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Image to PDF

Add photos or scanned pages, put them in order and get a single PDF with one image per page, sized for Letter or A4 or to fit each image. Works with iPhone HEIC photos too.

PDF settings

Page size

US Letter, 8.5 × 11 in.

Orientation

Big photos are scaled down to this detail on the page. Photos are always turned upright.

  • Nothing is uploaded
  • Free, no sign-up
  • Works on phone and desktop

How to convert images to PDF

  1. 1

    Drop your photos or scans on the box, or click to choose them. You can also paste a screenshot.

  2. 2

    Put them in order by dragging or with the arrows, or click Sort by name. Rotate any that are sideways.

  3. 3

    Choose Letter or A4, the margins and an image size. The estimated PDF size updates as you go.

  4. 4

    Click Create PDF. One PDF, with an image on each page, downloads straight away.

Features

  • Photos stay on your device

    The PDF is built by your browser. Receipts, IDs and signed forms are never uploaded.

  • iPhone HEIC included

    HEIC photos work alongside JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF and BMP, with no converting first.

  • Arrange and rotate

    Page previews show the paper and margins. Reorder by drag, arrows or keyboard, and turn sideways shots.

  • Location data left out

    Every image is redrawn, so GPS location and camera details stored in photos don’t end up in the PDF.

Receipts, scans and forms

Expense reports, insurance claims, school forms and rental applications often ask for “one PDF”, while what you have is a handful of phone photos. Add them here in the right order and you get a single file with one image per page, each centered on the page and scaled to fill the space inside the margins without being stretched.

  • Shoot flat and straight: lay the paper on a dark, plain surface and hold the phone directly above it. Crop the photos first if your phone’s editor makes that easy.
  • Number your scans (or keep the camera’s names, such as IMG_0412) and click Sort by name to put a long set in order at once.
  • Keep a small margin if the PDF will be printed: most printers can’t print right to the edge of the paper.

About iPhone HEIC photos

iPhones and iPads save photos as HEIC files (Apple’s use of the High Efficiency Image File Format) unless the camera is set to “Most Compatible”. HEIC files are usually much smaller than JPGs of the same photo, but Windows needs an extra extension to open them and many online tools reject them. This tool reads them directly: Safari decodes them itself, and other browsers use a decoder that loads from this site the first time you add one. Nothing is uploaded either way.

Choosing an image size

Phone photos have far more pixels than a page needs, which makes PDFs of photos large. The image size setting keeps enough detail for the size each photo is printed on the page, measured in dots per inch:

Image sizeDetail on the pageGood for
OriginalEvery pixel of the photoArchiving, or when someone may need to zoom far in
High300 dpiPrinting, small print, signatures
Standard200 dpiEveryday documents and receipts
Small120 dpiEmail and upload forms with a size limit

For example, a 12-megapixel phone photo (4032 × 3024 pixels) on a Letter page with small margins is printed about 10.5 inches wide. At Standard it is stored at 2100 × 1575 pixels, about 27% of the original pixels, which is still sharp on paper. Photos are never enlarged, and the estimated PDF size is shown before you create it.

What to expect in the PDF

  • Photos become JPG inside the PDF; PNG, GIF and BMP images such as screenshots stay lossless.
  • Transparent areas show as the white of the page. Animated GIFs use their first frame.
  • Text in the images is a picture, so it can’t be searched or selected; that would take OCR.
  • Photo metadata such as GPS location isn’t copied. The PDF’s title is the file name you choose.

Next steps: merge the result with other documents using combine PDF, number the pages with add page numbers, or stamp it with a watermark. To go the other way, PDF to JPG saves PDF pages as images.

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn receipts or a paper form into one PDF?

Photograph each page flat, in good light, filling the frame. Add the photos here in order, choose Letter or A4 with a small margin, and click Create PDF. Standard image size keeps printed text sharp while the file stays small enough to email.

Can I convert iPhone HEIC photos to PDF?

Yes. Add them like any other image. Safari opens HEIC by itself; in other browsers a decoder loads from this site the first time you add one, which takes a few seconds. You can mix HEIC with JPG and PNG in the same PDF.

How can I make the PDF smaller?

Choose "Small: 120 dpi for email" under Image size and watch the estimated size. Photos are scaled down and compressed more; text in a photographed document stays readable. PNG screenshots are kept lossless, so they only shrink when they are scaled down.

Should I choose Letter or A4?

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) is the standard in the US, Canada and parts of Latin America; A4 (210 × 297 mm) almost everywhere else. The tool starts with the size used where your browser’s language points to. "Fit" makes each page the shape of its image, with no white border beyond the margin you choose.

Will sideways photos come out the right way up?

Phones record which way up a photo was taken, and that is applied, so most photos are already upright. If one is still sideways, click its rotate button (or select it and press R) before creating the PDF.

Is there a limit on the number of images?

There is no set limit. A computer handles hundreds of photos; a phone may run out of memory with very many large photos, in which case make the PDF in parts and join them with combine PDF.

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