How to extract the images inside a PDF at full quality
Pulling the pictures out of a PDF without losing quality is easy once you know which approach keeps the original resolution.
Why this happens
Taking a screenshot of a PDF gives you whatever your screen resolution is, which is usually far below the quality of the picture stored inside the file.
Step by step
- Open the PDF to JPG tool and add the document.
- Choose 300 dpi for print quality.
- Run it — each page becomes its own image, bundled in a ZIP if there is more than one.
Worth knowing
This renders whole pages at high resolution rather than pulling out the embedded image files byte for byte. For a page that is mostly one photograph the result is effectively the same; for a page with text around the picture you will get the text too.