Whiteboard photo to a clean PDF
Photographed the whiteboard after a meeting?
The edges are found for you here. Want to drag the corners yourself, reorder pages or switch between colour and black & white? Open the full scanner.
ScanReviver crops off the wall, straightens the angle and evens out the glare, so your notes become a clean PDF or image you can share. Colour mode keeps the marker colours.
By ShinobiTools Team Β· Last updated: September 2026
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From a wonky wall photo to shareable notes
A whiteboard photo is shot at an angle, framed by the wall and clouded by reflections. ScanReviver squares it up and lifts the background toward white so the writing stands out, then hands back a JPG, PNG or PDF you can drop into an email or a doc. The result is a clean whiteboard pdf, ready to share or archive without the glare and wall clutter of the original photo: the same way you'd scan photo to pdf for any other document, just tuned for a whiteboard's glare and marker colours instead of ink on paper.
- Crop off the wall, markers tray and background
- Perspective correction straightens an angled shot
- Colour mode keeps red, green and blue marker ink
- Even out the lighting so the board reads clearly
How to clean a whiteboard photo
- Stand square to the board and photograph it in even light, avoiding direct glare.
- Upload the photo to the full scanner (JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC).
- Drag the corners onto the board and choose Colour Document to keep the marker colours.
- Preview, then download a JPG, PNG or PDF.
Good to know
Glossy boards throw back reflections and hotspots from lights or windows; ScanReviver reduces uneven lighting but cannot remove a hard glare that hides the writing, so shoot from a slight angle to that light. To tackle a shadow across the board, see reduce shadows; to make several board photos into one file, scan to PDF.
ScanReviver improves readability; it does not use generative AI and never rewrites text, changes numbers, edits dates or recreates signatures or stamps. Very dark shadows, text hidden under a finger, glossy glare and severe blur can still look imperfect, so always check the result before you rely on it.
Common questions
Will it keep my marker colours?
Yes. In the full scanner, choose Colour Document and the red, green and blue ink stays while the lighting is flattened. The box above uses Clean, which pushes the board toward white.
Can it remove glare from the board?
It reduces uneven lighting, but a hard reflection that hides the writing cannot be recovered. Shoot from a slight angle to the light for the best result.
Can I combine several board photos?
Yes. Add up to 10 photos in the box above, or up to 30 in the full scanner, and download them as one multi-page PDF.
Is it free?
Yes: no account, no watermark, up to 10 documents a day. Uploads are deleted right after processing.
How do I make a PDF of 100 photos?
Not in one go: one PDF takes up to 30 photos in the full scanner (10 in the box above), and the free tier makes up to 10 documents a day. For 100 board photos, make four PDFs and join them with Merge PDF, which has no daily limit and takes up to 20 PDFs per merge.