Guide
How to convert a PDF to images (and images to PDF)
Sometimes the thing that will accept your document is not a document field at all: a chat box, a Facebook post, an upload that only takes JPG. And sometimes it is the reverse — you have five photos of a form and what is wanted is one PDF. These are two separate tools, PDF to Image and Images to PDF, and both run here on your own device, with nothing uploaded.
Steps
Choose which pages
PDF to Image does not have to mean every page. Convert the whole document, or switch to "Choose pages" and either tap thumbnails or type a range like "1-3, 5" — the same page-picker Split PDF uses.
Choose the image format
PNG for anything with text, lines or diagrams — it stays crisp, at the cost of a larger file. JPG for scans and photographs, where it is much smaller and the difference is hard to see. WebP sits between the two: usually smaller than a JPG at similar quality. JPG and WebP pages get a white background painted first, because a PDF page is transparent wherever nothing is drawn and neither format keeps that transparency.
Choose the resolution
72 DPI is only good enough for a thumbnail or on-screen viewing. 150 DPI is the sensible default for reading and most sharing. 300 DPI is for printing or for anything someone will zoom into.
Convert and download
One page converted downloads directly. Several come back zipped together, named clearly by page number, with a preview grid shown first so you can check quality across pages before downloading. Going the other way, Images to PDF places the pictures in the order listed and sizes each page to its own picture, so nothing is letterboxed or cropped — remove any image you do not want before you convert.
Converting a PDF to images and then back to a PDF is not a round trip. The result looks the same and is not the same: the text is now a picture of text, nothing in it can be searched or copied, and the file is usually larger. Do it when a picture is genuinely what is wanted, not as a way of tidying a document up.
Common questions
Will the text still be selectable in the images?
No, and this is the thing to understand before you convert. An image is pixels; the words in it can be read by a person and not by a search box. If you need the text to stay text, keep the PDF and use Split PDF to pull out the pages you need instead.
Can I convert a PDF to Word?
Yes — PDF to Word does that, and it is a different job from this one. A PDF stores runs of glyphs at coordinates rather than paragraphs, so that tool infers the paragraphs, headings and lists and writes a document that flows and re-wraps, carrying colour, tables and pictures at their own position across too. What it will not do is reproduce the exact layout, and a scanned PDF holds no text for it to read at all. Its own page lists all of that before you convert.
Which format should I choose?
PNG if the page is mostly text, forms, tables or line art. JPG if the page is a scan or a photograph and the file size matters. WebP if you want JPG-like size with a shade more quality and your destination accepts it. When you cannot decide, PNG at 150 DPI is the safe answer.
Can I use HEIC photos from my iPhone?
Not directly, on the Images to PDF side — PNG and JPEG only, because those are the two formats that can be embedded into a PDF. On an iPhone, either set Settings, Camera, Formats to Most Compatible before taking the shots, or share the photos in a way that converts them to JPEG first.
Why does converting several pages give me a ZIP?
One page downloads directly with no archive involved. Several pages come back as a single zip, each image inside named by its page number, so you are not clicking through a list of separate downloads or losing track of which file is which page.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Both tools run in your browser tab, and you can confirm it in your browser network tab while you convert.