Emulate the effect of a scanned document v2.0
PDF Scanner Effect
A second generation of bash/zsh script for macOS that transforms PDF documents to look like scanned copies with realistic noise, slight page rotations, and scanning artifacts. First version you can see here
Source code
Вот перевод на грамотный разговорный английский:
The essence of the issue:
Sometimes people insist on getting a scanned copy of a document — even though there’s really no difference between that and a digital version with a photo of a signature and a stamp. Bureaucracy can get pretty ridiculous at times. Personally, I’m all for saving paper and switching fully to electronic document workflows. But for some, having a physical scan is still a big deal.
I used to create these kinds of documents in Photoshop — until I got completely fed up with it. So, I ended up writing a simple bash script for myself. It takes a color PDF and outputs a version that looks like it was scanned, faxed, or photocopied.
The result looks very realistic.
