How to Convert a Photo to PDF

How to turn a photo into a PDF? If this happens, we are here to help you: “You need to register with a specific online portal and, given the situation, you have chosen to do so through your mobile. Unfortunately, you have encountered a failure in the process of uploading the documents necessary to complete the procedure: although they are stored on the phone, they are saved as “simple” photos, while the portal explicitly requires the necessary data to be uploaded in the form PDF file. 

Are you already thinking about postponing registration, promising to finish it as soon as possible using a computer? You don’t have to. There are many applications designed to transform a photo into a PDF file from a mobile phone and in this guide I am going to illustrate the ones that, IMHO, are the simplest to use.

So what else are you hoping to start? Take a few minutes of free time, create yourself comfortable and beautiful rights very exactly everything I have to say on this subject: I am sure that by the end of this reading you will be able to perfectly turn your photos into PDF Documents.

Online Converters 

Don’t feel like installing any app? You should know that there are many on the Internet that allow you to convert images to PDF with just a few taps, they can work both on the computer and on mobile phones and tablets. I have illustrated some of them in my guides on transforming images to PDF and converting JPG to PDF.

How to convert photo to PDF from mobile

The first method to transform a photo into a PDF file from your mobile phone and also the simplest that I suggest you use involves the use of a built-in function in the latest versions of android OS: direct export PDF files. In fact, using the print function, you can convert any type of document (including photos) to a PDF on the fly.

Android

If you have an android terminal, open the photo app (Gallery app or any other app you use to manage your phone’s images) and select the photo you want to convert to PDF; then tap the button and play the voice print present in the proposed menu. 

The game is almost over: press it in the drop-down menu at the top, or press the button resident in the upper right corner, then select the item save as PDF from the menu that appears on the screen. Finally, click on the button with the PDF icon placed at the top and, in conclusion, indicates the name of the file in the corresponding field and press the save button to store the converted file in the a folder of Android. 

iPhone 

Quite similar to what we’ve seen before, you can take advantage of the “hidden” functionality to print to file even in iPhone. 

First, open the photo application and select the photo you want to convert, press the share button (On the square with the arrow pointing up) and touch the icon print attached to the proposed panel on the screen. 

At this point, instead of selecting your AirPrint printer the normal way, double-tap the thumbnail of the photos placed in the press room – this way you’ll be ready to save. The PDF document will be generated automatically! 

Finally, press the share button placed in the preview of the previously generated PDF, select the option Save to file and, on the next screen, which indicates whether you want to save the document thus created in the internal memory of the iPhone, iCloud or other means provided by the application installed on your “iPhone via”. Don’t you think everything is very simple?

Bonus: Convert Image to PDF on Windows

Knowing how to use certain key combinations can be very practical when we spend long hours in front of the computer. The use of these Shortcuts translates into time and effort savings. In this part, we present the best method and program for Windows 11 to convert images to PDFs on your PC.

Open the file you want to convert to PDF and tap the Ctrl + P keyboard shortcut or right-click the file and select Print from the context menu. The print dialog will open. Open the Printer drop-down menu and select Microsoft Print to PDF.

You can choose the paper size and print quality. Click Print and name the output PDF file.

How to convert an image file to PDF if you don’t have editors at hand? Perhaps the most best service for converting images to PDF is SwifDoo PDF. The PDF editor and converter will transform your image into a regular PDF file in just a few clicks. 

That’s it, the conversion has been completed successfully. As you can see, everything is very simple and does not require any special skills.