Will the text in the PNG be selectable?

No. Rasterization converts text glyphs into pixels, so the output PNG contains an image of the text rather than the text itself. To search or copy text from the result, run the PNG through OCR or work from the original PDF.

What DPI should I use?

150 DPI is a good default for screen viewing and most documentation use cases. Use 72 for tiny thumbnails, 300 for print or OCR, 600 only when you need very fine detail. Higher DPI quadruples file size with each doubling and rarely produces a visibly better result.

Can I convert a single page from a multi-page PDF?

The current interface renders all pages. To convert a specific page, first split the PDF using a desktop tool (qpdf, pdftk, or any PDF editor) and convert the resulting single-page file.

Does it work with password-protected PDFs?

No. PDF.js intentionally does not implement decryption for security reasons. Remove the password using a desktop tool before converting.

Is my PDF uploaded to your server?

No. PDF.js runs entirely in your browser; the file is parsed and rendered locally. You can verify by checking your browser's Network tab during conversion — there will be no upload.

PDF pages have full document dimensions, and at 300 DPI a US Letter page becomes a 2550 × 3300 pixel bitmap (around 8.4 megapixels). Combined with PNG's lossless compression, files of several megabytes per page are normal at print resolutions. Lower the DPI if file size matters more than fidelity.

Are vector graphics in the PDF preserved?

No. Rasterization reduces all drawing — vector shapes, text glyphs, embedded raster images — to a single pixel grid. The output PNG no longer contains vector information.

Can I convert scanned PDFs?

Yes. Scanned PDFs typically wrap a single embedded raster image per page; rendering them at the original embedded image's DPI produces output equivalent to the scan. Rendering at higher DPI does not improve quality, since the source is already rasterized.

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About PDF to PNG Conversion

PDF and PNG sit on opposite sides of the document/image divide. PDF describes a page using vector commands, embedded fonts, and optionally raster images, all sized in fixed points (1/72 inch). PNG stores a single rectangular bitmap at a fixed pixel resolution. Converting from PDF to PNG is therefore a rasterization step: the PDF's drawing instructions are executed at a chosen DPI to produce a bitmap, which is then encoded losslessly as PNG. Choosing the right DPI is the most important decision in this conversion — too low and text becomes blurry, too high and the file becomes huge.

This converter renders each PDF page using PDF.js, the same engine Firefox ships for built-in PDF viewing. Rendering happens on a canvas in your browser; no part of the file leaves your device. For multi-page PDFs the tool produces one PNG per page, named with a page-number suffix. For single-page PDFs the output is a single PNG.

Common DPI choices are 72 (screen-equivalent, smallest files), 150 (good for online preview and most documentation), 300 (print-quality, suitable for OCR and offset printing), and 600 (archival or fine-detail capture). Higher than 600 rarely produces visible improvement and quadruples file size with each doubling of DPI.

Why Convert PDF to PNG

PDFs are not images. They cannot be embedded inline in HTML emails, dropped into image-only social platforms, used as a desktop wallpaper, or pasted into a chat that does not support file attachments. Rendering each page as a PNG turns the PDF into something every platform understands — at the cost of losing selectable text, hyperlinks, and any vector resolution-independence the original had.

The other major reason is OCR. Many optical character recognition pipelines run on rasters rather than vector PDF directly; converting to a 300 DPI PNG and feeding the result to Tesseract, Cloud Vision, or another OCR service is a standard workflow. PNG is preferred over JPG here because text edges suffer visibly from JPG compression at small sizes, and the marginal file size penalty of PNG matters less than recognition accuracy.

How to Convert PDF to PNG

Drop the file, pick a DPI, render. The tool handles single and multi-page PDFs the same way.

Upload your PDF: Drag the file into the upload area or click to browse. Encrypted or password-protected PDFs are not supported; remove the password first using a desktop PDF tool. Files up to 50 MB work; very large multi-page documents may take longer to render.
Choose a resolution (DPI): Default is 150 DPI, which is suitable for most online use. Pick 72 for tiny preview images, 300 for print-quality and OCR pipelines, 600 for archival capture. The output bitmap dimensions scale linearly with DPI; doubling DPI produces a 4× larger file.
Render the pages: PDF.js parses the document, evaluates each page's content stream onto a canvas at the chosen DPI, and exports the canvas as PNG. Multi-page documents produce one PNG per page; single-page documents produce one PNG.
Download the PNG(s): Single-page output downloads directly. Multi-page output is bundled into a ZIP archive containing one PNG per page, named page-1.png, page-2.png, and so on.

