How to convert JPG to PDF
Last updated: September 3, 2026
Turning images into a PDF is the easiest way to share several photos or scans as one tidy, universally-readable file. Here's how to do it, with control over page order, size and margins, for free and in your browser.
Use our free JPG to PDF tool. It runs in your browser.
Building your PDF step by step
- Open the JPG to PDF tool.
- Select or drag in your images: JPG, PNG or WEBP, up to 50 at a time.
- Use the arrows beside each thumbnail to set the order; the top image becomes page 1, the next becomes page 2, and so on.
- Choose how each page is built: fit to image, or a fixed A4 or US Letter page in portrait or landscape, with an optional margin.
- Click Convert to PDF and save the finished file.
Every image lands on its own page, in the sequence you arranged, so a stack of loose photos becomes one document you can page through instead of a folder of files a recipient has to open one at a time.
Getting the order right the first time
Ordering matters more than it looks. Phone cameras name files by timestamp, so a set of receipts photographed out of sequence, or a contract shot page-by-page with a couple of retakes, rarely lands in the order you actually want. Because the tool numbers pages strictly from top to bottom of the list, dragging the thumbnails into place before you convert saves you from having to reorder pages inside the PDF afterwards. It is worth a ten-second check: skim the thumbnails once, confirm page 1 is the cover or the first receipt, and only then convert.
Fit-to-image versus a fixed page
The page-size choice decides whether your PDF looks like a gallery or a printout. Match it to where the file is going.
| Option | What each page looks like | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Fit to image | Page is exactly the size and shape of the photo, with no borders and no empty space | Photo galleries, screenshots, artwork, anything viewed on screen |
| A4 (portrait/landscape) | Image centered on a standard 210×297 mm page with your margin | Documents printed or shared outside North America |
| US Letter (portrait/landscape) | Image centered on an 8.5×11 inch page with your margin | Documents printed in the US and Canada |
A margin only applies to the fixed sizes; it keeps images off the very edge of the sheet, which matters because most printers cannot ink the outer few millimetres of a page. Landscape orientation is the easy fix for wide screenshots or panoramas that would otherwise sit tiny in the middle of a portrait page.
Quality, file size and resolution
Images are embedded at their original resolution, so nothing is re-compressed or softened on the way in: a JPG stays a JPG and a PNG stays a PNG inside the PDF. The trade-off is size: ten high-megapixel phone photos make a large PDF, because the pixels have to go somewhere. If the result is too heavy to email, run it through Compress PDF afterwards, which lets you trade a little sharpness for a much smaller file rather than degrading the images before they are even converted.
Where this actually helps
Three everyday jobs cover most of it. Expense reports: photograph each receipt, drop them in date order, and hand your finance team one tidy PDF instead of a dozen loose images. Scanned paperwork: turn phone photos of a signed form, a passport, or a set of handwritten notes into a single file that opens identically on every device. Submissions and portfolios: send a gallery of work, or the ID photos a landlord or agency asks for, as one attachment that will never arrive in the wrong order or the wrong format.
Handled entirely on your device
The conversion runs in your browser using your own machine's resources, so the images you pick (receipts, ID scans, private photos) are assembled into the PDF locally and never sent to a server. That is exactly what you want when the pictures are personal. If you would like to understand why browser-based tools can make that promise when many websites cannot, read are online PDF tools safe. And if you ever need the reverse, pulling images back out of a finished PDF, see how to convert a PDF to JPG.
Frequently asked questions
How many images can I combine at once? Up to 50 in a single pass. Because the work happens on your device, very large batches can be slower on an older phone, but there is no upload step to wait on.
Can I mix JPG, PNG and WEBP in the same PDF? Yes. Each is embedded in its native format, one image per page, regardless of the mix you start with.
Will transparent PNGs look right? Transparent areas render against the page, so on a fixed white page they appear white. If transparency matters to the final look, place the image with Add Image instead, which keeps it over existing content.
Can I add more images to a PDF I already made? This tool builds a fresh PDF each time. To append pages to an existing document, make the new pages here and then join the files with Merge PDF.
Do the photos lose quality? No. They go in at full resolution; the only thing that shrinks quality is choosing to compress the PDF afterwards.