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I have requirement of converting PDF pages to images. There is a background image with some text written, so when I save this as image only background image got saved.

Is there any software available for the same so that complete page can be converted to image?

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What if I want to convert a multipage pdf to a multipage tif file? – To Do Nov 26 '12 at 14:03

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  1. Install imagemagickInstall imagemagick

  2. Using a terminal where the pdf located:

    convert file.pdf file.png (.png or .jpg or any other format).

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You'd need to install imagemagick – Capt.Nemo Jun 23 '11 at 10:38
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A simple convert creates really shitty quality for me. Use pdftoppm (thanks to enzotib below!). – dAnjou Jan 9 at 0:17
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In the poppler-utils packages there is the utility pdftoppm capable of converting pages from a pdf file to ppm, png or jpeg format:

pdftoppm -png file.pdf prefix

will produce prefix-01.png etc. for each page.

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Thank you so much. Much better quality than with imagemagick or graphicsmagick! – dAnjou Jan 9 at 0:18
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IIRC GIMP is capable of using PDFs, i.e. converting them into images. So if you want to edit the images right away - GIMP is your friend.

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Try this online free document converter Saaspose.PDF, it can not only convert your PDF to any image abut also to many other formats and also its a cloud API so there is no need to download or install it just sign up on the site upload your document and convert it into the desired format.

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