Extract Images
Save embedded pictures as separate image files.
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Extract Images help
Save pictures stored inside your PDF. Ordinary JPG images keep their original bytes. Other supported pictures become PNG files at their embedded resolution. This does not take a screenshot of the page or turn drawings into pictures.
How to use Extract Images
- Choose a PDF with embedded pictures and select Extract images.
- Review the available pictures and any notice about images that could not be read separately.
- Use Minimum width, Minimum height or Minimum file size to leave out smaller pictures. Zero keeps all available images.
- Choose Preview image, then Download image. Create image ZIP saves all matching images together; add several PDFs to use the batch queue.
Options explained
- Preview image
- See one matching picture at a time. The page list shows where its image resource is stored; shared pictures appear once.
- Resolution filters
- Width and height refer to the embedded pixels, not the size of the picture on a printed PDF page. A small logo can have fewer pixels than a page scan.
- Minimum file size
- Filters the extracted image file size. PNG size can differ from the compressed image stream stored inside the PDF.
- Create image ZIP
- Includes every available image matching your filters. Changing a filter clears the old ZIP. Original JPG bytes are preserved when the PDF does not override their colour or transparency.
- Batch queue
- Creates one image ZIP per PDF. A file with extraction notices is reported for individual review rather than silently delivering an incomplete archive.
Limits and supported files
PDFs with embedded page or Form image resources. Opening-password documents need an unlocked copy first; empty-password owner restrictions are authenticated locally.
Up to 128 MB input and 128 MB combined extracted output. Each image is limited to 12 million pixels and an 8,192-pixel edge.
Up to 2,000 pages and 200 separate images. Nested resource traversal and image decoding have waiting limits; your device may need a smaller document.
Use a current browser with local PDF workers and PNG canvas encoding. Physical-device memory capacity varies.
The shared batch queue accepts up to 100 PDFs within its combined memory limit. Review files with partial-extraction notices individually.
Are these full-page screenshots?
No. Only embedded image resources are extracted. Page text, shapes and other drawings are excluded. A scanned page may itself be one embedded picture.
Why is an embedded picture saved as PNG instead of JPG?
Its PDF colour settings, mask or encoding may need decoding. The PNG keeps the embedded resolution and supported transparency, without JPEG re-encoding. It is a decoded copy, not the original compressed stream.
Why are some PDF pictures missing from extraction?
Stencil masks, inline image instructions, external image files, page-specific colour names and images above the memory limits are not extracted. Notices identify supported-resource omissions. Use PDF to JPG if you need a picture of the complete page.
Can repeated logos be saved only once?
Yes. A shared image object appears once with its page list. Separately embedded copies remain separate; similar-looking pictures are not guessed to be duplicates.
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