Convert PDF pages to sharp PNG images at 1x, 2x or 3x resolution, with an optional transparent background, as a single file or a zip.
PDF to PNG renders each page of a PDF as a crisp PNG image, entirely in your browser. PNG is lossless, so text and line art stay sharp, and it supports transparency, which makes it the right format for logos, diagrams, slides and anything you will drop onto another background. Choose 1x, 2x or 3x resolution and a white or transparent background, pick the pages you want, and download a single PNG or a zip of all of them.
1x renders at the PDF's native 72 DPI, which is small and fine for quick previews. 2x (144 DPI) is a good default for screens and slides. 3x (216 DPI) is for sharp zoomed-in text or modest print use. File size grows with the square of the scale, so 3x PNGs are roughly nine times the pixels of 1x.
Normally a PDF page is painted on white. With Transparent, areas of the page that the PDF does not paint are left see-through in the PNG. Pages that draw their own white or coloured background rectangle (many scanned or designed PDFs do) will still show it, because that is part of the page content. Transparency works best on vector artwork, logos and diagrams exported from design tools.
PNG is lossless and supports transparency, so it is best for text, diagrams, screenshots and logos, but the files are larger. JPG is smaller for photographic pages and has no transparency. If you want smaller files from a photo-heavy PDF, use the PDF to JPG tool instead.
No. The PDF is opened and each page is drawn to an in-memory canvas by pdf.js inside your browser tab, then encoded as PNG locally. Nothing is transmitted, so it is safe for contracts, statements and other private documents.
Browsers limit how big a canvas can be. A page that is already huge (a large-format poster or map) multiplied by 3 can exceed that limit, and the tool stops with a message naming the page and size instead of producing a blank image. Choose 2x or 1x for those pages.
Not directly: an encrypted PDF cannot be read without its password. If you know the password, remove the protection with the Unlock PDF tool first, then convert the unlocked copy.
No. A PNG is a picture, so text becomes pixels and cannot be selected, searched or copied. If you need the text itself, use the PDF to Markdown or OCR PDF tools instead.
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