From photos to a tidy PDF
Many forms and offices accept documents only as PDF. If you photographed a signed form, a certificate, receipts or pages of notes with your phone, this tool puts those pictures into one PDF, one image per page, ready to email or upload.
It accepts JPG, PNG and WebP images, so screenshots and downloaded pictures work too.
Choosing the layout
Page size. A4 is the standard paper size in most of the world; US Letter and US Legal are common in North America. “Fit to image” creates pages that match each picture’s shape exactly, which is handy for screenshots or when the PDF will only be read on screen.
Orientation. “Automatic” gives each page the same shape as its image: tall photos get portrait pages and wide ones get landscape pages. You can also force all pages to portrait or landscape.
Margin. “None” lets the image reach the page edges, “Small” leaves a narrow white border, and “Large” leaves more space, which looks tidier when the PDF is printed.
Images are always scaled to fit inside the page without being cropped or stretched.
Keeping photos upright
Phone cameras often save a photo sideways and add a small note telling apps to rotate it. PDF readers ignore that note, which is why photos sometimes appear on their side in PDFs made by other tools. This converter checks for it and redraws those photos upright, so what you see in your gallery is what you get in the PDF.
Making the PDF smaller
A PDF built from phone photos can easily be several megabytes. If you need to stay under an upload limit:
- Tick “Compress images first” and choose a quality. Around 70 to 80 keeps text on documents readable while cutting the size a lot.
- Or reduce the photos beforehand with Compress Image, or change their dimensions with Resize Image.
- For an exact size such as 200 KB, create the PDF first and then use Compress PDF in Strong mode with a target.
Tips for scanning documents with a phone
- Place the paper on a dark, plain surface so the edges stand out.
- Shoot from directly above, with good light and no shadow from your phone.
- Crop out the background before converting, using your phone’s photo editor.
- Photograph pages in order, so they are already sorted when you add them.
If you already have some pages as PDFs, create a PDF from the photos here and then combine everything with Merge PDF.
Common uses
- Applications and forms: combine photos of a certificate, a transcript and an ID page into one file to upload.
- Receipts and invoices: gather a month of receipt photos into a single PDF for an expense claim or your accountant.
- Homework and notes: turn photos of handwritten pages into one document a teacher can open on any device.
- Small sellers: put product photos and a price list together in a PDF catalog to send to customers.
Private and free
The PDF is assembled inside your browser. Your images are not uploaded, so personal documents such as ID cards or bank statements stay on your device. There is no sign-up, no limit on how often you use it, and no watermark.
Works on iPhone, Android and PC
No app is needed:
- iPhone and iPad: tap “Choose files” to pick from Photos or Files; the PDF downloads to Files.
- Android: choose images from your gallery or file manager; the PDF appears in Downloads.
- Windows and Mac: drag images from a folder onto the drop area, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.
Large batches of full-resolution photos take longer on older phones, since your own device does the work.