Turn HEIC photos into a PDF

Turn iPhone HEIC and HEIF photos into one PDF that opens anywhere, without uploading them. This browser tab decodes each photo and stores it as a high-quality JPEG page. The finished file is reopened and measured before the download appears.

From iPhone photos to one PDF

1. Choose the photos

   Press Choose images, or drag .heic or .heif files onto the page. Decoding starts after you pick them, thumbnails gather under Image order, and nothing leaves this tab.

2. Set the page order

   Move photos up or down with the arrow buttons. Each photo becomes one page in the numbered order on screen.

3. Pick size and margins

   Match image wraps each page around its own photo; A4 and US Letter frame every photo on standard paper, turning wide shots sideways. Add None, Narrow, or Standard margins.

4. Create and download

   Press Create PDF. The file is reopened, its pages counted and measured, and every decoded width and height confirmed. Download PDF appears named after the first photo with -heic added, for example dent-wide-heic.pdf.

What decoding does to your photos

A Windows PC or an older Android often greets an HEIC file with silence: no codec, no picture. This page decodes each photo in the browser tab instead, flattens any transparency onto white, and stores the result as JPEG at quality 92. The decoded width and height survive; the original HEIC compression does not.

Only the main still in each file becomes a page. Orientation is settled during decoding, so photos stand upright in the document. The reopen check then confirms page count, page sizes, and decoded dimensions before Download PDF appears.

Quality 92 keeps print-sized detail, but JPEG is roomier than HEIC, so the PDF outweighs the photos. When it must slim down, Size breakdown shows the costliest pages and Compress PDF does the slimming.

What survives the trip

Claim photos the insurer actually opens

Sunday evening, a parking post dents your rear door, and the insurer's portal wants the damage as one PDF by morning. Your iPhone holds the evidence as IMG_4821.heic through IMG_4824.heic, and the portal would choke on those files twice: wrong format, four attachments where one belongs.

Drop the four photos here and order them with the arrow buttons: wide shot of the car first, then the dent close-ups in walk-around order. The office will print this file, so choose A4 with Narrow margins. Press Create PDF and IMG_4821-heic.pdf lands ready: four pages, ordered, every photo decoded and checked.

One file, one upload, no codec lecture for the claims handler. If the set also holds older JPG shots, convert those on JPG to PDF and join both files with Merge PDF.

When an HEIC photo misbehaves

• Photo refused as damaged. Some variants and corrupt files cannot be decoded; the message says so instead of building a broken page. Re-export that shot as JPG on the phone and bring it to JPG to PDF.
• Photo refused as too large. A single photo past 80 megapixels is turned away as unsafe to decode in a tab. Shrink that one before retrying.
• A .heic that was never HEIC. Content decides, not the name; a renamed JPEG belongs on the JPG page.
• Video missing from a Live Photo. The still converts; its .mov half is a separate file this page never reads.

When a different route fits better

When the recipient asked for originals, send originals. This conversion trades HEIC compression for JPEG pages, which suits reading and printing, not archiving the camera's own files.

When the photos are already JPG, skip decoding entirely: Images to PDF passes JPEG data through untouched, which this page cannot do for HEIC.

Questions about HEIC photos in a PDF

Why is the PDF bigger than the HEIC files?

HEIC compresses harder than JPEG. Decoding to JPEG at quality 92 keeps the detail but spends more bytes, so growth is expected, not a fault.

Do Live Photos keep their video?

No. Each file contributes its main still image. The motion half of a Live Photo lives in a separate .mov file.

Will the photos stand upright?

Yes. Orientation is resolved while decoding, so a photo shot sideways stands upright on its page.

Can I mix HEIC with JPG in one run?

No, this page reads HEIC and HEIF only. Convert each pile on its own page, then join the two PDFs with Merge PDF.

Is there a photo limit?

Two guardrails: files share the tab's memory, and one photo past 80 megapixels is refused. Ordinary phone shots sit far inside both.

More tools, same house rules

Each of these runs fully inside the browser, checks its own result before offering the download, and asks for no account. Pick whatever your file needs next.

• Merge PDFs Join files in the order you set
• Organize pages Move, remove or split out pages
• Rotate & crop Turn sideways pages, trim edges
• Images to PDF Turn JPG or PNG pictures into pages
• TIFF to PDF Scanner files with several frames
• WebP to PDF Pictures saved from a browser
• BMP to PDF Old Windows bitmap pictures
• Privacy scan Check and clear hidden file details
• Protect & unlock Lock with a password, or unlock
• Repair PDF Rescue a file that will not open
• Compress PDF Shrink to the size you need
• PDF size breakdown What makes the file heavy
• Print preflight Catch print problems early
• PDF to images Each page as a JPG or PNG
• PDF to TIFF All pages in a single TIFF
• Extract images Pull out the embedded pictures
• PDF to Markdown Headings and lists as plain text
• Markdown to PDF Plain text notes to a checked PDF
• PDF to CSV Table rows as comma-separated data
• PDF to Excel Each table on its own worksheet
• Sign PDF Your signature on any page
• Edit PDF Cover, type and place pictures
• Stamp PDF Add page numbers or a watermark
• Compare PDFs See what differs between versions
• Flatten PDF Lock fields and marks in place
• Fill PDF form Type into the form's own boxes
• Create PDF form Turn a flat page into a form
• N-up & booklet Fit pages per sheet or fold a booklet
• Comic archive Comic archives in both directions
• Redact PDF Remove marked text for good
• Redaction checker Test whether black boxes hide text

Where to take the photo PDF

• Images to PDF When the rest of the folder is JPG or PNG.
• JPG to PDF For camera photos that need no decoding.
• Scan documents with your phone Turn phone snapshots of paper into clean scans.
• Combine images into one PDF Ordering and sizing moves for mixed picture sets.