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Make a PDF from photographs, including the HEIC files an iPhone produces. Photos are decoded in this tab — nothing is uploaded — and each becomes its own page at the size and orientation you choose.

iPhone photos work here

Since iOS 11 an iPhone saves photographs as HEIC by default, and no browser except Safari can display one directly. Most tools that accept them either reject the file or fail quietly. These are decoded before being placed in the PDF, so a camera roll can be converted without being exported to JPG first.

The decoding is the slow part — noticeably slower than JPG, and more so with many files. Progress is shown per image, and the tab is worth leaving in the foreground for a large batch because browsers throttle work in background tabs.

If a HEIC file will not decode, the conversion says which file rather than stopping silently.

  • HEIC and HEIF from an iPhone are decoded here, not rejected
  • Decoding is slower than JPG; progress is shown per image
  • A file that cannot be decoded is named, not skipped in silence

Rotation, and why a photo sometimes lands sideways

A phone records which way up it was held as an orientation tag rather than by rotating the pixels. Modern browsers honour that tag when they draw the image, so photographs normally come out the right way up here.

Where it goes wrong is with photos that have been through a program that stripped or ignored the tag — some older editors and some messaging apps re-save without it. If a photo lands sideways, rotating it in your own photo app and re-saving fixes it permanently, and is worth doing before converting a set.

Choosing settings for photographs

Photographs are the case where the quality slider can be moved a long way down before anything shows. At 92% a photo is indistinguishable from the original; even considerably lower is fine for something being emailed rather than printed, and the saving is large because photos are the bulk of the file.

Most phone photos are landscape unless the phone was held upright, so landscape orientation usually wastes less of the page. A small margin helps too — the default leaves a border that suits documents more than pictures.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I convert iPhone HEIC photos to PDF?

Yes. HEIC and HEIF files are decoded in the browser before being placed in the PDF, so there is no need to export them to JPG first.

Why is converting HEIC slower?

HEIC has to be decoded before it can be drawn, and that decoding is the slow step. Progress is shown per image, and it is worth keeping the tab in the foreground for a large batch.

One of my photos came out sideways.

Phones record orientation as a tag rather than rotating the pixels, and some editors and messaging apps strip it when they re-save. Rotate the photo in your own app and save it, which fixes it permanently.

What quality should I use for photographs?

92% is indistinguishable from the original. For a PDF being emailed rather than printed you can go considerably lower — photographs are the bulk of the file, so the saving is large and the loss is not visible.

Are my photos uploaded anywhere?

No. Decoding and assembly both happen in this browser tab. That matters more for photographs than for most files, since camera images carry location data.

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