Turn photos of a letter into one document

Your photos stay on your computer. Nothing is sent over the internet, which matters for private letters.
Your original photos are not changed.
You can't break anything. If you don't like the result, just start again.
Free while we're getting started.

Add your photos

Choose the photos or scans of each page. You can choose them all at once, or add more afterwards.

…or drag your photos and drop them here

Check the pages

Your pages will appear here. You'll be able to move them up or down, turn them the right way up, or take one out.

Save your document

A few choices (the usual ones are already ticked) Make it small enough to sendKeeps the writing clear but makes the file much smaller, which helps with email and website upload limits Fit each page onto A4 paperBest for printing. Untick to keep each page the same shape as the photo Black and whiteOften makes letters easier to read, and the file even smaller

Name for your document:

What's really happening? (for the curious)

A PDF (Portable Document Format) is a type of file that looks the same on every computer, phone and printer. That's why councils, banks and other organisations usually ask for documents as PDFs. File names end in .pdf.

When you add your photos, this page shows a small picture of each one. When you press Save, it places each photo onto its own page of a new PDF, in the order you've chosen. "Fit onto A4" puts each photo on a standard A4 sheet with a small white border, the same as a printed letter.

Photos from modern phones are very detailed, often 3 to 5 megabytes (MB) each, which is more detail than a letter needs. "Make it small enough to send" shrinks each photo to a sensible size (about 2,000 dots across) and saves it a little more efficiently. The writing stays clear, but the file is often five or ten times smaller. Many websites only accept files under 2 MB or 5 MB, so this matters.

"Black and white" removes the colour. Letters are mostly black writing on white paper, so colour adds size without adding anything useful.

Phones also save which way up you were holding them. This page reads that and turns the photos automatically, but you can always turn a page yourself with the "Turn" button.

All of this happens inside your web browser (the program you're using to view this page, such as Chrome, Edge or Safari). Your photos are never sent anywhere.