JPG to PDF Converter — Turn Photos Into a PDF in Your Browser
This free tool turns a JPG or PNG into a PDF entirely in your browser. Drop one image and you get a single-page PDF; drop several and each becomes its own page, in the order you added them. The file is built on your device — nothing is uploaded to a server, so there's no file to clean up afterward.
Convert JPG or PNG to PDF
100% client-side — nothing leaves your deviceHow it works
- Drop your images. Drag one or more JPG or PNG files into the upload zone, or click to choose them.
- Each image becomes a page. One file makes a single-page PDF; multiple files stack into one PDF, a page per image, in the order you dropped them.
- Reorder if needed. Each file appears in a list with its page number. Use the up/down arrows to change the order, or the × to remove one, before converting.
- Download the PDF. Click Download to save the .pdf file, ready to attach, print, or share.
What's preserved
| What | Preserved? |
|---|---|
| Image pixels & dimensions | Yes — unchanged |
| Page order | Matches the order you added files by default — reorder or remove any file before converting |
| Photo orientation (EXIF rotation tag) | Not auto-corrected — rotate a sideways photo before uploading |
| Color | Yes — exported as standard RGB (sRGB) |
| Transparency (PNG alpha channel) | No — PDF pages are opaque; transparent areas fill with white |
| Multiple pages from one file | No — one image makes one page; merge files first if you need a different layout |
JPG to PDF vs iLovePDF and Smallpdf
| Tool | Where it runs | Output | Free limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| LayerPorter | Your browser — no upload | One PDF page per image, upload order | Free, no account, no daily cap |
| iLovePDF | Cloud — file uploaded | JPG/PNG to PDF, plus page size and margin options | Files auto-deleted within 2 hours, per their own security page |
| Smallpdf | Cloud — file uploaded | JPG/PNG to PDF, plus a wider PDF toolkit | Free plan caps daily conversions and deletes files within 1 hour |
| Canva | Cloud — file uploaded through Canva's editor | Image to PDF via the design editor | Free; some export options need an account |
iLovePDF and Smallpdf also merge, compress, and OCR PDFs once you're past the image-to-PDF step — genuinely useful if this is one stop in a bigger PDF workflow, not just a one-off conversion.
FAQ
Does converting JPG to PDF reduce image quality?
No. The image data goes into the PDF as-is — the format changes, not the pixels. Any JPG compression already in the photo carries over unchanged; conversion doesn't add a second round of compression on top.
Can I combine several JPGs into one PDF?
Yes. Drop multiple files and each becomes its own page in one PDF. Files land in the order you added them, but you can reorder or remove any of them with the up/down/× controls before you click Convert.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The PDF is assembled by your browser on your device. iLovePDF and Smallpdf both process files on their own servers first — theirs get deleted automatically within a couple of hours, but the files leave your device to get there. Ours never do.
Why does my photo look sideways in the PDF?
The photo's EXIF rotation tag isn't read automatically. Phone cameras often save landscape shots as upright pixels with a rotation flag — if that flag isn't applied, the image lands in the PDF the way the pixels are actually stored. Rotate it first if it looks wrong.
Is there a limit on how many images I can convert?
No fixed cap from this tool — you're limited only by your device's memory, since everything runs locally. Free cloud converters like Smallpdf instead cap how many conversions you get per day before asking you to sign up.
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A JPG or PNG is a single flat image; a PDF is a container that can hold one page or many. Converting doesn’t change what’s in the photo — it wraps it, or several of them, into a format built for printing, attaching, and paging through, one image per page, in the order you dropped them in.