JPG to PDF
Turn JPG photos into one PDF, in any order. It runs in your browser, so the photos are never uploaded.
Other formats too (WebP, HEIC, GIF)? Your files come along:
Add your JPG files, drag them into the order you want, and create a PDF. This is the quickest way to turn photos of a document — a passport, a contract, a receipt — into something you can email or print as one file.
How the photos become a PDF
Each photo is read into your browser's memory and its format is checked from the file's own bytes, not its name. With the default Smaller file, the photo is decoded, scaled so its longer side is at most 2000 pixels and saved again as a JPEG at 82% quality on a white background. Original quality skips that and puts the JPEG data into the PDF unchanged, unless the photo carries a rotation flag from the camera, in which case it is turned upright and re-saved first. pdf-lib then creates the document, embeds each image and gives it a page of its own, in the order of the list. Fit to A4 puts each photo on a 595 × 842 point portrait page, scaled to fit and centred; Match image size makes every page exactly as big as its photo. The file is called toolkave.pdf.
Limits, and what the PDF contains
Up to 100 photos at a time, each up to 100 MB; other file types are refused. A file that turns out not to be an image is skipped and named, and the PDF is built from the rest. Fit to A4 never rotates a photo: a landscape picture is shrunk to the page width and leaves white space above and below, and a small picture is enlarged to fit, with no margin. The PDF holds pictures only. There is no text layer, so words in a photographed document cannot be selected, copied or searched, and this page does no text recognition. Smaller file drops the photo's EXIF data, such as camera, date and location; Original quality keeps it inside the image. The result is always named toolkave.pdf, so rename it when you save.
How to use it
- Add your JPG images by dropping, choosing or pasting them.
- Drag the photos into page order, then choose the page size and whether to keep the original quality.
- Press Create PDF, then save the result; it is named toolkave.pdf.
Why use this tool
Completely private
Everything runs inside your browser. Your files and text are never sent to a server.
Free, with no limits
No sign-up, no watermarks and no cap on how many times you can use it.
Instant results
There is no upload or queue to wait for, so results appear as fast as your device can work.
Works on any device
Runs in any modern browser on phone, tablet or desktop. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I search the text in a PDF made from photos?
- No. The PDF holds the photos as pictures, so the words in them cannot be selected, copied or searched. This page does not recognise text.
- Why do landscape photos look small on the A4 page?
- Fit to A4 uses a portrait page and never rotates a photo, so a landscape picture fills the width and leaves white space above and below. Choose Match image size to give each photo a page of its own shape.
- Does the PDF keep the date and location stored in my photos?
- With Original quality the JPEG data goes in unchanged, so that information stays inside the picture, although PDF viewers do not show it. With Smaller file each photo is re-saved and the information is dropped.
- Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
- No. The photos are read into your browser's memory and the PDF is assembled there. Nothing is sent over the network, which matters when the photos are of identity documents or signed paperwork.
- Should I choose Fit to A4 or Match image size?
- Choose Fit to A4 if the PDF will be printed or sent somewhere official: every page is the same standard size with the photo centred. Choose Match image size to make each page as big as its photo in pixels, which suits screenshots and pictures meant only for screens.
- Does converting reduce photo quality?
- Only if you choose to. “Original quality” puts the JPG data into the PDF as it is, with no second round of compression, so the PDF is about as large as the photos together, which for phone photos means several megabytes per page. “Smaller file” (the default) scales each photo down to 2000 pixels on the long side and saves it again at 82% quality, which usually makes the file far smaller and still sharp for reading and printing.
- How many photos can I add?
- Up to 100 photos at a time, each up to 100 MB. Every image is held in memory while the PDF is assembled, so a long list of large photos can run out of room on an older phone before it reaches the limit; on a laptop, dozens of phone photos are fine.
- The file is named .jpg but will not convert. Why?
- The format is detected from the file's actual contents rather than its name, because files renamed to .jpg are often something else entirely. If it is really a PNG, use the PNG to PDF tool instead.
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