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To turn JPG images into a PDF, drop them here, arrange them in page order and click Create PDF. Every image gets its own page, and all of them end up in one file.
Normally your browser puts the PDF together and nothing is uploaded, so scans of an ID card or a signed lease stay on your device. How fast it goes depends on your device. The exception is an image in a format your browser cannot read. Then the job runs on our servers in Germany instead: the files travel over an encrypted connection and are deleted automatically within two hours.
Pick a page size
Auto sizes every page to its image, so a tall photo gets a tall page and a wide screenshot a wide one. For a PDF that should print like an ordinary document, switch to A4 or Letter. The whole image is then fitted inside the page: nothing is cut off or distorted, and a picture that sits better sideways gets a landscape page. A margin is optional and goes up to 50 mm.
How to make one PDF from JPG files
- Drag your images, or a whole folder of them, onto the page.
- Arrange them in the order the pages should follow.
- Choose auto, A4 or Letter, and set a margin if you picked a paper size.
- Click Create PDF and download the file.
How many images fit in one PDF
When your browser builds the PDF, there is no cap on the number of images, so a whole folder of photos can go into one file. Browser jobs have no daily allowance either. Each image can be up to 50 MB, or 500 MB on Pro, which costs EUR 7.99 a month or EUR 59 a year.
If the job has to run on our servers because an image is in a format your browser cannot read, the plan sets a limit per PDF: 5 images without an account, 10 on a free account and 500 on Pro.
Want a separate PDF for every image instead, such as one per scanned certificate? Use Image to PDF. It converts each picture on its own, and a batch downloads as one ZIP.
Sharpness and file size
JPG files go into the PDF untouched, with no second round of compression, so every page looks exactly like its photo. PNG images are stored without loss. The finished PDF weighs roughly what the images weigh together. Photos that store their orientation in a rotation tag appear upright in the PDF.
That has a flip side: a stack of full-resolution phone photos makes a heavy PDF. If an upload form caps the size, shrink the photos first with Resize Image or Compress Image, or run the finished file through Compress PDF.
Besides JPG and PNG, you can add HEIC, TIFF, WebP, BMP and GIF files. Any transparent areas are filled with white.
FAQ
Can the photos go at the end of a PDF I already have?
Yes, in two steps. Make a PDF from the photos here, then join both files with Merge PDF.
Will the PDF be searchable?
No. Each page is a picture, so there is no text to search. To get text you can search and copy, run the PDF through OCR.
Why did one photo end up sideways?
The camera most likely saved that photo sideways in the image itself. Turn it with Rotate Image before converting, or fix the finished page with Rotate PDF.
Does it work with a single image?
Yes. One photo gives a one-page PDF, and the page size and margin options still apply.