Separate page photos from ordinary pictures

Choose only the images that belong in the document. Screenshots, duplicate captures, and unrelated camera-roll images are easy to include accidentally when selecting a large batch.

Sort by intended reading order, not necessarily by the time each photo was taken.

Normalize the pages

  • Rotate every page upright
  • Crop away the desk while keeping all page content
  • Use consistent color or grayscale treatment
  • Check that small text is sharp
  • Avoid upscaling a low-resolution photo

Build and inspect the PDF

  1. 1

    Select the images

    Use the intended page order.

  2. 2

    Create the PDF

    Choose a page treatment that fits portrait and landscape sources.

  3. 3

    Add OCR if useful

    Recognize printed text for search and copying.

  4. 4

    Open the result

    Check the first, last, and every orientation change.

Choose PDF or separate images

PDF is usually better for forms, records, and multi-page submissions because it preserves sequence. Separate JPEG or PNG files are better only when the destination explicitly expects images.

If a portal rejects the PDF size, compress a copy after confirming the full-quality source.