How come you’re sweating so much? Do you look like you just finished a marathon? Which is to say what? Have you never left your room, yet after a thousand failed tries, you’re worn out because you still haven’t figured out how to get the photographs you need out of the PDF document you obtained yesterday from the Internet for your school project? Again, I must inform you, you have been disoriented in a water glass. Let’s do a text search in images in a PDF.

Maybe unbeknownst to you, this task can be accomplished with a few mouse clicks and zero monetary outlay using a variety of applications, internet services, and apps. You read that correctly. You may easily extract photos from PDFs and save them as regular images in JPG, PNG, etc., using easy programs for PCs, smartphones, and tablets. Please note that I am not referring to the process of converting individual PDF pages into pictures (at least not in all cases), but rather the accurate and complete extraction of the photos already existing in them, ideally without any white space around them or any distracting text or other features.

Don’t simply sit there and do nothing! If you have a few spare minutes and want to learn how to extract photos from PDFs, you should check out the resources suggested in this article. You will be astounded by how simple everything is.

How to extract images from PDF: PC and Mac

If you’re trying to locate a tool that will help you extract photos from PDF files on your PC or Mac, you’ll find a few good options below. They’re a cinch to employ, and you’re certain of satisfying outcomes.

PkPdfConverter (Windows)

PkPdfConverter is a free, open-source tool that can extract text and pictures from PDF files and convert them into text, HTML pages, or images. However, it is only compatible with Windows operating systems. It is quite easy to use, even for newcomers and does not need installation.

Go to the SourceForge website hosting PkPdfConverter, navigate to the most recent release folder, and click the PkPDFConverter-[version].zip file.

After the download is complete, open the compressed archive file on your computer, extract the contents to a folder of your choosing, and run the executable.

To begin the free process of extracting images from a PDF, open the window by clicking on the yellow folder icon next to the PDF file to convert the item in the left sidebar. Then, select the PDF from which you wish to extract the images, and from the Choose conversion type drop-down menu, select the PDF -> Images option (extract all images). Finally, click the Convert! button.

Images taken from PDFs are automatically saved in the same directory as the original files by PkPdfConverter. The output path can be changed by clicking the yellow folder that appears next to the Save in box.

PDF Toolkit+ (macOS)

PDF Toolkit+ for Mac makes it easy to remove pictures from PDF documents. Regarding PDF files, it is a “jack of all trades” tool since it can be used to compress, combine, divide, and even extract text and images. Although it is not free (1.99 Euros), I promise you that it is well worth the expense.

Visit the PDF Toolkit+ section of the Mac App Store, click the button with the price, and then click the Purchase the Software button to download and install the app on your Mac (in doing so, you may be asked to authenticate by typing your ID password Apple or using Touch ID ).

PDF Toolkit+ will be downloaded and installed on your Mac without further action on your part after purchase. Ultimately, you’ll need to launch the program from its Launchpad shortcut, go to the Text/Images tab, and drop the PDF file from which you’d want to extract text and images into the box provided.

To finish, click Extract once more. Choose the destination folder under Extract photos on the right, and then click Save to begin the file copying process.

PDF Toolkit+ will save the extracted photos in a subfolder of the location you choose. Is that much simpler?

More solutions to extract images from PDF on PC and Mac

If none of the methods I’ve already suggested for extracting photos from PDFs have convinced you, let me know if there are any more that you would find helpful. Right after that, it happened. They’re all listed down here for your convenience.

Adobe Acrobat Reader (Windows / macOS) is the PDF reader and editor developed by the company responsible for creating the format. It’s simple to use and compatible with both Windows and macOS. It can read PDF files and do more, such as convert them, divide them into many pages, and extract photos from Acrobat PDF documents. It’s free to sign up. However, some features require a paid subscription (prices start at 15.85 euros monthly after a free trial).

Photoshop (for Windows and macOS) is the gold standard of image editing software. Not everyone knows that you can simply and rapidly extract photos from PDFs using Photoshop because it’s always from Adobe. A monthly membership to Adobe’s Creative Cloud service (prices start at 12.19 euros/month after a free 7-day trial) is required to purchase the program at this time. Check out my tutorial written with this program in mind for further information.

PDF to Image Converter (Android/iOS/iPad)

PDF to Image Converter is a great tool for Android (even without the Play Store) and iOS/iPadOS to extract images from PDF files and save them as JPGs or PNGs. Whole pages of a document can also be scanned in as a single picture. For a small fee, you may eliminate the in-app advertisements.

Once the app has been downloaded and launched, the user should decline to receive targeted adverts and provide the necessary rights to access the device’s memory before touching the Choose PDF File button and selecting the document they want to interact with.

To begin, open the PDF file, select the pages you wish to modify, tap the arrow button in the bottom right, and then choose the output file’s quality, format, and location.