How to convert photos to PDF
November 3, 2026 2 min read
When a school, employer or office asks for a document, a scanner isn't always at hand. Taking a photo of the document with your phone and turning it into a PDF is usually enough.
Image to PDFTurn JPG and PNG photos into a PDF.Tips for a readable photo
How readable the PDF is depends on the photo itself. A few simple things make a big difference:
- 1Lay the document on a flat, dark surface so its edges stand out.
- 2Shoot in daylight or a well lit room. The flash can cause glare.
- 3Hold the phone parallel to the page and shoot from straight above.
- 4Fit the whole document in the frame without too much space around it.
How to turn photos into a PDF
The Image to PDF tool makes each photo a page and puts them all in one PDF. It works with JPG, PNG and WEBP photos.
- 1Open the Image to PDF tool and pick your photos. On a phone you can choose them straight from the gallery.
- 2Set the order with the arrows.
- 3Choose a page size: A4 or Letter for documents, Fit to image to keep each photo's own shape.
- 4Press Create PDF and download the file.
If a photo comes out sideways
The rotation of phone photos is fixed automatically. If a page still ends up the wrong way, rotate it after creating the PDF with the Reorder, delete, rotate PDF pages tool.
HEIC photos and file size
iPhones save photos in the HEIC format by default, and some browsers can't open it. If that happens, go to Settings, Camera, Formats on your iPhone and choose Most Compatible; new photos will be saved as JPG.
If the PDF is too big for an upload form, shrink it with the Compress PDF tool. In a PDF made from photos the text is already an image, so you lose nothing. Your photos are never uploaded to a server at any point.