More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome
How to convert Scan to PDF
- Drop the page photos.
- Put them in order; pick grey or colour.
- Press Convert and download the PDF.
What happens to your file
Each photo is cleaned as Clean up scan does — turned upright, straightened by its text lines, paper whitened, dark edges and speckles removed — and then bound into one PDF, a page per photo, in the order you set. HEIC from an iPhone is accepted directly.
The page size follows the photo unless you choose A4 or Letter; the result is not yet searchable — Image to text or Searchable PDF reads it.
Questions
How should I photograph a page?
Flat, filling the frame, in even light, straight above it. A few degrees of tilt is fine; a steep angle is not — this straightens rotation, not perspective.
Is the PDF searchable?
Not yet. OCR PDF makes it so; run it on the result.
Do it once, not on every form
Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.
And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.
Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.
Related tools
Do this in code
curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"file_id": "<file id>",
"operation": "image.to-pdf",
"options": {
"clean": true,
"clean_mode": "gray",
"page_size": "fit",
"orientation": "auto",
"margin": "none",
"combine": "one",
"file_ids": [
"<second file id>"
]
}
}'The same operation, image.to-pdf — One or more images become one PDF, a page per image at its own size. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.