look-like-scanned 1.0.0

Python script to make documents look like they were scanned.

look-like-scanned

• Python script to make documents look like they were scanned.

• Local, Private, Secure, Open-Source and Transparent!

• Converts every page of a given PDF file into an image-based page and applies random askew and brightness (very mild) effects to simulate the appearance of scanned documents.

• The resulting pages are then combined back into an Output PDF file.

• There are options to combine / convert image files into PDF as well.

• Output PDF files are saved in the same folder with a suffix "File_Name_output.pdf"

Installation

Install from the Python Package Index (PyPI)

pip install look-like-scanned

Or to install latest version from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/navchandar/look-like-scanned.git
cd look-like-scanned
pip install poetry
poetry install
pip install .

Verify Installation:

# Print help message and usage options available
scanner -h

Usage

This package uses PIL and pypdfium2 to convert and manipulate image and pdf objects.

This is extended to provide a command-line interface (CLI) for easy usage.

# Convert all pdf files in folder to scanned pdf
scanner -i .\tests
scanner -i .\tests -f "pdf"

# Convert all pdf files in folder to scanned without askew
scanner -i .\tests -a no

# Convert specific pdf file in folder to scanned pdf
scanner -i .\tests -f "test.pdf"

# Convert all jpg, jpeg, png, webp files in folder to one pdf file
scanner -i .\tests -f "image"

# Convert all png files in folder to pdf with 100% quality to one pdf file
scanner -i .\tests -f "png" -q 100

# Convert specific jpg file in folder to pdf with 75% quality to one pdf file
scanner -i .\tests -f "JPG_Test.jpg" -q 75

# Convert all PDF files including sub folders
scanner -i .\tests -f "pdf" -r yes

# Convert all Images including sub folders into one PDF
scanner -i .\tests -f "image" -r yes

# Convert all PDF files including sub folders and save in black & white format
scanner -i .\tests -f "pdf" -r yes -b yes

Arguments

These are the command-line arguments accepted:

• -i, --input_folder : Specifies the input folder to read files from and convert. The default value is the current directory.

  • Example: -i /path/to/files or -i C:\files\documents

• -f, --file_type_or_name : Specifies the file types to process or the file name to convert. The default value is "pdf" to convert all pdf files in the given input folder.

  • Example: -f pdf or -f image.jpg or -f image

• -q, --file_quality : Specifies the quality of the converted output files. The value must be between 50 and 100. The default value is 95.

  • Example: -q 90

• -a, --askew : Controls whether to make the output documents slightly askew or slightly tilted. Accepted values are "yes" or "no". The default value is "yes".

  • Example: -a yes or --askew no

• -b, --black_and_white : Controls whether to save output documents in black and white format (to make it look like a photocopy) . Accepted values are "yes" or "no". The default value is "no".

  • Example: -b yes or --black_and_white no

• -r, --recurse : Allows scripts to find all matching files including subdirectories. Accepted values are "yes" or "no". The default value is "yes".

  • Example: -r yes or --recurse no

❗❗ Note: ❗❗

• The supported file types are: ".jpg", ".png", ".jpeg", ".webp", ".pdf".

• The output PDF file size will be bigger than the input file because the pages are stored in image format.

• Bookmarks / Links / Metadata will be removed when saving the output file.

• Transparency will be removed from png files when converting to pdf.

• Password protected PDF files are not yet supported.

• Youtube: How to Insert a Signature on a PDF File

License

MIT license

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