PNG is the lossless picture: what the page looked like is what the PNG keeps.
Sharp letters, no compression artefacts
Small text, one-pixel table rules, thin diagram lines and flat colour blocks are exactly
what a lossy format smears. PNG stores every pixel as it was rendered, so a page of dense
body text or a circuit diagram stays crisp when you zoom in.
Still the most compatible picture there is
Every browser, phone, office suite and image editor opens a PNG, and a page saved as PNG
can be dropped into a slide, a documentation page or a print layout where the PDF itself
would not fit. It is also the format screenshots and UI mock-ups are usually kept in.
The right input for tracing
A PNG keeps clean, hard edges, which is what a converter needs when you want to turn a
drawing back into vectors. That makes it the better intermediate step than a JPG when the
page is going to be traced afterwards.
What each page becomes
One picture per page, at the size of the paper the page was designed on.
The page as a lossless PNG
Text, photographs, drawings, form fields and ink stamps are rendered together into one
image, with the layout of the PDF preserved. Nothing is cropped, straightened or re-flowed,
and the page background comes out white rather than transparent.
One page is a file, several are a ZIP
A one-page PDF downloads as a single PNG named after the upload. Several pages come back as
one ZIP holding page-1.png, page-2.png and so on, one file per
page in document order. The answer reports the page count before you save anything.
Up to 50 pages per run
One request renders at most 50 pages; a longer document returns the first 50 with a warning
that says how many were converted. Nothing is silently truncated: the message tells you
what was left out, and the remaining pages can be converted separately.
PNG files are heavier than JPG
Lossless has a price: the same page is typically several times larger as PNG than as JPG.
That is a fair trade for a diagram that must stay sharp or a page that will be edited
afterwards, and a poor one for a photograph that only has to be looked at —
PDF to JPG is the lighter answer there.
What 72, 150 and 300 dpi actually mean
The resolution decides the pixel size of the PNG, and with it how far you can zoom.
72 dpi — screen
An A4 page becomes 595 × 842 pixels, enough for a preview, a thumbnail or a picture shown
at its natural size on a web page. The smallest PNG of the three, and the one small text
may not survive if it is later enlarged.
150 dpi — standard
1240 × 1754 pixels for A4 and the default here: sharp on any screen, comfortable to read
at 100%, and still a reasonable download. It is the sensible choice for a document that
will be shared, stored or opened in an editor.
300 dpi — print
2480 × 3508 pixels for A4, the resolution a print service expects. Because PNG is
lossless, a 300 dpi page is genuinely heavy: use it for the page that will be printed and
keep the rest at 150 dpi.
Very large pages are capped
A single page may not pass 40 megapixels, so a poster-sized page requested at 300 dpi is
rendered at a lower resolution instead of exhausting the server. The answer carries a
warning naming the resolution that was actually used.
How to convert a PDF to PNG
Three steps, and the file never leaves your browser for long.
Add the PDF
Drop it on the box, click to browse, or paste it with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac). One file per
run, up to 25 MB. Files that download as .pdf but arrive without a proper MIME
type are accepted too.
Choose the resolution and the page range
Keep 150 dpi for everyday use, drop to 72 for a light preview, move to 300 for print. "All
pages" is preselected: switch to "First page only" when a single PNG is all you need — it is
also the fastest setting for a quick look.
Download the PNG or the ZIP
One page saves as a PNG with one click; several pages arrive as a ZIP with an image per
page, numbered in document order. Both are named after the PDF you uploaded.
Three tips before you convert
Small decisions that keep the images sharp and the folder tidy.
Unlock a password-protected PDF first
A PDF that asks for a password is refused, with a message that says so. Open it once with
the password you know and save or print an unprotected copy, then convert that: a converter
has no way to guess the password, and telling a real lock apart from a broken file would not
be safe.
Match the resolution to the destination
A PNG at 150 dpi is more than enough for a screen, a slide or a chat, and it keeps the
archive small. Reserve 300 dpi for paper: at that size one A4 page is over eight megapixels,
and a fifty-page document fills a folder quickly.
Shrink or trace the PNG afterwards
If the PNG is too heavy, run it through the image compressor
to lower its colours or its width without changing the format. If what you really wanted
was a scalable drawing, the image to SVG converter traces the picture into
paths, and PNG to SVG is the same trip with the page pre-set.
Frequently asked questions
Is this PDF to PNG converter free?
Yes. There is no account, no payment, no watermark on the images and no limit on how many documents you convert. Only a short rate limit applies, so a single visitor cannot occupy the server for everybody else.
What do I get for a multi-page PDF?
One ZIP with an image per page: page-1.png, page-2.png and so on, in document order. A PDF that has only one page downloads as a single PNG instead, named after the upload. The result card shows the page count as soon as the conversion is done.
PNG or JPG for a scanned document?
PNG, if the page is text, a line drawing or a screenshot: it is lossless, so small letters and thin rules stay readable. JPG is the better choice for pages that are mostly photographs, where its compression makes the file several times lighter with a difference you will not see on screen.
What are the limits?
Up to 25 MB per PDF and at most 50 pages in one run; a longer document returns the first 50 pages with a warning that says how many were converted. One page may not pass 40 megapixels, so a very large page is rendered at a lower resolution and the answer tells you which one.
What happens to my files?
Files are processed on our server and not stored. The PDF is opened page by page and only the finished PNGs or the ZIP travel back to your browser, so the download is the only copy that leaves the conversion.