Extracting Images vs. Converting Pages to Images
Key points
- Extract if you only want the photos
- Convert pages if you want whole pages
- Choose by purpose
Extract Images from a PDF extracts only photos and figures. For whole pages as images, use PDF to Images.
Steps
- Use this tool when you want only the photos in a PDF
- Use PDF to Images for whole pages
- Choose by what you need
Text is not extracted as images.
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.