How to combine a PDF and JPG photos into one PDF
Applications often ask for one file: the filled-in form plus photos of an ID, a receipt or a signed page. Converting the photos first and then merging works, but it is two jobs and the photo pages rarely match the form. Merge PDF now takes JPG and PNG files directly, so the whole packet is one step.
Updated September 28, 20264 min read
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Combine a PDF and photos, step by step
The order of the list is the order of the pages, so arrange it before you run the tool.
- Open Merge PDF and add the PDF together with the JPG or PNG photos.
- Use the arrows next to each file to put them in the order you want.
- Run the tool and download one PDF. Each source file also gets a bookmark with its name, so the reader’s sidebar shows where each part starts.
Photos from an iPhone are often HEIC. Convert them with HEIC to JPG first, then add the JPGs.
How the photo pages are sized
A photo becomes a page the same size as the page before it, so a Letter form followed by a photo stays Letter throughout. A landscape photo gets the same size turned sideways, which keeps it as large as possible. The photo is fitted inside a small margin and centered, never stretched.
Phone photos store which way is up separately from the pixels. That orientation is applied, so a photo taken upright is placed upright even if another program shows it on its side. If a photo is the very first file, its page is A4.
Keep the packet under the size limit
Phone photos are large — often 3–5 MB each — and upload portals commonly cap files at 2, 4 or 10 MB. Run the merged file through Compress PDF with the portal’s limit as the target; the photos are what shrinks, and text stays sharp.