About PDF → Images (ZIP)

Extract embedded images from a PDF and download as a ZIP. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the PDF collection.

Use Cases

• Recover photos from a scanned PDF
• Turn an image-based PDF back into a CBZ-style archive
• Bulk-extract illustrations from a technical manual
• Salvage embedded graphics from a design PDF

Tips

• Best for PDFs containing embedded photos or scans (e.g. CBZ-converted books, invoice scans)
• Output is a ZIP of JPEGs in document order
• Pure vector PDFs (diagrams, charts) return no images

Fun Facts

• PDFs store embedded JPEGs as raw DCTDecode streams — you can often copy them byte-for-byte without re-encoding.
• Most scanned PDFs are just wrappers around a sequence of JPEG-2000 or JPEG images, one per page.
• Extracting images from a PDF does not lose quality — unlike rasterizing the entire page, which re-encodes everything.

FAQ

Which image format?

PNG (lossless, best for images with text) or JPEG (smaller, OK for photo content). Configurable per conversion.

What DPI resolution?

150 DPI by default — good balance of size and quality. 300 DPI for print-quality. 72 DPI for screen-only thumbnails.

One image per page?

Yes — each page becomes a separate image, named page-1.png, page-2.png, etc. ZIP contains all pages.

Does it extract embedded images separately?

This tool renders pages to images. For extracting original embedded images (the ones the PDF author put in), a different mode is needed — this tool rasterizes.