Convert a PDF to a High-Resolution Image — DPI, PNG or JPG

DPI decides the resolution

A PDF page has no fixed pixel size, so converting it means choosing how many dots per inch (DPI) to render. The same A4 page comes out at very different sizes.

For A4, roughly: 72 DPI ≈ 595×842 px, 96 DPI ≈ 794×1123, 150 DPI ≈ 1240×1754, 200 DPI ≈ 1654×2339, 300 DPI ≈ 2480×3508.

Which DPI for what

72–96: web previews and thumbnails.

150: on-screen reading and sharing in chat or social media — the best balance of quality and size.

200: documents people will zoom into, or captures for slide decks.

300: printing, dense diagrams and paper figures, or images you'll place large in another document.

PNG or JPG?

PNG is lossless, so text edges, table lines and chart color boundaries stay clean. For figures going into Word or PowerPoint, or charts you'll reuse, PNG is the right choice.

JPG is lossy: great at shrinking photo-heavy pages like catalogs, but it can leave blotches around text. A 300 DPI PNG can be several MB per page, so try JPG if size matters.

How to convert

1. Drop the PDF into anyview.dev.

2. Choose the DPI in “Options”.

3. Click “PNG” or “JPG”. Pages are saved as name-01.png etc.; use “Download all (ZIP)” for many pages.

Need only certain pages? Extract them first with “Split pages” and a range, then convert that smaller PDF.

When higher DPI doesn't help

If the PDF contains a low-resolution photo or scan, raising the DPI won't add detail beyond the embedded image. Text and shapes from Word or PowerPoint exports are vector, though, and get sharper as DPI goes up.