Photos are the quickest way to capture paper: receipts for an expense report, signed forms, homework, a lease. But nobody wants twelve separate image files. One PDF is easier to send, easier to print and easier to keep.
How to make one PDF from several photos
- Open JPG to PDF and add your photos (JPG or PNG). You can add more at any time.
- Put them in order by dragging, or with the arrows. Each photo becomes one page.
- Choose a page size:
- A4 or Letter if you might print it. A4 is the standard in most countries; Letter is used in the US and Canada.
- Fit image if it will only be read on screen. Each page takes the exact size of its photo.
- Pick a margin (none, small or large) and click Create PDF.
The preview shows each page exactly as it will look, so you can check before you create the file.
Photos taken sideways? No problem
Phones often save a photo sideways and add a small note saying “rotate this when you show it”. Many converters ignore that note, so the photo ends up sideways in the PDF. This tool reads it, so every page comes out the right way up.
With orientation set to Auto, wide photos get landscape pages and tall photos get portrait pages, all in the same document.
Take better photos of documents
A few habits make a big difference to how readable the PDF is:
- Use daylight or bright, even light. Avoid the shadow of your phone falling on the page.
- Hold the phone flat above the paper, not at an angle, so the text is not stretched.
- Fill the frame with the document. Less background means larger, sharper text.
- Put the paper on a dark surface so the edges stand out.
- Check the photo before moving on. Blurry text is the most common problem.
On an iPhone
Newer iPhones save photos in the HEIC format. When you choose photos in a web page, Safari usually converts them to JPG for you. If a photo is refused, go to Settings → Camera → Formats and choose Most Compatible, so new photos are saved as JPG.
Keep the file a sensible size
Modern phone photos are large, often 3–5 MB each, and the PDF is about as big as the photos together. Fifteen photos can easily make a 50 MB file. If you need to email it, run it through Compress PDF: photos shrink a lot while staying readable. See how to make a PDF small enough to email for more.
Add the photos to an existing PDF
Already have a PDF and want to add photos to it? Create a PDF from the photos first, then combine the two files.
Your photos are never uploaded. They are read and placed into the PDF by your browser, on your own device.