A day's worth of photos from a site visit. The client wants them as one PDF, in chronological order, with one photo per page.
Photos to PDF is one of the most common conversion tasks. The trick is order — most tools combine in upload order, which isn't always the order you want.
Order before uploading
Photos from cameras or phones have date prefixes in their filenames. Sort by name in your file manager — they line up chronologically.
For manual ordering, rename with a numeric prefix: `01_overview.jpg`, `02_detail.jpg`. Numeric prefix beats date when you want a specific order.
Combine in Flint
Drop the photos into Flint's image-to-PDF tool. They land in the order uploaded. Drag thumbnails to reorder if needed.
Each photo becomes one PDF page. Page orientation matches the photo's aspect ratio.
Polish the result
If any photo is rotated wrong (phone orientation issues), rotate that page. If you want captions, add text boxes on each page.
Compress the result for sending. Photo PDFs are usually large, but compress 60-80% with minimal loss.
FAQ
How do I add captions to each photo?
After converting, open the PDF in the editor and add a text box on each page.
Can I fit multiple photos per page?
Yes — set the layout to 2-up or 4-up before converting. Useful for contact-sheet style outputs.
Will the PDF be huge?
Depends on resolution. High-res phone photos make multi-MB pages. Compress the final PDF to manageable size.
What's the maximum number of photos?
Browsers handle hundreds. For multi-thousand photo sets, do it in batches.
Photos become a real document in three steps. Sort, convert in Flint's image-to-PDF tool, compress.