How to execute ImageMagick to convert only the first page of the multipage PDF to JPEG?

Question

How do I execute ImageMagick\'s convert if I want a JPEG from the first page only of a multi-page PDF?

Answer 1

If you are using a convert command line you can execute it with these parameters:

convert  source.pdf[0]  output.jpeg

Note that the page count of ImageMagick is 0-based. So [0] means 'page 1'. To select, say the 4th page, you'd have to use [3].

This syntax does not only work for PDF input. It also works with other multi-page or mult-frame formats, such as multi-page TIFF or animated multi-frame GIFs and PNGs.