Scanning

Scanning documents using your device's camera is one of the most practical and feature-rich functions of Quick PDF, giving you a variety of options to fine-tune and optimize your digitized documents. Starting the proccess of scanning a document can be done in two ways, the first is via the Create Document menu from the Hamburger icon in the top left side. The other is through the Create Document button at the bottom right side of the screen across various menus.

After starting the Scan feature you will be redirected to your device's camera menu where you can digitize the document of your choice. There are a number of options for managing the photo being taken, these are:

	Select file - Allows you to select an already existing photo or picture to digitize.
	Take Photo - After everything is set up, tapping the button will take the photo.
	Flash - Tapping on the icon will toggle through its different modes. These are On, Auto and Off.

There are a number of other options available in the Contextual menu at the right side of the Flash icon, including:

	Resolution - Select the photo's resolution from a number of available standard resolutions.
	Auto Frame - Toggles the display of a frame while taking the photo on and off. The frame makes it easier to place the document within the photo, leading to a better-quality scan.
	Auto Batch - Toggles the multi-photo mode on and off. This mode allows you to make several photos in quick succession and is very useful when large multi-page documents need digitizing.
	Flash - Tapping on the icon will toggle through its different modes. These are On, Auto and Off.

After the photo is taken, you will be presented with another batch of options to fine-tune the colors and direction of the photo. The full set of options is detailed below:

	Rotate - Flip the photo horizontally or vertically.
	Original - Removes all changes made to the photo and shows its original colour.
	Brightness - Change the brightness of the photo. When the feature is used a slider will appear just above it, allowing you to fine-tune how bright the photo will be.
	Grayscale - Places a grayscale effect on the image. Grayscale, a kind of black-and-white or gray monochrome, is composed exclusively of shades of gray. The contrast ranges from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest.
	B&W - Places a Black and White (B&W) effect on the photo, composed entirely of black and white.
	Accept - Tap this icon when all necessary changes to the photo have been made.

Lastly, following this screen are several more options related to including additional pages to the scanned document, these are:

	Add page(s) - Redirects you to your device's camera where you can make more scans and include additional pages to the already created scan. Any additional pages will go through the same steps as detailed above.
	Import Page(s) - Browse your Internal Storage, as well as any connected Cloud accounts, FTPs and Local Networks for images that can be scanned and added to the already scanned document as additional pages. Any additional pages will go through the same steps as detailed above.

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