Make a PDF look scanned

Give a digital document the look of a real scan or a photocopy. Works from a PDF or an image, with no watermark on the result and no account to create.

Drop your PDF or image files here
or choose a file — you can also paste a file
PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP · no size limit imposed · several files

Your files stay yours

Nothing is transmitted, nothing is kept

No watermark

The free result is the complete result

No usage cap

Unlimited with a free account

How it works

Three steps

  1. Drop a PDF, or an image of a document.

  2. Pick the look — desk scanner, photocopy or phone photo — and set the intensity.

  3. Run it and download the scanned document.

What sets this tool apart

Differences

Every page is different

Tilt, grain and lighting vary from one page to the next, exactly as on a real scanner.

Three calibrated looks

Desk scanner, high-contrast photocopy or phone photo, in colour, greyscale or black and white.

Privacy

Where your files are processed

With this tool, your file is not transmitted anywhere: not to us, not to any third party. We know neither its name, nor its contents, nor its size.

Nothing is kept, because nothing reaches us. There is no deletion to request and no retention period to watch.

Frequently asked

What people ask us

Can I start from a photo instead of a PDF?

Yes. The tool accepts JPG, PNG and WebP files as well as PDFs. Several images dropped together become the successive pages of one document.

Does the text stay selectable in the output?

No, by design: each page becomes an image, just as a scanner would produce. A real scan is not searchable either, unless text recognition is applied afterwards.

What does the intensity change?

It drives every setting at once: tilt, grain, lighting, sharpness and compression. At 1 the effect is barely visible; at 10 it is pronounced. The middle value suits most documents.

Can I get images instead of a PDF?

Yes. Choose “Images” in the output options: you get one JPG per page, bundled in an archive when there are several.

Are the file dates altered?

No. The output carries no backdated timestamp and no original metadata. The tool renders the look of a scan; it does not fabricate a false history.

Are my documents sent anywhere?

No. Processing happens in place, with no transmission: we know neither the names nor the contents of your files. That matters all the more here, since these are often official papers.

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