PDF to JPG
Every page becomes its own JPG, at a size you choose. Save the ones you want, or all of them at once.
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Converted in your browser. A copy of the file you select is also uploaded and stored, so it can be investigated if a problem or a report of misuse ever requires that — see our privacy page for how long it is kept.
How to turn a PDF into JPGs
- Choose the PDF. Every page is rendered, and you see them as they will save.
- Pick a size — standard for screens, high for printing.
- Save the pages you want, or all of them at once.
What you actually get
A picture of each page exactly as it looks: text, images, lines and all, flattened together. That is the right answer for putting a page into a slide deck, a document or a message, and the wrong answer if what you wanted was the photographs that were embedded in the PDF at their original resolution — those are separate objects inside the file, and rendering the page cannot give them back to you.
Choosing a size
Standard is fine for anything that will be looked at on a screen. High is roughly print resolution and makes files several times larger, which matters if you are about to attach twenty of them to an email. Very wide pages are capped either way: past a certain width the extra pixels cost memory and render time without showing anybody anything more.
When PNG is the better choice
JPG throws away detail to get small, and it does that worst on hard edges — which is exactly what letterforms are. A page of text saved as JPG picks up faint smudging around the characters that you will see if you zoom in. For text, diagrams or screenshots, use PDF to PNG instead. For pages that are mostly photographs, JPG is both smaller and indistinguishable.
Questions
Does this pull the photos out of the PDF?
No — it takes a picture of each page as it looks, text and images together. If you wanted the embedded photographs on their own, at their original resolution, that is a different job and this is not the tool for it.
Which size should I pick?
Standard is for looking at on a screen. High is roughly print resolution and makes considerably larger files. Very wide pages are capped either way, because past a point the extra pixels cost memory without showing you anything more.
Why did I get a permission prompt when downloading everything?
Browsers treat a burst of downloads as a popup and ask before allowing it. The save button under each page always works one at a time.
Is my document uploaded?
The rendering happens in your browser. A copy of the file you select is also uploaded and stored, the same as any file sent to Scriptorium, so a problem or a report of misuse can be investigated — see our privacy page.
Turn what is said into text
Scriptorium's main job is transcription: bring a video or an audio file and get back text you can read, correct, search and export.