Why Images Cannot Be Extracted and What to Do
Key points
- Check the PDF has images
- Check the format
- Convert pages to images instead
If Extract Images from a PDF cannot extract anything, check the following.
Steps
- Check the PDF actually contains images (shapes and text cannot be extracted)
- Check it is not an unsupported format such as CMYK
- Use PDF to Images to save pages as images
For a password-protected PDF, first use Unlock a PDF.
Use "Extract Images from a PDF" (free)
Tools that go well with this
- PDF to Images: Save each page of a PDF as a JPEG or PNG image.
- Extract Text from PDF: Pull the text out of a PDF to copy or save.
- Compress PDF: Shrink a PDF to fit under a size you choose, for upload limits.