Image to PDF Maker
Lay the pictures out, drag them into order, turn the ones that need it, then export.
Board
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The download starts automatically. Use the button if it does not.
Runs in your browser. Your photos are never uploaded.
A board, not a list
The pictures are laid out as tiles you can see and move. Drag one onto another position on a desktop and the rest shift along; on a phone use the arrows underneath, which do the same thing one step at a time and work from the keyboard too. The number on each tile is the page it will become.
This is the difference between this tool and the Image to PDF Converter, which is the straight-through version: drop, pick a page size, download. Use that one when the files are already named in order. Use this one when they are not — a folder of camera files, a set of scans that came out back to front, a mix of portrait and landscape shots that need turning.
Turning a picture costs nothing
The turn buttons under each tile rotate that picture a quarter turn at a time, and the preview follows. Nothing is re-saved to do it: the page is created the other way round and the image is drawn into it rotated. A JPEG turned four times is still the same JPEG that arrived, embedded byte for byte.
Sorting
By name sorts the way a person expects rather than the way a computer does, so img2 comes before img10 instead of after it. By date taken uses the timestamp the file carries, which for photographs copied straight off a camera or phone is when the shutter fired. A file that has since been edited or re-saved carries the later date instead, which is exactly why both options are offered rather than just the clever one.
What goes into the file
JPEG and PNG are the two formats a PDF can carry directly, and they are embedded exactly as they are: no decode, no resize, no re-compression. The photograph in the document is the photograph you selected.
WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF cannot be carried by a PDF at all, so those are drawn onto a canvas and re-encoded as JPEG on the way in — one high quality re-encode, done once. The result panel reports how many images that applied to, so you always know whether anything was re-encoded.
Page size
| Setting | Result | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|
| Fit the image | Each page is exactly the shape of its picture | The PDF will be read on a screen |
| A4 or Letter | Every page the same size, image centred inside the margin | The PDF will be printed or filed |
With a fixed page size, pages take the orientation of the picture they hold once its turns are applied, so a photograph turned upright gets a portrait page rather than being squeezed into a landscape one.
Nothing is uploaded
Every step happens in the page: reading the files, drawing the previews, building the document. The tool has no backend, which is worth stating plainly given what tends to end up in a PDF of photographs — scanned paperwork, identity documents, receipts, medical letters.
Questions
How is this different from the Image to PDF Converter?
The converter is the direct route: drop the files, choose a page size, download. This one is the workbench. Pictures are laid out as a board you can drag into order, each one can be turned on its own, and the set can be sorted by name or by the time each photo was taken. Same output, more control over how you get there.
Does turning a picture reduce its quality?
No. The picture is not re-saved. The page it sits on is made the other way round and the image is drawn into it rotated, which means a JPEG is still embedded exactly as it arrived, with no decoding and no re-compression.
Can I sort photos into the order they were taken?
Yes. Sorting by date uses the modification time the file carries, which for photographs copied straight off a camera or phone is normally when the picture was taken. A file that has been edited or re-saved will carry the later date instead, which is why sorting by name is offered alongside it.
Are my pictures uploaded anywhere?
No. They are read by your browser, arranged there, and written into a PDF there. The tool has no backend, so no picture is transmitted and none is stored.
How do I reorder pictures on a phone?
Use the arrows under each picture. Dragging works well with a mouse but fights with the scroll on a touch screen, so the arrows are the reliable route there, and they also make the board usable from the keyboard.
Why will my HEIC photos not load?
Most browsers cannot decode HEIC, the format recent iPhones use by default, so no web tool can open one. Set the camera to Most Compatible to capture JPEG instead, or share the photos through Mail or Files, which usually converts them.
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