Extract Images

Extract images or convert a pdf to a bunch of images

Use pdfimages

# setup
$ apt-get install poppler-utils

# usage
$ pdfimages -all in.pdf /tmp/out  # extracts all images from a PDF file in their orginal format.
or
$ pdfimages -j in.pdf /tmp/out    # saving them in JPEG format.

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Written on June 9, 2025, Last update on

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