PDF2Raster

PDF2Raster is a lightweight Windows software tool developed to convert a whole PDF file or only specific pages to raster images in various formats.

It's almost impossible not to figure out how to use the program because it adopts a very straightforward approach that groups all options right in the main window.

There are no other settings to play with, which means that all you have to do is to select the source PDF document and customize the output file.

You can choose from a total of three formats, namely PNG, GIF and JPG, and multiple color depths, including 4, 16 or 256 colors, black and white and hicolors. Dither and antialias effects are available too, and so is a dedicated field to choose the resolution.

The basic design of the GUI includes a preview panel too, as well as two different conversion tools. You can process just the current page or absolutely all pages, with the latter option taking a bit more time.

The good thing however is that PDF2Raster remains light on hardware resources all the time, working flawlessly on all Windows workstations and without requiring special administrator privileges.

All things considered, PDF2Raster can come in handy to many users out there, but it's pretty clear that this projects needs to be improved in the future. It indeed provides a pack of essential features when converting PDF documents to raster images, but a more appealing design and many more configuration options are still needed.