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Scan to PDF vs. Images to PDF: Which to Use

Looty Tools has two ways to turn photos into a PDF. They share the same underlying conversion, but exist for genuinely different workflows — here’s the real difference.

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What both tools do

Both Scan to PDF and Images to PDF combine a set of images into one PDF, with control over page size, orientation, margin, and fit, and both process everything locally in your browser.

What Scan to PDF adds

Scan to PDF is built around capturing a physical document, page by page, from a phone: a direct "Take a photo" camera-capture button, and per-page rotate controls tuned for the sideways/upside-down orientation problems phone photos of documents commonly have.

What Images to PDF offers instead

Images to PDF is the general-purpose version — you pick existing image files (photos, screenshots, graphics, anything already saved) and combine them, without a dedicated camera-capture entry point or per-page rotation control.

Which to pick

If you’re physically holding paper pages and photographing them right now, Scan to PDF’s capture button and rotation controls are built for exactly that. If you already have a folder of image files you want combined into one PDF, Images to PDF is the more direct tool for that job.

Scan to PDF vs. Images to PDF FAQ

If I already have my photos saved, which tool should I use?
Either works, but Images to PDF is the more direct choice when you’re selecting existing files rather than capturing new ones.
Does Images to PDF support HEIC too?
Yes — both tools decode JPG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC images.
Can I rotate pages in Images to PDF the same way?
No — per-page rotation is specific to Scan to PDF; Images to PDF does not include that control.
Do the two tools produce different quality output?
No — the underlying PDF-assembly pipeline is the same for both; the difference is entirely in the intake and page-editing workflow.
Are the file limits the same for both?
No — Scan to PDF allows more images (30 vs. 20) and a higher combined size (75 MB vs. 50 MB), sized for a longer physical document scanned page by page.

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