pdfforge Images2PDF

pdfforge Images2PDF is a lightweight application that helps you convert image files into PDF documents.

The tool supports most popular image formats, such as JPG, PNG, BMP, PCX, TIF, and GIF. For storage space reasons, you may want to reduce the size of the original files saving them as compressed PDFs.

The program comes with a simple interface, which is rather unimpressive and less intuitive than in other similar tools. You don't have large icons in plain sight to load files, set the destination folder, or enable the conversion. However, you will appreciate the generous preview that displays the imported images at a large scale, allowing you to have a clear view of them.

In addition, you can create and save image lists, so that you can convert multiple files in one session either right away or at a later time. Managing the loaded files is done exclusively by right-clicking into the input panel, as the program doesn't provide special buttons for rotating images, removing items, sorting them in the ascending or descending order, and moving them up and down the list.

Once an input list of images is configured, you have the chance to exclude certain items from conversion temporarily by deselecting specific files. Before enabling the conversion, you have the ability to insert metadata to be added to the resulting PDF document. Unfortunately, you can't password-protect the output file, or add watermarks to prevent unauthorized use. If you consider that the PDF document takes much of your computer free space, you can lower the image size and the quality of the JPEG image. Furthermore, you can control the output paper format either preserving the original layout or changing it into a different size.

This program acts as a basic image to PDF converter. The generous image preview allows a thorough selection of the files you intend to convert. The conversion process is rather fast – obviously, it will depend on the image quality and the number of items you want to convert at once.