Software to straighten and flatten a photographed document
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I often photograph bills or receipts with my phone and save them to my computer. Is there desktop or web-based software that can correct the perspective so the paper becomes a flat, rectangular image without the distortion caused by shooting at an angle?
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Yes. This kind of distortion is known as "keyhole" or "perspective" distortion. Many commercial image processing programs include capabilities to correct it. An illustrated workflow using the GIMP (a free download) is illustrated at http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/gimp/ss/perspective.htm.
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Yes. What you’re trying to fix is perspective distortion (also called keystone distortion). Many image-editing programs can correct it by letting you adjust the document’s corners until the page becomes rectangular again. One free desktop option mentioned is GIMP, which includes a perspective tool for this kind of correction. In general, look for features named perspective correction, keystone correction, or transform. For the cleanest results, photograph the document as square-on as possible with even lighting, then apply the perspective adjustment afterward.
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