Short version: open the free tool, drop your file, download the result. Nothing is uploaded.
Steps
- Open the free WBS JPG to PDF tool.
- Drop your JPG (or tap to choose it). PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP and AVIF work too.
- Pick a page size: A4, US Letter, or Fit to image if you want the page to be exactly the photo.
- Press Make PDF. The PDF is saved to your downloads. Nothing was uploaded.
Why convert without uploading?
Most "JPG to PDF" sites send your picture to their server and convert it there. That's a poor fit for an ID card, a signed form, a bank statement screenshot or a medical letter. The WBS tool builds the PDF inside your own browser with the open-source pdf-lib library, so the image never leaves your device. Once the page has loaded it keeps working without an internet connection.
Will the PDF look worse than the photo?
Usually not at all. An upright JPG or a PNG is placed in the PDF byte for byte, without re-compressing, so the PDF is about the same size as the image and just as sharp. Phone photos that are stored sideways (with a rotation tag), and WebP, GIF, BMP or AVIF files, are drawn upright once and saved at high JPG quality (92%).
Which page size should I pick?
| You're making | Pick |
|---|---|
| Something to print or attach to a form (Europe, most of the world) | A4, Normal margin |
| Something to print in the US or Canada | US Letter, Normal margin |
| A PDF that looks exactly like the image, edge to edge | Fit to image, no margin |
Landscape photos automatically get a landscape page, so they aren't shrunk to fit a tall page.
Other ways
Windows: open the image in Photos, press Print and choose "Microsoft Print to PDF". Mac: open it in Preview, choose File → Export as PDF. Both work, but they re-draw the image and are fiddly with several files at once. To put many images into one PDF, see how to combine multiple images into one PDF.
More free guides
- Compress an image to 100 KB
- Photo and signature under 20 KB or 50 KB for forms
- Compress an image for Discord
- Reduce photo size for email
- Convert WebP to JPG
- Convert WebP to PNG with transparency
- Remove GPS location from photos
- Merge PDF files
- Split a PDF or extract pages
- Save each PDF page as a separate file
- Combine images into one PDF
- Turn a photo into a PDF on iPhone
- Combine PDFs on iPhone
- Rotate a PDF and save it
- Delete pages from a PDF
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