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PNG to PDF

Combine one or more PNGs into a single, lossless PDF.

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PNG is already a lossless format, so converting one to PDF is a wrapping operation, not a re-creation: every pixel goes into the PDF page exactly as it was in the source file. This tool handles multiple PNGs in one PDF, keeps the order you set, and accepts JPG alongside PNG if you need to mix formats in the same document.

How it works

Step by step

  1. 1
    Add your PNGs PNG or JPG, up to 30 images at 25MB each.
  2. 2
    Put them in order Each image becomes one page, in the order shown. Use the reorder arrows if your file picker selected them out of sequence.
  3. 3
    Convert to PDF One PDF comes out, with your images as pages in order.
  4. 4
    Download Ready in seconds for most batches.

PNG to PDF specifically matters more than it might seem, because PNG is the format most screenshots, scanned line art, and graphics with flat colors are saved in, and it is lossless by design. Nothing gets thrown away when a PNG is created in the first place, unlike a JPG, which discards some detail every time it is saved. Converting a PNG to PDF does not add any further loss on top of that. The image data going in is the image data that ends up embedded in the PDF page.

One thing worth knowing before you convert: PDF does not support transparency the same way PNG does. If your PNG has a transparent background, a logo exported without a solid background color, for example, that transparency gets flattened against a white page when it becomes a PDF. This is standard behavior for essentially every PNG to PDF converter, not a flaw specific to this one, but it catches people off guard if they are expecting the transparency to carry through. If you need the transparent version preserved, keep the original PNG file alongside the PDF rather than relying on the PDF to hold onto it.

PNG tends to produce a larger file than JPG for the same photo, since JPG's lossy compression is specifically tuned for photographic detail and PNG is not. For a photo, JPG is usually the more practical source. For a screenshot, a scanned form with sharp text, or a diagram with a handful of solid colors, PNG is usually the better source, since JPG's compression tends to introduce visible artifacts around sharp edges and text that PNG does not have in the first place. Converting either format to PDF preserves whatever quality the source image already had.

PNG shows up constantly in a specific set of situations: a folder of screenshots that need to become one document for a bug report or a client handoff, a set of app store or design mockups that need to go into a single PDF for review, or a scanned form saved as PNG by a scanner that defaults to it. In all of these cases the images are usually not photographs, they are graphics or text-heavy captures where PNG's lossless compression was the right choice to begin with, and carrying that quality through to the PDF is the whole point.

Order matters more than people expect when combining several PNGs into one document, the same as it does with any batch of images. Most file pickers select images in the order you click them, which works fine if you are careful, less so if you select a whole folder at once and the system sorts by filename or by date modified. If your screenshots or scans do not have an obvious naming order already, renaming them with a numeric prefix before uploading (screenshot-01.png, screenshot-02.png) is the most reliable way to avoid needing to fix the order after the fact, though the reorder arrows here handle it either way.

This works the same way on a phone as it does on a desktop. Open the page in your phone's browser, select PNGs straight from your camera roll or your screenshots folder, and the conversion runs identically to a laptop, with nothing to install on either device.

A single PNG converts just as well as a batch of thirty, and mixing PNG and JPG in the same conversion is fine, the tool does not care what format each individual page started as. If you want the fuller breakdown of what generally affects image quality during a conversion like this, this post covers it in more depth, most of it applies to PNG the same way it applies to JPG.

FAQ

Questions about PNG to PDF

Does converting PNG to PDF reduce image quality?

No. PNG is already lossless, and the image data is wrapped into a PDF page as-is, not re-encoded. Nothing is lost in either direction.

What happens to a transparent PNG when I convert it?

The transparent areas get flattened against a white background, since PDF does not support transparency the way PNG does. This is standard for PNG to PDF conversion generally, not specific to this tool.

Can I mix PNG and JPG images in one PDF?

Yes. Upload any combination and they convert into a single PDF, one page per image, in the order you set.

How many images can I convert at once?

Up to 30 images, 25MB each, in a single conversion.

What order will the pages be in?

The order the images appear in the upload list. Use the up and down arrows to fix the sequence if your file picker selected them out of order.

Does this work on iPhone and Android, or just on a computer?

Both. It runs in your phone or tablet browser the same way it runs on a desktop, so you can convert straight from your camera roll or screenshots without installing an app.

Can I convert a single image, or does it need to be a batch?

A single image works fine and produces a proper one-page PDF. There is no minimum.

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