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JPG to PDF
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Drop JPG files here
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Why convert JPG to PDF
Receipts photographed with a phone, ID scans and homework pages are easier to submit as one PDF than as a dozen images — and many upload forms accept only PDF.
The JPEG data is embedded as-is, so there is no second round of compression: the PDF pages look exactly like the photos and the file is only slightly larger than the images combined.
How it works
- Drop JPG file onto the box above, click it to browse, or paste from the clipboard.
- Adjust the options if you need to — the defaults suit most cases.
- Press Convert. The work happens on your device, so speed depends on your computer or phone.
- Download the PDF — individually or all at once.
About the formats
JPG · JPEG image · .jpg
The universal photo format: small files, supported by every device, camera and website, but no transparency and slight quality loss on each save.
- JPEG compression discards fine detail the eye rarely notices; quality 80–90 is usually indistinguishable from the original at a fraction of the size.
- Re-saving a JPG repeatedly adds generation loss, so keep an original and export copies.
- JPG has no alpha channel — transparent areas become white or black when converted from PNG.
PDF · Portable Document Format · .pdf
The fixed-layout document standard: looks the same on every device and printer, which is why forms, invoices, contracts and reports are shared as PDF.
- A PDF can contain vector text, embedded fonts, images, form fields, annotations and digital signatures.
- Scanned PDFs are just pictures of pages; they need OCR before the text can be searched or copied.
- PDF is an open ISO standard (ISO 32000) since 2008.
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