JPG to PDF

How to convert JPG to PDF

1. Drop your images on the box above, paste a screenshot, or click Choose images. JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF and BMP files work, up to 25 MB each.
2. Check the thumbnails. Drag an image to a new position, or use the up and down buttons (they also work on a phone and with a keyboard). Each image becomes one page, in list order.
3. Choose the page size: A4, US Letter, or "Same as the image" for a page that is exactly as large as the picture. For A4 and Letter you can fix the orientation or leave it on Automatic, which turns the page for wide images. Pick a margin of none, 10 mm or 20 mm.
4. Click Create PDF and then the download button.

The whole conversion runs in your browser. Your pictures are never uploaded, so it is safe for scans of passports, receipts, signed forms and other private documents. There is no sign-up, watermark or daily limit.

How the images are placed on the page

With A4 or Letter the image is scaled up or down to fit inside the margins, keeping its proportions, and is centred, so nothing is stretched or cut off. With "Same as the image" the page takes the size of the picture (one pixel equals 0.75 points, the same as on screen) plus the margin, which is handy for screenshots and designs that should keep their exact shape.

JPG and PNG files are embedded exactly as they are, so there is no second round of compression and PNG transparency is preserved. Files in other formats, and JPG photos that your phone stored sideways and marked with an orientation tag (PDF viewers ignore that tag), are redrawn once upright as a high-quality JPEG on a white background. Transparent areas of such images therefore become white.

Worked example

You have to send a landlord three documents: a 3000 × 4000 px photo of the rental form (portrait, 2.1 MB), a 1600 × 1200 px screenshot of the payment receipt (landscape, 180 KB) and a passport scan (portrait, 1.4 MB). Add them in that order, choose A4, Automatic orientation and a small margin. The result is a 3-page PDF of about 3.7 MB: pages 1 and 3 are portrait, and page 2 is turned to landscape so the screenshot fills the width. If the landlord wants the passport first, move it to the top and create the PDF again; your original images are never changed.

Tips for good results

• Photograph documents straight and in daylight. Place the paper flat, fill the frame and avoid shadows; text stays readable when the scan is converted.
• Keep the file small enough to email. The PDF is about as large as the images together. If it is over your limit, shrink the photos first; 1600 px on the long side is plenty for an A4 page.
• Use the margin for printing. Printers cannot print to the very edge, so a 10 mm margin avoids cut-off content.
• Check the order before you create the PDF. Reordering afterwards means creating the file again, which takes only a moment.
• HEIC photos from an iPhone must be converted to JPG first, because most browsers cannot open them.

Common problems

• "Could not be read as an image". The file is damaged or in a format the browser cannot decode. Open it in a photo app and export a JPG.
• The image looks sideways. This happens with a few unusual files. Rotate the picture in a photo app, save it, and add it again.
• Large batches feel slow. Many big photos need a lot of memory. Create several smaller PDFs and merge them afterwards with a PDF merger.

Frequently asked questions