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Scan a Document from a Photo to PDF
Choose your original photo, adjust the corners, and save a PDF. An original image gives you more detail than a screenshot or messaging-app copy.
Preview: up to 3 pages per PDF. No account needed.
Updated September 11, 2026
An angled sample document photo and the same page after perspective correction. Open the actual sample PDF ↗
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Choose the original photo
Choose a JPEG, PNG or WebP. On your phone, use Choose photos or Take a photo. If HEIC won’t open, export a JPEG copy first.
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Check all four corners
Open Crop and check each corner against the document’s edge. Review automatic suggestions; keep the full photo if the boundary is unclear.
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Choose a readable appearance
Try Original, Clean color or Grayscale. Black-and-white can lose faint marks, so zoom in before choosing.
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Generate and check your PDF
Select Save PDF and choose your quality and page size. Generate, check the size and small text, then download.