JPG to PDF 1 MB
1 MB here is 1,024 KB, or 1,048,576 bytes. It holds 14 phone photos of pages at the default setting and about 55 at the smallest. Build the PDF first, then compress to the target, and the tool reports what it reached.
How the budget splits across pages
1 MB is the total for the file, shared by every page. A phone photo of a page comes down from about 2.7 MB to about 73 KB at the default setting, and to about 18 KB at the smallest. So 14 photos fit with the pictures at 150 dpi, and about 55 fit at the smallest setting.
For a set of photos with small print, stay near the default count and each page keeps its detail.
The two step run
The images to PDF tool assembles the photos, keeping the original pixels and letting you set page size and margin. Then the 1 MB compress target works the file down and checks the output before it ships.
On a photo assembly, the picture re-encode does the work. It takes each photo to 150 dpi, which is sharp on any screen.
Sending it by mail
A 1 MB PDF travels as about 1.3 MB once mail encodes it. If the destination is an inbox with a 1 MB limit, a 500 KB target clears it with room.
When the form allows more, a 2 MB target doubles the budget for each page.
Questions people ask
- How many photos can go in a 1 MB PDF?
- 14 at the default setting and about 55 at the smallest setting. The budget is for the whole file, shared by every page.
- Why did my 1 MB PDF bounce off a 1 MB email limit?
- Mail encodes attachments before sending and the encoded form is about a third larger. A 1 MB file arrives as about 1.3 MB. Compress to 700 KB for a hard 1 MB mail cap.
- Which method shrinks a PDF made of photos?
- The picture re-encode. A photo assembly has no fonts and little dead structure, so the tool re-encodes the pictures at 150 dpi, and the result names that method.
- Should I resize the photos before converting them?
- No. The compress step picks the resolution the page needs and keeps the most detail that fits.
Do it now
The tool runs in this browser. Your file never leaves the machine, and the result is checked before you download it.
JPG to PDFWhere to go next
- JPG to PDF Turn photos or scans into one PDF, in page order.
- JPG to PDF 500 KB Turn photos into a PDF under 500 KB with the detail still there.
- JPG to PDF 2 MB Turn photos into a PDF under 2 MB with little visible loss.
- Combine images into one PDF Turn a folder of images into one PDF in the right order.