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Convert PDF to JPG in Photoshop

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October 7, 2022
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Oct. 7, 2022: I have the latest version of Photoshop and need to convert a single PDF to JPG format, but Photoshop doesn't seem to do it... What am I missing ? Does Photoshop convert PDFs to JPGs ?

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Correct answer fschriever

So the problem isn't rasterizing the PDF.

The problem is saving the rasterized doc as a JPEG file?

What are the pixel dimensions, colour mode, bit depth etc?

Thanks very much. Okay I got it.

My PDF was a black and white only (not even grey scale) file which Photoshop would not convert to JPG. As soon as I tried a color PDF, then more file type options become available and Photoshop WILL convert to JPG, so the color mode is key.

(I did get the black and white PDF to convert to JPG in Bridge, but the really crisp sharp detail image quality that I wanted was not there...). Thank you again.

fschrieverAuthor

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Answer: If the PDF is black and white, FIRST you convert it to grey scale, THEN you save as JPG.

rob day

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Hi @fschriever , Do you really need JPEG, if it’s for web work, why not save as PNG then you wouldn’t have to convert to grayscale and there would be no compression artifacts.

fschrieverAuthor

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Okay, thank you very much, I'll try that, thanks.

Chuck Uebele

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If the pdf is a one page document, you can also use Bridge export to save as a jpg.

fschrieverAuthor

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Thank you very much. Yes you can use Bridge to save as a jpeg. Though I could not get the really crisp sharp detail image quality in Bridge that I was looking for... Thank you again.

Stephen Marsh

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@fschriever – as noted by @Chuck Uebele the forum needs more info on your specific issues.

A couple of scripts that are designed to work with PDF files:

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/PDF%20ProcessorII.jsx

https://www.marspremedia.com/software/photoshop/batch-multi-save

TheDigitalDog

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You can open a PDF in Photoshop and save that rasterized data as a JPEG.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

fschrieverAuthor

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Thanks very much. When I open the PDF in Photoshop and then try 'Save As' or 'Save A Copy', JPG or JPEG do not appear as options in the 12 different file types offered...

fschrieverAuthor

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I have tried several different PDFs.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

How are you going about trying. You said a single pdf, is that a single page?

fschrieverAuthor

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Yes it's a single page. Most of my PDFs are single pages.

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