
This premium service is available for readers on paid subscription, starting from $15/month, annual commitment required. Note that the paid version of Adobe Acrobat is required in order to convert PDF files. We will use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC on Windows 10 PC to show you how it can be done in this quick guide. You can use it to easily convert PDF to image files on Windows and Mac computers. Adobe Acrobat is the most professional PDF creator, editor and converter. On Windows PC however, we have not found an equivalent tool. In an earlier post, we demonstrated how to convert PDF to images on Mac using the Preview app. For example, to reuse PDF content, you can select & copy text and images from PDF, take a snapshot of PDF page and insert it to Word, PowerPoint, convert PDF pages to images and use them in web design.

We may need to convert from one file format to another in different situations. This compression can affect quality, but this loss of quality isn’t noticeable to most users.Adobe Acrobat Pro can convert different file types to or from PDF, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, etc. JPG is a ‘lossy’ format, meaning that it is compressed to save storage space and make it easier to share. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, which is the name of the committee that standardised the format. However, you can usually adjust settings to save into other formats if needed. Many cameras, smartphones, and basic photo or drawing programs will automatically save into JPG format. JPGs are 2D pixel-based ‘raster’ images, which makes them better for photographs or scans, rather than digital illustrations which are often better as ‘vector’ images.

JPG is a universal format which can be opened by almost all image-viewing or -editing programs, by web browsers, and by certain other apps, and they’re supported by most devices.

JPG, or JPEG, is one of the most widely used digital image formats.
