Okay so here it comes new version for Lightscanner web app!

After my friends using it for a while, they gave me a feedback saying it would be great if it has a ‘fit to page’ option for the page size. This way, the user wouldn’t have to go through complicated process on zooming in the pictures or trying different page sizes when it is not needed. This one was kind of challenging to pull because it means I also need to change a little bit parts of my FastAPI backend.
Additionally I’ve also added custom page sizing so that the user can use whatever page size they want! My mom also needs this for her photocopy and printing tasks so I made it.

Another feature is also we will be able to rename our files before downloading, would be helpful for mobile devices where the prompt asking something like the name file just doesn’t pop up.

Then a day later I also added print preview feature or PDF preview feature. Say I’ve added 25 images and have cropped and zoomed each one then I want to do a rechecking. So Instead of doing it per images which could be harder and complicated, I’ve added a feature where the user will be able to check the entire PDF file with a single click.

I took my time to draw more Nyny. Because so far there’s only three drawings of her, so let’s add one more! Basically Nyny now hangs on top of some modal interfaces. I used google meet to record my Lapse when drawing on Ibis Paint.

HI!! So this is my project, Lightscanner!

A simpler, lighter alternative for CamScanner or any other image-scanning mobile app. And an image-to-PDF converter like ILovePDF but with built-in filters!

It’s been a while since I’ve coded with both Next.js and FastAPI, and here we are! When it comes to developing any web app-related projects, these two always come to my mind first.

The reason why I made this project was funny honestly. So my mom and I lived in Indonesia, and she has this small photocopy and printing business. Almost everyday, there’s a lot of customers that want to print documents that were directly captured from the camera. There are lots of issues, for example, resolution issues; the pictures don’t match the ratio for the paper size and orientation; and then in my place, not everyone was able to operate a PC and use Microsoft-related tools or GDocs.

There are tools like Ms. Words, but my mom can’t operate it well, and so do the customers sometimes. Then apps like Camscanner feel laggy and filled with ads. This is why I made Lightscanner!

I’ve testes this web app. My friends also used it for their assignments. When there’s handwritten homework or assignments and the teacher told us to send the pictures to Google Forms in the form of PDF, my friends tried to use this web app, and it worked.

As for my mom, she said she was able to use this app and so far enjoys it. Because it is much faster and simpler.

So if you want to test my project, find any pictures and try to convert them into PDF files. Try to experiment with the options!

I think making usable web apps like this is something that I am proud of! Also new OC!!!! Although she only like has two inconsistent sprites lol.

I think the challenging part wasn’t coding the UI or the API but rather coding using Pillow because I wasn’t that familiar with image processing stuff! SO THIS IS MY PLACE TO LEARN!.