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Image to PDF

Turn JPG, PNG and WebP images into one PDF in your browser. Reorder pages, set page size and margins - free, no upload, no signup, nothing stored.

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About the Image to PDF

Drop in your JPG, PNG or WebP files, put them in the order you want, choose a page size, and get one PDF back. The whole conversion happens inside your browser tab — your images are never uploaded to a server.

The images people most need to turn into a PDF are the images they least want to hand over: a passport photo for a visa form, a scan of an ID or PAN card, a bank statement, a signed page of a tenancy agreement, a receipt for an expense claim. Adobe's own JPG to PDF page names exactly those cases — passport photos, Aadhaar and PAN cards, bank documents — and then uploads them to Adobe's servers and asks you to sign in to save the result. Smallpdf uploads too, keeps the file for an hour, and asks for an account for free conversions. Here the file never moves: you can load the page, disconnect from the internet, and still produce the PDF, which is the only proof of a privacy claim that means anything.

How to use the Image to PDF

  1. Select your images, or drop a whole folder of JPG, PNG and WebP files in at once.
  2. Drag the rows into the order you want the pages, rotate any image that is the wrong way up, then choose a page size — "Fit to image" gives you a page with no white border at all.
  3. Press Create PDF and download it. One image gives you a one-page PDF; ten give you a ten-page PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Are my images uploaded to a server?

No. The images are read, arranged and written into a PDF inside your browser tab, so nothing is transmitted anywhere. You can load the page, turn off your internet connection, and still create the PDF — there is no server step for the tool to call.

Can I put several images into one PDF?

Yes, and that is the default. Select as many images as you like, drag them into the order you want the pages, and they all become one PDF. This is the step Adobe puts behind a seven-day Acrobat Pro trial and Smallpdf limits on a free account; here it is free with no account at all.

Does converting to PDF reduce image quality?

Not for JPG and PNG. A JPEG is copied into the PDF as the original compressed data with a /DCTDecode filter, byte for byte — no decode, no re-encode. A PNG is stored losslessly too: the PDF writer decodes it and re-deflates the exact pixels, which changes the file size but not a single colour value. WebP has to be decoded because PDF has no WebP filter, and photos whose rotation is stored in EXIF have to be turned upright, so those two are re-encoded at high quality and the result line says how many images that applied to.

What does "Fit to image" do?

It makes each page exactly the size of the image, so the PDF has no white border and nothing is scaled or padded. Choose A4, US Letter or US Legal instead when the PDF is going to be printed or submitted to a form that expects a paper size, and use the margin slider to keep the image clear of the page edge.

My photo came out sideways. What went wrong?

A phone photo is usually stored as a landscape image plus an EXIF tag saying "rotate this for display". A tool that copies the raw bytes into the PDF ignores that tag and the photo lies on its side. This one reads the tag first, turns the picture upright, and sizes the page from the upright dimensions, so a portrait photo becomes a portrait page. If an image is still wrong, the Rotate 90° button on its row fixes it.

Which image formats can I use?

JPG, PNG and WebP. A GIF, a TIFF, a HEIC photo or a file that is not an image at all is refused by name rather than being turned into a blank page — for HEIC, convert it with the HEIC to JPG tool first.

How do I make the PDF smaller?

Switch on "Compress images". Every image is then re-encoded as a JPEG, which is much smaller for photographs and screenshots but does re-compress the picture. Leave it off when quality matters more than size — with it off, JPG and PNG files are embedded untouched and are usually smaller than a re-encode would be anyway.

Is there a file size or page limit?

No. There is no upload limit because there is no upload, and the page count is simply the number of images you add. Very large batches take longer because the work is done on your own device rather than on a server, but nothing is capped or paywalled.

Guides

  • JPG to PDF: How to Turn Photos and Scans into One PDF

    Converting images to a PDF is a container operation, not a re-compression — a JPEG goes in untouched. How to make one PDF from a folder of photos, which tools actually keep the file on your device, and why your pictures come out sideways.

  • Crop PDF Pages Individually, Not All at Once

    How to crop PDF pages individually rather than applying one crop to the whole document — and why the box you draw lands in the wrong place on some files.

  • How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF (and Why They Go Missing)

    Page numbers are easy until the number lands somewhere the reader cannot see. How to number a PDF properly, why "Page 1 of 10" and "Page 1 of 20" are both right, and the cropped-page trap that hides the number on print-ready files.

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