you
Lossy formats decide which details a viewer will not miss and remove them. PNG makes no such decision: it compresses by finding patterns that can be reconstructed perfectly, the same way a zip file does. Nothing is approximated.
On a page of text this is decisive. Letterforms are thousands of hard black-and-white boundaries, which is the worst case for lossy compression and the best case for lossless — large flat areas of white compress extremely well, while the edges survive untouched. A text page as PNG is both sharp and reasonably small.
The picture inverts on photographs. Where every pixel differs from its neighbour there are no patterns to exploit, so lossless compression achieves very little and the file stays large.
| Page content | PNG vs JPG size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Text, tables, forms | Comparable, sometimes smaller | Use PNG |
| Line diagrams, charts | Often smaller than JPG | Use PNG |
| Screenshots | Smaller and sharper | Use PNG |
| Photographs, scans | Several times larger | Use JPG |
The screenshot rule
There is a reliable shortcut for choosing between the two: if the image came from a screen, use PNG; if it came from a camera, use JPG. Screens produce flat colour and crisp edges; cameras produce continuous tone and noise. A rendered PDF page is a screen image by that definition, which is why PNG so often wins here.
Transparency
PNG supports an alpha channel, which JPG does not. Pages converted here are rendered onto white rather than left transparent, because a document page with a transparent background looks broken in most places you would paste it. If you need the page as a transparent overlay, that is an image-editing job after conversion.
One page or several
A single-page PDF converts in your browser with no upload and no size limit. A multi-page PDF returns a zip of one PNG per page, and because that zip is built on the server those conversions do upload the file and are subject to the 10 MB server limit. Extract the pages you need first with Split PDF if you run into it.
What conversion costs you
PNG preserves appearance perfectly and preserves nothing else. Text stops being text, so it cannot be selected, searched or read aloud by assistive software. Links stop working. If you need the words rather than a picture of them, use PDF to Text on the original instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose PNG over JPG for a PDF page?
Because PNG is lossless. Letterforms are hard edges, which is exactly what lossy compression damages — JPG puts faint haloes around small type. PNG reproduces every pixel as rendered, so text and thin rules stay crisp.
Will the PNG be larger than a JPG of the same page?
On a photographic page, several times larger. On a text page, diagram or screenshot the gap is small and PNG is sometimes the smaller of the two, because large flat areas compress extremely well losslessly.
Is there a quality setting?
No, and there cannot be — lossless means there is nothing to trade. The only variable is the rendering resolution, which is fixed at roughly twice the page’s nominal size.
Do I get a transparent background?
No. Pages are rendered onto white, because a document page with a transparent background looks broken almost everywhere you would paste it. Adding transparency is an image-editing step afterwards.
Can I convert a whole document?
Yes — one PNG per page, delivered as a zip in page order. That runs on the server and is subject to the 10 MB upload limit; single pages convert in your browser with no limit.
How do I decide between PNG and JPG quickly?
If the content came from a screen — text, tables, diagrams, screenshots — use PNG. If it came from a camera or scanner, use JPG. A rendered PDF page is usually a screen image.
Is my document uploaded?
Not for a single page; that conversion happens entirely in your browser. Multi-page conversions are uploaded so the zip can be built.
Can the text be recovered from the PNG?
No. Converting to an image is one-way and the characters are gone. Use PDF to Text on the original PDF if you need the words.