PDF – Portable Document Format
PDF is the standard format for documents that must look the same on every device. It preserves layout, fonts and images, but is difficult to edit.
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How to convert PDF to PNG
- Choose your files. Click Select File or drag your PDF files into the upload box. You can add many at once.
- Pick the settings. PNG is already selected as the output format. The conversion starts as soon as a file is added.
- Download. Each file appears in the list when it is ready. Download them one by one, or all together with Download all.
Why convert PDF to PNG?
PNG is the best image format for PDF pages with text, tables, charts and drawings: lines and letters stay perfectly sharp. Use it for presentations, documentation, design mock-ups or anywhere a picture of a page is needed.
When to keep the PDF
Keep the PDF for printing and sharing documents: it stays searchable and sharp at any zoom.
Tips for the best result
- Every page becomes its own PNG; several pages arrive in a ZIP.
- Pages are rendered at 150 dpi.
- For pages that are mostly photos, PDF to JPG gives smaller files.
Common problems and fixes
- The PNGs are large.
- PNG is lossless. For photo-heavy pages use PDF to JPG instead.
- The PDF has a password.
- Remove the password in your PDF reader by saving a copy without it, then convert.
PNG – Portable Network Graphics
PNG stores images with lossless compression and supports full transparency, which makes it the usual choice for logos, screenshots and graphics with sharp edges. The trade-off is size: a photograph saved as PNG is normally far larger than the same photo saved as JPG or WebP.
More PNG conversionsPNG at a glance
| Feature | PNG |
|---|---|
| Full name | Portable Network Graphics |
| Compression | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes |
| Animation | No |
| Introduced | 1996 |
| Developed by | PNG Development Group (W3C) |
| Best for | Logos, screenshots and graphics with transparency |
Converting PDF to PNG
- PNG keeps transparency and sharp edges. To keep files small, the number of colours is reduced to match your Quality setting.
- Images: one per page, several pages are downloaded as a ZIP.
Also available as PDF to Image Converter, which accepts PDF files.
Frequently asked questions
Is the page background transparent?
No. Pages are rendered as they would print, on a white background.
Can I convert scanned PDFs?
Yes. Scanned pages are already pictures, so they convert like any other page.
How do I convert PDF to PNG?
Click Select File or drop your PDF file onto the upload box. The converted PNG appears in the list below with a download button. You can add many files at once and download them together as a ZIP.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark. To keep the service available for everyone there is a 95MB limit per file and a cap on how many files one connection can process in a short period.
Are my files stored?
Your upload is used only to make the converted file. Images are processed in memory; other files are written to a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes. Nothing is kept after the result has been sent back.
Will quality drop?
For images, a little, by design: the image is re-encoded at the Quality you choose (default 75%). Audio and video are re-encoded with high-quality settings; documents keep their text and layout as far as the target format allows. Converting never restores detail that is already missing from the original.
How this works: your file is uploaded over HTTPS and converted on this server with open-source engines (libvips for images, FFmpeg for audio and video, LibreOffice and Pandoc for documents, Calibre for ebooks, Ghostscript and Inkscape for PDF and vector files). Images are processed in memory; other files use a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes.