Image to PDF

Image to PDF turns JPG, PNG and WebP images into a single PDF, right in your browser. Add your photos or screenshots, drag them into order, choose a page size of A4, US Letter or fit to image, pick portrait or landscape, set the margin to none, small or large, and download one tidy document. It is the quickest way to turn phone photos of paperwork into something a form, a landlord or an accountant will accept. Because the images never leave your device, it is safe to use for ID photos, signed pages and anything else personal.

How to use the Image to PDF

1. 1 Add your imagesDrop JPG, PNG or WebP files onto the tool, or click to choose them. Phone photos, screenshots and exported graphics all work.
2. 2 Drag them into orderEach image becomes one page, in the order shown. Drag the thumbnails to rearrange them and remove any you do not need.
3. 3 Choose the page sizePick A4 for most UK documents, US Letter for North American recipients, or fit to image to make each page exactly the size of its picture.
4. 4 Set orientation and marginChoose portrait or landscape, then a margin of none, small or large. Margins give printed pages a cleaner look and stop edges being cut off by printers.
5. 5 Create and download the PDFBuild the PDF. It is assembled on your own device and downloads straight away, ready to attach, upload or print.

Turn photos into a PDF without uploading them

Many forms and organisations ask for documents as a PDF, while the copy you actually have is a photo on your phone. Converting it yourself is easy, but most converter websites do it by uploading your pictures to their servers. When those pictures are of a passport, a driving licence, a bank card letter or a signed contract, that is a copy you would probably rather not create.

This tool builds the PDF inside your browser. The images are read locally, laid out on pages locally, and the finished file comes from your own device. There is no sign-up, no watermark, and nothing for anyone else to store or lose.

A4, US Letter or fit to image?

A4, 210 by 297 millimetres, is the standard paper size in the UK and most of the world, and it is the right choice for almost anything going to a UK organisation or likely to be printed here. Each image is scaled to fit inside the page, within your chosen margin, without being stretched or cropped.

US Letter, 8.5 by 11 inches, is slightly wider and shorter than A4 and is standard in the United States and Canada. Use it if the recipient is there and expects Letter-sized pages.

Fit to image makes each page the exact shape of its picture, with no white space added around it. That suits screenshots, design proofs, posters and photos meant to be viewed on screen, where a fixed paper size would only add borders. It is less suitable for printing, as the pages will not match any standard paper.

Portrait, landscape and margins

Choose portrait for documents, letters and most phone photos of paperwork, and landscape for wide images such as spreadsheets, slides, panoramic photos and screenshots from a laptop. Matching the orientation to your images lets each one fill more of the page, so text appears larger and easier to read.

Margins control the white space around each image. None uses the whole page, which gives the largest picture but means a home printer may clip the edges. Small adds a neat border that suits most documents. Large leaves generous space, which looks cleaner when printed and leaves room for notes or a hole punch.

Getting good results from phone photos

The PDF can only be as clear as the photos that go into it, and a few seconds of care when taking the picture makes a big difference to whether a caseworker, lender or landlord can read it.

• Photograph documents flat on a plain, contrasting surface, such as a white page on a dark table.
• Use daylight or even room light and avoid using the flash, which causes glare on glossy cards and laminated documents.
• Hold the phone directly above the page rather than at an angle, so text is not distorted.
• Include all four corners of the document, as many organisations want to see the whole page or card.
• Crop out the background with your phone's photo editor before adding the image, so the document fills the page.
• Check every photo is sharp by zooming in before you build the PDF.

Everyday uses

Image to PDF is handy whenever several pictures need to travel as one document. A single file is easier for the recipient to open, keeps pages in the right order, and avoids someone missing an attachment.

• Proof of identity and address for a rental, bank account or job application, combined into one file.
• Receipts photographed during the month, gathered into one PDF for an expenses claim or your accountant.
• Pages of a signed paper contract photographed on a phone, returned to the other party as a single document.
• Screenshots of a website problem or an error message, collected into one file for a developer or support team.
• Photos from a site visit, inspection or property inventory, assembled into a simple report.
• Children's artwork or handwritten notes saved as a PDF for safekeeping or printing.

File size and what happens next

Modern phone cameras take large, detailed photos, so a PDF built from a dozen of them can be big. If the result is too large for an email or upload portal, there are two sensible options. You can shrink the images first with our Image Compressor or Image Resizer, then build the PDF from the smaller versions. Or you can create the PDF and run it through our Compress PDF tool, which re-renders pages as JPEG images at a chosen quality.

If you need to add the new pages to an existing PDF, create them here and then combine the two files with Merge PDF. iPhone users with HEIC photos should convert them first using our HEIC to JPG tool, since this tool accepts JPG, PNG and WebP.

Everyday uses for turning images into a PDF

People convert images to PDF far more often than they realise. Expense claims are a classic case: photograph a stack of receipts, put them in one PDF in date order and attach a single file instead of a dozen photos. Landlords and letting agents do the same with inventory photos, and tradespeople with before-and-after pictures for a quote.

A PDF is also the format most forms and portals ask for. Scanned ID, proof of address, signed pages photographed on a phone and certificates are all easier to submit as one tidy document with a consistent page size than as a mix of JPG and HEIC files.

If the result is too large to upload, run the images through our Image Compressor first, or compress the finished PDF with Compress PDF.

• Photograph pages flat, in good light, filling the frame.
• Put the images in order before creating the PDF.
• Use A4 for anything that may be printed in the UK.

Examples you can copy

ID and proof of address for a UK application -> A4, portrait, small margin
Receipts for expenses                        -> A4, portrait, small margin
Laptop screenshots for a bug report          -> Fit to image, no margin
Wide spreadsheet or slide images             -> A4, landscape, small margin
Documents for a US or Canadian recipient     -> US Letter, portrait, small margin

A4         210 x 297 mm  (8.27 x 11.69 in)
US Letter  216 x 279 mm  (8.5 x 11 in)

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Common mistakes to avoid

Frequently asked questions