How to Send a Photo as a PDF from Windows/Mac/iPhone/Android

PDF is the best file format for preserving the file's quality, layout, and content consistency across different devices. When it comes to sharing photos with others, PDF is a preferred format for sharing photos while preserving the image quality.

Let's assume you captured a photo of a house construction map that includes minor details. If you send this photo through WhatsApp, WhatsApp will lower the image quality while sending it. In contrast, if you send a photo as a PDF, the image quality is preserved accurately.

Therefore, we have designed this guide to teach you how to send a photo as a PDF through Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android using the best and most intuitive tool. So, let's head right to it!

Part 1. How to Send a Photo as a PDF on Windows/Mac Computer

UPDF is a straightforward and the best way to send a photo as a PDF from a Windows or Mac computer.

UPDF is a powerful PDF tool that allows you to easily create a PDF from a single or multiple photos using its drag-and-drop functionality. Afterward, it lets you easily share the PDF with others through a clickable link or email.

The key features of UPDF include:

• Click-based interface to create a PDF from a photo.
• Preserve the image quality and layout during photo-to-PDF conversion.
• Merge multiple photos into a single PDF file.
• Allows rearrangement of the page position of photos in a PDF.
• Easy PDF sharing as a link, via email, or by entering the recipient's email address.
• Set expiration time for shared links.
• Offline photo to PDF conversion for enhanced security.

In short, UPDF offers a seamless approach to sending photo-based PDFs. Follow the below steps to learn how to send a photo as a PDF on computer (Windows/Mac) using UPDF:

Step 1. Download and install the UPDF tool on your Windows or Mac computer.

Step 2. After installation, launch the app. Drag and drop the photo you want to send as a PDF. You can drop single or multiple photos if you want.

Alternatively, you can click File > Create > PDF from Image and select the photos.

Step 3. Once the photo is converted to PDF, UPDF offers three ways to share a PDF, as follows:

1. Share as a Link

Click the "Share this file with others" icon from the right sidebar.

Disable Copy/Download/Print or set Expiration Time if you want. Afterward, click the "Create" button to create a sharable link for your photo-based PDF. Once done, copy the link or QR code and share it with others with whom you want to share the photo as a PDF.

2. Share via Email

Click the "Share this file with others" icon and tap the "Share with Others" tab. Here, you can share the photo-based PDF through email. All you have to do is enter the email of the recipient and the message (if you want). Afterward, Disable Copy/Download/Print or set Expiration Time if you want. Lastly, hit the "Send" button.

3. Send File by Email

Click the "Send file by email" icon from the right sidebar. The email window will launch automatically, from where you can customize and send the email with a photo-based PDF as an attachment.

That's it! This way, you can easily send a photo as a PDF with the intuitive approach of UPDF.

Part 2. How to Send a Photo as a PDF on iOS Devices

UPDF also offers a dedicated app for iOS devices that supports sending a photo as a PDF. It can access the iPhone gallery so that you can quickly pick the photo(s) you want to turn into PDF. Afterward, you can send the photo-based PDF to others.

The best part is that the UPDF iOS app also supports taking a new picture from the camera and then sending it as a PDF instantly. Let's now look at how to send photo as PDF from iPhone using the UPDF iOS App:

Step 1. Install and launch the UPDF iOS app from the App Store.

Step 2. From the home screen, click the "plus" icon and select "Photos". Alternatively, if you want to take a fresh picture, click "Scan".

Step 3. From the Photos app, select the single or multiple photos you want to send as PDF and click the "Add" button from the top.

Step 4. Now that the PDF is created click the "3-dots" icon beneath that PDF.

Step 5. Click "Share" and then choose whether to send it as an email or through other sharing channels.

So, that's how to send a photo as a PDF from iPhone with the intuitive approach of UPDF.

Part 3. How to Send a Photo as a PDF on Android Devices

Just like iOS, the UPDF for Android app lets you easily send a photo as a PDF directly from your smartphone. You can easily create a PDF of a photo by selecting the photo from the Album/Files or capturing a fresh one from the camera. Afterward, you can share it with others through email or any other sharing channel of your choice.

Follow the below steps to learn how to send photo as PDF from Android:

Step 1. Install and launch UPDF for Android app from the Play Store.

Step 2. Now, you have to create a blank PDF. To do that, click the "+" icon at the top-right corner. Specify all the PDF details, such as style, size, and orientation, and then click "Create".

Step 3. Click the "Edit" icon from the top menu.

Step 4. Click the "Add Image" icon and choose from where you want to add the photo, i.e., Camera, Album, or Files.

Step 5. Once the photo is added, adjust it properly in the PDF. Afterward, click the drop-down button next to the PDF file name and press the "Share" button.

Lastly, share the PDF through email or any other channel.

That's all! This way, you can easily use your Android device to send photo as a PDF.

Part 4. Bonus: What Can UPDF Do Beyond Sharing Photos as PDFs?

UPDF's dominance is not limited to sharing photos as PDFs. It is a complete PDF editor tool that offers many other useful features to streamline PDF activities.

Here's what else UPDF can do for you:

• Edit PDF text, links, images, headers/footers, and backgrounds.
• Annotate PDF using a highlighter, underline, strikethrough, squiggly line, marker, or stickers/stamps/sticky notes.
• Convert PDF to other formats, like image, Word, PPT, Excel, RTF, and more.
• AI assistant to chat with PDFs and get summaries, translations, explanations, and other question-answers within or beyond the PDF scope.
• Encrypt PDFs with passwords or protect sensitive information with redaction.
• Compress PDF to shrink the size of large PDFs.
• Merge multiple images or PDFs into a single PDF.
• Organize PDF pages, like rearrange, add, replace, split, remove, crop, extract, or rotate.
• Create and fill PDF forms and sign PDFs digitally or electronically.
• Cloud storage to save and access PDFs easily.

In short, UPDF is one complete PDF tool that not only offers a solution for how to send a photo as a PDF but also handles almost all PDF-related activities.

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Conclusion

A photo-based PDF is the best way to send a photo while preserving its quality and layout across devices. To do so, all you need is the UPDF toolkit installed on your computer (Windows/Mac) or iOS/Android device. Afterward, the click-based interface of UPDF offers an instant solution for how to send a photo as a PDF. On top of that, its built-in PDF editing/annotating/converting features are an added bonus. Therefore, the wrap-up is to get UPDF and send photos as PDFs effortlessly.