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Photo to scanned PDF
You don't need a real scanner to get a proper PDF of a document. Take a photo of each page with your phone, and ScanReviver turns it into a clean, scanned-looking PDF: cropped to the page, straightened, with the lighting evened out. Have several pages? Add them all and download one combined PDF. It's free and works in your browser, with no account.
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Upload a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC photo: no sign-up, nothing to install.
Open the tool →From phone photo to PDF, step by step
The flow is short and predictable; no scanner, no app store:
- Upload your photo: drop in a picture of the page straight from your phone or computer.
- Confirm the page: ScanReviver detects the document's four corners; drag any corner to fine-tune the crop so the desk, hands and background are cut away.
- Straighten it: perspective correction squares up a page shot at an angle, and small tilts are levelled so the text runs horizontally.
- Even out the lighting: it lifts the background toward white and reduces uneven shadows, so a grey, blotchy photo reads like a real scan.
- Pick a look: keep it in colour, produce a clean near-white document, or go crisp black & white for text-only pages.
- Save as PDF: choose your page size and download. No generative AI is used, so text and numbers are never rewritten; the image is adjusted, so check the result first.
Several photos into one PDF
This is where a phone beats a flatbed scanner for a stack of pages. Photograph each page, then in ScanReviver:
- Add pages: add up to 10 pages per document (max 25 MB per photo, 100 MB in total); each one is cropped and cleaned the same way.
- Reorder them: drag pages into the right order if you shot them out of sequence.
- Combine into one file: download a single multi-page PDF instead of a pile of separate images.
Choose the page size
A scan usually needs to fit a standard sheet, so you pick how each page is laid out in the PDF:
- A4: the standard almost everywhere outside North America.
- Letter: the US and Canada standard.
- Original: keep the page at the photo's own proportions, handy for receipts, tickets and odd-sized documents.
You can also add an optional searchable text layer, so you can select and find words in the finished PDF. It improves how usable the file is; it doesn't rewrite or alter the document's text.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Turning photos into a PDF is free and needs no account. Ads on these pages help cover the server costs.
Can I put several pages in one PDF?
Yes. Add a photo for each page, drag them into the right order, and download one combined multi-page PDF.
What page sizes can I pick?
A4, Letter, or the photo's original proportions. Pick whichever matches how you'll print or file the document.
What happens to my files?
Your original upload is deleted right after processing. Your finished PDF stays available for a short time so you can download it, then it's deleted automatically — and you can delete it immediately with the "Delete now" button. Files are never used for AI training and are never sold or shared.
Will it change the text on my document?
ScanReviver doesn't use generative AI, so it never rewrites text, changes numbers or recreates signatures or stamps. It does adjust the image, so fine details can shift — always check the result before relying on it.
Honest limitations
ScanReviver improves readability; it does not certify or authenticate documents, and it doesn't recover text that the photo never captured. Very dark shadows, text hidden under objects or fingers, and severe blur may still look imperfect in the PDF. If automatic page detection misses, you place the four corners yourself. It's an honest photo-to-PDF cleanup, not a replacement for a document that was never readable in the first place.