Turn a PDF into web images
Render each PDF page as an image, resize it, convert to WebP, strip metadata and download the batch.
What does this template do?
Render each PDF page as an image, resize it, convert to WebP, strip metadata and download the batch.
This template turns every page of a PDF into a web-ready image: page rendering, resizing, conversion to WebP, then metadata removal. Use it to publish a preview of a brochure, menu or presentation without making readers open a PDF.
Pipeline steps
This template automatically chains 6 steps in the Workspace. You can review every setting before running it.
- 1Import a PDF
- 2PDF to images
- 3Resize the image
- 4Convert and compress
- 5Remove metadata
- 6Download the images
Why the steps come in this order
The page is first rendered as lossless PNG to avoid compressing twice. Resizing and WebP conversion then work on that sharp image, and metadata is removed from the final file.
When should you use this template?
- Publish the pages of a restaurant menu as images on a website.
- Embed the slides of a PDF presentation in an article.
- Create page thumbnails for a download page.
Local processing in your browser
When the selected modules support local processing, your files stay on your device while the Pipeline runs.
Settings to check
- Render scale: 1.5 by default, about 890 px wide for an A4 page.
- Final width: 1,600 px by default. With the default scale, the page is enlarged and loses sharpness: set the width to 890 px, or raise the scale to 2.7 for a 1,600 px width.
- Final format: WebP at 82 by default.
Example
- Before
- 4-page A4 menu as PDF.
- After
- 4 WebP images, one per page, without metadata.
Limits to know
- Text becomes an image: it can no longer be selected or read by a screen reader; add alternative text on your site.
- Every page produces an image; this template has no page selection.
- A high scale on a long document needs a lot of browser memory.