Common Use Cases

Embedding pages inline in email — Many email clients render images but treat PDFs as attachments. Converting key pages to PNG lets the recipient see the content without opening an attachment.
OCR pipelines — Tesseract and most cloud OCR services accept PNG natively and recommend 300 DPI for accurate recognition. Converting first puts the PDF in the format these tools expect.
Posting documents to social media — Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn carousels, and similar platforms accept images but not PDFs. Splitting a PDF into per-page PNGs makes the document shareable in those formats.
Generating thumbnail previews — Document management systems and intranet portals often need lightweight image previews of PDFs. A 72 or 100 DPI PNG of the first page is the standard solution.
Including PDF content in slide decks — PowerPoint and Keynote import images more reliably than PDFs. Converting a PDF page to PNG and inserting it as an image avoids embedding issues.

Technical Details

PDF (ISO 32000) is a page description language derived from PostScript. Each page contains a content stream of drawing operators (move, line, curve, paint, set font, show text) that operate on a coordinate system measured in points. Rendering a PDF means walking that content stream and executing each operator against a target surface — in this case an HTML5 canvas.

PDF.js implements this rendering pipeline in JavaScript. The tool initializes a PDF.js document, calls getPage(n) for each page, and uses page.render({canvasContext, viewport}) where the viewport is computed from the requested DPI. The resulting canvas is exported via canvas.toBlob('image/png'). Multi-page PDFs are processed sequentially; the output is collected into a JSZip archive and downloaded.

Choosing DPI: a US Letter PDF page is 612 × 792 points. At 72 DPI the rendered bitmap is 612 × 792 pixels (about 0.5 MP); at 150 DPI, 1275 × 1650 (2.1 MP); at 300 DPI, 2550 × 3300 (8.4 MP); at 600 DPI, 5100 × 6600 (33.7 MP). Memory and time scale with pixel count.

Best Practices

Use 150 DPI as default — It produces sharp text on screen, OCR-ready output for most documents, and reasonable file sizes. Move up to 300 only when you need print quality or aggressive OCR.
Watch for password-protected PDFs — PDF.js cannot decrypt password-protected documents. Strip the password first using a desktop tool such as qpdf or Acrobat's security settings.
Multi-page documents are slow at high DPI — A 100-page PDF rendered at 600 DPI produces 100 × 33 MP bitmaps and may take minutes. Match DPI to actual purpose.
Keep the original PDF — PNG output is rasterized — text is no longer selectable, hyperlinks are flattened, accessibility metadata is lost. The PDF is the authoritative version; the PNGs are derivatives.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the text in the PNG be selectable?: No. Rasterization converts text glyphs into pixels, so the output PNG contains an image of the text rather than the text itself. To search or copy text from the result, run the PNG through OCR or work from the original PDF.
What DPI should I use?: 150 DPI is a good default for screen viewing and most documentation use cases. Use 72 for tiny thumbnails, 300 for print or OCR, 600 only when you need very fine detail. Higher DPI quadruples file size with each doubling and rarely produces a visibly better result.
Can I convert a single page from a multi-page PDF?: The current interface renders all pages. To convert a specific page, first split the PDF using a desktop tool (qpdf, pdftk, or any PDF editor) and convert the resulting single-page file.
Does it work with password-protected PDFs?: No. PDF.js intentionally does not implement decryption for security reasons. Remove the password using a desktop tool before converting.
Is my PDF uploaded to your server?: No. PDF.js runs entirely in your browser; the file is parsed and rendered locally. You can verify by checking your browser's Network tab during conversion — there will be no upload.
Why is my PNG huge?: PDF pages have full document dimensions, and at 300 DPI a US Letter page becomes a 2550 × 3300 pixel bitmap (around 8.4 megapixels). Combined with PNG's lossless compression, files of several megabytes per page are normal at print resolutions. Lower the DPI if file size matters more than fidelity.
Are vector graphics in the PDF preserved?: No. Rasterization reduces all drawing — vector shapes, text glyphs, embedded raster images — to a single pixel grid. The output PNG no longer contains vector information.
Can I convert scanned PDFs?: Yes. Scanned PDFs typically wrap a single embedded raster image per page; rendering them at the original embedded image's DPI produces output equivalent to the scan. Rendering at higher DPI does not improve quality, since the source is already rasterized.

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