Phones make it easy to photograph documents, but forms and offices usually want a PDF. Whether it is the front and back of an ID card, a handwritten assignment or receipts for an expense claim, Docshar's JPG to PDF tool turns your photos into one tidy PDF. It accepts JPG, PNG, WEBP and GIF images.
Docshar processes your file in your browser, so it is not uploaded to our servers. Files can be up to 10 MB each.
Step by step
- Open JPG to PDF. Go to Docshar JPG to PDF.
- Add your images. Click Choose files and select one or more images. On a phone you can pick them from your gallery.
- Set the order. Drag the images, or use the arrows next to each one, to put the pages in order. Each image becomes one page.
- Choose the page layout. Pick a Page size (A4, US Letter or Same as image), an Orientation (Auto, Portrait or Landscape) and a Margin (None, Small or Large).
- Convert and download. Click Convert to PDF, then Download.
Which settings to choose
For documents that will be printed or submitted, A4 with Auto orientation and a Small margin looks like a normal scanned page: each image is scaled to fit the page, and wide photos get a landscape page automatically. Choose Same as image when you want each page to be exactly the size of the photo, for example for a photo album or screenshots.
Tips
- Crop your photos to the edges of the paper before converting. A photo of a document on a table looks unprofessional and wastes file size.
- Photograph documents in daylight, flat and from directly above, to avoid shadows and slanted text. Deskew can straighten slightly tilted pages afterwards.
- Phone photos are large. If the PDF must be under a limit such as 200 KB or 1 MB, run it through Compress next. See how to compress a PDF to 100 KB.
- To make the text in the PDF searchable or copyable, run OCR on it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I put the front and back of my ID card in one PDF?
Yes. Select both photos, put the front first, and convert. You get a two-page PDF.
Does it work with PNG and screenshots?
Yes. JPG, PNG, WEBP and GIF images are all accepted.
Will the image quality drop?
Only very slightly. PNG images are kept exactly, and photos are saved at high JPEG quality, with the correct rotation from your phone. Use Compress afterwards if you need a smaller file.
Can I add images to an existing PDF?
Use Merge, which accepts PDFs and images together, and arrange them in the order you want.
Try it now
Turn your photos into one neat PDF.