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Extract PDF Images vs. PDF to Images — What's the Difference?
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These two tools are easy to confuse by name — the difference is whether you want the pictures embedded inside the PDF, or a picture of the whole page.
Extract PDF Images
- ·Recovers the original embedded image files — photos, logos, illustrations
- ·Each result is just the picture, without any surrounding page layout or text
- ·Only works for content actually stored as an embedded image, not vector graphics or text
PDF to Images
- ·Converts each entire page into a single picture, text and all
- ·Captures everything visible on the page, including vector graphics that cannot be extracted directly
- ·Use when you want a picture of the page as a whole, not just one element on it
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