Why put photos in a PDF?
Many offices, banks, schools and visa portals accept documents only as PDF. If you photographed a document with an iPhone, you end up with HEIC files that those systems reject twice: wrong format, and often several pages that should be one file.
This converter decodes each HEIC photo, places it on a PDF page and saves the PDF on your device. Because the photos are private documents more often than not, it matters that nothing is sent to a server.
How to convert HEIC to PDF
- Add the photos in page order. Files are placed in the order you add them. Add page 1 first, or rename files so they sort correctly in the file picker.
- Choose the page size. “Same as image” makes each page exactly the photo’s size. A4 or US Letter fits each photo on a standard page with a small margin, which prints neatly.
- Choose one PDF or several. Leave “Combine all images into one PDF” on for a multi-page document, or turn it off to get one PDF per photo.
- Download the PDF. The PDF appears on the first file in the list. Each page is a JPEG image inside the PDF.
Settings explained
- Quality
- Sets the JPEG quality of each page image. 80% keeps text sharp and the PDF reasonably small.
- Max width and height
- Reduces the pixel size of each page. 2000 px on the long side gives clear printing at A4.
- Fill for transparent areas
- Only matters for PNG or WebP images with transparency; HEIC camera photos are opaque.
Need the PDF under a size limit?
Upload portals often cap PDFs at 100–500 KB. Make the PDF here, then use Compress PDF to 200 KB or JPG to PDF under 100 KB, which search for the best quality that fits the limit.
Landscape photos
With A4 or Letter selected, landscape photos get a landscape page, so a sideways receipt is not shrunk onto a portrait page.
Troubleshooting
- Pages are in the wrong order
- Clear the list and add the photos again in order, or add them one at a time.
- The PDF is too large to upload
- Lower the quality to 70% and set a max width of 1600 px, or use the PDF compression tool with a KB target.
- Text in the PDF cannot be selected
- The pages are photos, so the text is part of the image. Searchable text needs OCR software, which Myriadfile does not include.
Frequently asked questions
Can I mix HEIC and JPG photos in one PDF?
Yes. Any image the converter can read (HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF) can go into the same PDF.
Is there a page limit?
There is no fixed limit. Very long documents depend on your device’s memory; 50 pages is comfortable on most phones.
Are my documents uploaded?
No. The PDF is assembled in your browser with an open-source PDF library hosted on this site.
Will the PDF print at the right size?
Choose A4 or US Letter and the photo is scaled to fit the page with a margin.
Can I add a password to the PDF?
Not here. Myriadfile creates plain PDFs.