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Convert JPG to PDF
Short answer
Turns one or more images into a PDF with one page per image. The tool accepts JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC from the iPhone, and you choose the order, page size and margin. Your browser creates the PDF, so your images are never uploaded.
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Convert images to PDF
Change the order by dragging a row by its handle or by using the arrows.
Runs in your browser
Your browser processes the files itself.
No upload
Your files stay on your device.
No sign-up
You don't need an account or an email address.
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In 4 steps
How it works
Drag your images into the box or pick them with “Choose files”. You can add more images later.
Put the images in the right order. Drag a row by its handle to its new place, or use the arrows next to the name.
Choose the page size and margin. A4 with a narrow margin is the default.
Click “Create PDF” and download the file.
Background
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Why you would put images into a PDF
Many forms and portals only accept PDF. That applies to applications at public offices, documents for your health insurer or receipts for your tax return. If you took photos of the papers with your phone, this page turns them into a PDF with one page per photo.
You can create multi-page documents the same way. Photograph each page of a contract or a reference letter separately and put the images in the right order. You end up with one file that you can send like a scanned document.
Page size and margin
A4 is the usual paper size in Europe and in most countries outside North America. In the US and Canada, choose US Letter. With “Same as image”, each page follows its image. Without a margin there are no white strips, with the narrow margin a white frame of 10 mm remains all around. That suits photos and graphics nobody needs to print.
The narrow margin keeps 10 mm, about 0.4 inches, away from the edge of the sheet. Many printers can’t print all the way to the edge and would otherwise cut off a strip. Without a margin, the image fills the page as far as its aspect ratio allows. For scanned A4 or Letter pages, that is the best choice.
What happens to your photos
A PDF can hold JPG files exactly as they are. That is why the tool adds JPG photos without compressing them again, and their quality stays the same. It rotates portrait shots inside the PDF and leaves the image data alone. PNG, WebP and HEIC are converted to JPG first. With photos you won’t notice. Screenshots with fine text may show slight traces around the edges.
Photos often carry more information than you would expect. Their EXIF data holds the capture time, the camera model and, for phone photos, usually the exact location. The tool only puts the image data and the color profile into the PDF and leaves this data behind. Whoever gets the PDF won’t learn where you took the photos.
Why there is no upload
Photographed documents often show ID numbers, bank details or medical diagnoses. This tool processes them in your browser, and no server ever sees them. You can check this yourself. Open your browser’s developer tools and watch the network requests while the PDF is being created. None of them contains your images.
Formats and limits
Good to know
- Each image gets a page of its own, in the order of the list. A landscape image goes on a landscape page, all others on a portrait page.
- The tool fits each image into the page and centers it. The aspect ratio stays the same. If it differs from the page, a white strip remains on two sides. The narrow margin is 10 mm (about 0.4 in) wide.
- With “Same as image”, each page follows its image. The tool assumes 96 pixels per inch, like a browser at 100 %. A photo with 4032 × 3024 pixels therefore gives a page of about 42 × 31.5 inches. With the narrow margin, 10 mm (about 0.4 in) of white is added all around, without a margin the page has exactly the shape of the image. To print it, let your print dialog fit it to the paper.
- JPG photos go into the PDF without being compressed again, portrait shots included. From the file, the tool only keeps what is needed to display it, which is the image data and the color profile. Location (GPS), capture time, camera model, previews and any other extra data are left out.
- PNG, WebP and HEIC are first converted to a high-quality JPG (level 92 of 100), without any metadata. A JPG that can't be read cleanly, for example after an interrupted download, is converted the same way.
- Photos your phone took in portrait orientation stand upright in the PDF. For JPGs, the tool places the image rotated on the page and leaves the image data unchanged. For JPGs, a color profile such as Display P3 goes into the PDF as well, so PDF apps show the colors just like your photo viewer. HEIC photos are converted to sRGB.
- Transparent areas in PNG, WebP and HEIC images turn white. For animated images, the tool only uses the first frame.
- Safari 17 or later and iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later open HEIC photos right in the browser. In other browsers, the tool loads a decoder from our website once, the first time you add a HEIC photo. Your photos stay on your device.
- The PDF holds your images as pictures. Text on photographed or scanned pages can't be selected or searched in it, since that would take text recognition (OCR).
- The tool checks the contents of a file to tell whether it is an image. Other files, such as PDFs or Word documents, are rejected with a notice.
- One PDF can hold up to 500 images with 300 MB in total, or up to 200 images and 100 MB on iPhone and iPad. The images the tool converts for it, mainly PNG, WebP and HEIC, can have 1,000 megapixels together, or 300 megapixels on iPhone and iPad. An image that goes beyond this is rejected with a notice.
- PNG, WebP and HEIC images with more than 50 megapixels are scaled down to that size. On iPhone and iPad, anything above 16 megapixels is already scaled down to 16 megapixels. Above 100 megapixels, or 50 megapixels on iPhone and iPad, these images are rejected. JPGs usually go in unchanged at full size.
- The finished PDF can be up to 300 MB, or up to 100 MB on iPhone and iPad.
How do I turn several photos into one PDF?
Pick all photos at once or drop them one after another. Each one lands on its own page, and together they make a single PDF file. The order of the list is the order of the pages.
How do I change the order of the pages?
Move the images around in the list. With a mouse or your finger, drag a row by its handle to its new place. With a keyboard, the Tab key takes you to the arrows next to each name. The image at the top becomes page 1.
How do I turn iPhone photos into a PDF?
On your iPhone, tap “Choose files” in Safari and select the photos under “Photo Library”. The tool accepts the HEIC format as it is. On the iPhone itself, it scales HEIC photos above 16 megapixels down to 16 megapixels, such as the 24-megapixel shots of newer iPhones. That is plenty for prints up to A4 or Letter. JPGs usually go in at full size. If you need HEIC photos at full size, create the PDF on a computer, which handles up to 50 megapixels.
Can I send my job application documents as one PDF this way?
Yes, this works well for documents you only have on paper. Scan or photograph each page, add the images in the right order and create the PDF in A4 or US Letter. If your cover letter and CV are already PDFs, attach the references afterwards with “Merge PDF files”. Keep an eye on the file size, as many portals only allow a few megabytes.
How large will the PDF be?
Roughly as large as all images as JPG put together. Page size and margin make no difference. JPG photos keep their size, while HEIC photos usually get a lot bigger as JPG. If you need a smaller file, save the photos as JPG at a lower quality first with “Convert images”.
Are my images uploaded for this?
No. Your browser converts the images and writes the PDF on your device. From our website it only fetches parts of the program, such as the HEIC decoder. Your photos are not sent anywhere.
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