AM Many forms, landlords, employers and accountants want documents as a PDF, even when all you have is phone photos of the pages. This converter puts JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC images into a single PDF, one image per page, in the order you set. You choose the page size, orientation and margins.
Everything runs in your browser. The images are not uploaded, and the PDF has no watermark.
How to convert JPG to PDF
- Drag your images into the box at the top of this page, or click it to choose them. JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC files are accepted, and you can mix them.
- Drag the thumbnails into the order you want the pages to appear.
- Choose a page size: A4, US Letter, or fit to image.
- Choose portrait or landscape orientation.
- Set the margins. No margin fills the page edge to edge; a margin leaves a white border.
- Create the PDF and download it.
Page size, orientation and margins
| Page size | Dimensions | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| A4 | 210 x 297 mm (8.27 x 11.69 in) | The document will be printed or filed outside the US and Canada |
| US Letter | 8.5 x 11 in (216 x 279 mm) | The document will be printed or submitted in the US or Canada |
| Fit to image | Each page matches its image | The PDF will be read on screen, such as a portfolio or a set of screenshots |
With A4 or Letter, each image is scaled to fit inside the page and margins, so a photo that does not match the page shape leaves some white space. Choose landscape for wide images such as screenshots or spreadsheets, and portrait for photos of document pages. With fit to image, orientation follows each picture, which is why it suits a mix of tall and wide images. Add a margin if the PDF will be printed, because many home and office printers cannot print right to the edge of the paper.
What the converter can and cannot do
- It combines any number of images into one PDF, limited only by your device's memory.
- It reads HEIC photos straight from an iPhone, so you do not need to convert them first. HEIC takes a little longer to process than JPG.
- It does not recognize text in the images. The pages of the PDF are pictures, so the text cannot be searched or copied.
- It does not straighten, crop or brighten photos. Do that in your phone's photo editor before you add them.
The size of the finished PDF roughly follows the size of the images you put in. Twenty full-size phone photos make a large file. If you need it smaller, reduce the photos with the image resizer first, or compress the finished file with Compress PDF in Strong mode.
Tips for photographing documents
- Use even light. Daylight from a window, without direct sun, avoids shadows from your hand and phone.
- Shoot from straight above. Hold the phone parallel to the page so the text is not skewed. A dark surface under white paper makes the edges easy to crop.
- Crop before converting. Trim away the table and background in your photo app, so the page fills the PDF.
- Set the order before you shoot. Photograph pages in sequence and the thumbnails will usually arrive close to the right order, which saves dragging later. Always check the order before you create the PDF, though, especially with a mix of photos from different days.
- Check readability. Zoom in on the smallest text in each photo before you convert. If you cannot read it on screen, the recipient will not be able to either.
- Keep related files together. If the images belong with an existing PDF, create the image PDF here, then combine both with Merge PDF.
For store owners
Receipts for supplies and shipping add up quickly. Photograph them each week and turn the batch into one PDF for your records. For invoices you send to customers, a photo is the wrong format: create a proper document with the Shopify invoice generator instead. Product photos can also go into a simple PDF line sheet for wholesale buyers, with one product per page and fit to image as the page size. If you need to go back from PDF to images later, use PDF to JPG.
Settings in detail
- Page size: A4, US Letter, or fit to image, where each page takes the size of its picture.
- Orientation: Auto turns each page to match its image, so wide photos get landscape pages and tall ones portrait. Portrait and Landscape force one orientation for every page.
- Margin: None, Small or Large. Use a margin for anything you will print.
A worked example: expense receipts
You photograph 14 receipts on your phone for a monthly expense claim. Drop all 14 HEIC photos here, drag them into date order, choose US Letter, Auto orientation and a Small margin, and create the PDF. Each receipt sits on its own page with a white border, ready to print or attach. If the file is large, resize the photos first or compress the PDF.
How to turn a picture into a PDF on iPhone or Mac
- iPhone: open this page in Safari and pick photos from your library; the PDF saves to the Files app. Apple's own route is the Print option in the share sheet, where you pinch out on the preview to make a PDF, then share or save it.
- Mac: select images in Finder, right-click and choose Quick Actions > Create PDF, or open them in Preview and use File > Export as PDF.
- Windows: select images, right-click, Print, and choose Microsoft Print to PDF. Page size and fit options are limited.
A second example: a wholesale line sheet
A small brand wants a simple PDF catalog for boutiques. Export one square product photo per item, add them here in catalog order, choose Fit to image and no margin, and create the PDF: every page is a clean full-bleed product shot. Then open it in the PDF editor and add the product name, SKU and wholesale price on each page with Add text, and your logo on page 1. Twenty products take about ten minutes, and you can update prices next season by editing the same file.
Who uses JPG to PDF
- Tenants, applicants and employees sending photos of documents as one PDF.
- Freelancers and small businesses filing receipts for bookkeeping.
- Sellers making simple wholesale line sheets with one product per page.
- Students turning photos of handwritten work into a single submission.
Troubleshooting
- Pages are in the wrong order. Drag the thumbnails before you create the PDF.
- A photo appears sideways. Rotate it in your phone's photo editor first, or fix the page afterward with Rotate PDF.
- The PDF is too big to email. Resize the images first, or compress the result in Strong mode.
Privacy and limits
The converter runs entirely in your browser. Your images are read and placed into the PDF on your own device, and nothing is uploaded to a server. Once the page has loaded, it keeps working offline. That makes it a safe choice for photos of ID documents, pay slips and signed forms.
It is free with no daily limit, needs no sign-up and adds no watermark. Very large batches, in the hundreds of megabytes, depend on your device's memory. If a big batch stalls on a phone, split it into two PDFs and merge them afterward.
This tool creates new PDFs from images. If you then need to add pages to a password-protected (encrypted) PDF, open that file with its password in another app first; these tools do not remove passwords or restrictions.