How to use the JPG to PDF Converter
- Drag the photos you want in your PDF onto the area above. You can add more in several batches; each batch is added to the end of the list.
- Use the ▲ ▼ buttons in the list to set the page order, and click Delete to remove any photos you don't need.
- Choose the page size (Letter, A4, etc.), orientation, margins and image quality. For documents you need to submit, we recommend Letter or A4, Auto orientation and Normal margins.
- Click Create PDF to download a PDF file with one photo on each page.
How to combine multiple photos into one PDF
Many forms and applications, such as insurance claims, rental applications, school paperwork, HR onboarding and visa or benefits applications, ask you to upload "a single PDF file." Take a photo of each page with your phone, add them all to this tool at once and put them in the right order. You'll get a PDF with one photo on each page.
If you choose a fixed page size like Letter or A4, each photo keeps its aspect ratio and is scaled to fill the page, centered. With "Auto" orientation, landscape photos go on landscape pages so they don't get shrunk. If you plan to print the document, use "Normal" margins or wider so your printer doesn't cut off the edges.
Letter (8.5×11in) is the standard paper size in the US and Canada. A4 is the standard in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and most other countries. If you're not sure which one to use, pick the size used where the document will be printed or submitted.
How to shrink a PDF that's too large
| Method | Effect |
|---|---|
| Set image quality to "Medium" or "Low" | Text documents are still easy to read at lower quality |
| First use Image Resizer to shrink photos to 2000px wide or less | Resizing works best for high-resolution phone photos |
| Compress the finished PDF again with PDF Compressor | Helpful when an upload portal or email has a size limit (for example, 10 MB) |
Photos from recent smartphones can be 3–8 MB each, so just 10 photos can add up to tens of megabytes. This tool re-saves each photo as a JPEG inside the PDF, so the result is often smaller than the original images even at "Medium" quality.
Tips for taking clean photos of documents with your phone
- Place the paper on a dark, solid-colored surface and shoot straight down from above so you don't cast shadows on it.
- Fill as much of the frame with the document as you can. If needed, use the crop tool in your phone's photo editor to trim the edges.
- If a photo taken in portrait mode appears sideways, don't worry. This tool reads the photo's rotation data and places it upright.
- For multi-page documents, add the photos in the order you took them. Pages follow the order you added them, not the file names.