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The Most Powerful
Photo & PDF Editor
for Windows

Edit photos with Microsoft Paint's Select & Cut tools, run OCR on any image, and export flawless PDFs โ€” all from one app. No subscriptions. No bloat.

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40+
OCR Languages
Paint
Native Integration
100%
Free & Open Source
.NET 9
Modern Runtime
0
Subscriptions
Features

Everything a photo & PDF editor should do

Powerful editing tools, OCR, and Paint integration โ€” all in one place.

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Paint Integration

Send any photo or PDF page to Microsoft Paint. Use Select & Cut to remove, crop, or isolate any part โ€” then export as a perfect PDF.

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PDF Editor

Import existing PDFs, edit pages, reorder, merge, and re-export. Create searchable PDFs with an embedded OCR text layer.

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Photo Editor

Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness. Crop, rotate, deskew, and apply color corrections non-destructively.

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OCR โ€” Text from Images

Powered by Tesseract. Extract text from any photo in 40+ languages. Makes PDFs fully searchable and copy-pasteable.

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Crop & Deskew

Precisely crop any image to remove borders. Auto-deskew straightens tilted images with one click.

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Batch Processing

Process multiple images at once. Auto-detect and remove blank pages. Handle dozens of pages in one go.

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Email & Export

Send PDFs via Gmail, Outlook, or Thunderbird. Export as PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, or BMP with one click.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Full keyboard control. Save, rotate, zoom, and navigate without touching the mouse.

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Multi-language UI

The interface is localized into 40+ languages, making it accessible to users worldwide.

Paint Integration Guide

How to edit photos using Paint's Select & Cut

Microsoft Paint is built into every Windows PC. APDocs Studio lets you open any image in Paint, edit precisely, and bring the result back as a polished PDF.

โœ‚๏ธ Rectangular Select & Cut

  1. Right-click a page โ†’ Edit with Paint
  2. Click Select in Paint's Home toolbar
  3. Choose Rectangular selection
  4. Draw a box around the area to remove
  5. Press Delete or Ctrl+X
  6. Press Ctrl+S โ€” reloads instantly

๐Ÿ”ท Free-form Select

  1. Click Select โ†’ Free-form selection
  2. Draw around the exact shape to keep
  3. Press Ctrl+C to copy
  4. Press Ctrl+N for new canvas
  5. Press Ctrl+V to paste
  6. Save โ†’ export as PDF

๐Ÿงน Remove a Watermark

  1. Open image in Paint via APDocs Studio
  2. Set background to white (right-click Color 2)
  3. Use Rectangular Select to box the watermark
  4. Press Delete โ€” fills with white
  5. Save with Ctrl+S
  6. Export as a clean PDF

๐Ÿ“ Crop to Region

  1. Draw a Rectangular selection around the region to keep
  2. Click Image โ†’ Crop in the toolbar
  3. Or press Ctrl+Shift+X (Windows 11)
  4. Save with Ctrl+S
  5. APDocs Studio picks it up automatically
  6. Export as PDF or image in one click
How it works

From photo to perfect PDF in 4 steps

No complicated setup. Open, edit, and export in minutes.

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Open your file

Import any photo, image, or PDF โ€” JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, or multi-page PDF. Drag and drop or use Ctrl+O.

02

Edit

Adjust brightness, contrast, crop, rotate, deskew. Or send to Paint for precision Select & Cut editing.

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Run OCR

Hit Ctrl+Alt+O to extract text from any page. Creates a searchable PDF with an invisible text layer.

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Export & Share

Save as PDF or image, email directly, or print. Auto-save profiles handle repetitive workflows.

Tech Stack

Built on solid foundations

Modern .NET 9, proven libraries, and a clean architecture that's fast and reliable.

C# 12.NET 9Eto.FormsWinFormsAutofacTesseract OCRPdfSharpPdfiumGDI+ / System.DrawingNLoggRPC / ProtobufNewtonsoft.JsonZXing.NetMicrosoft Paint

Start editing smarter today

Free, open source, and built for Windows. Download and start editing in minutes.

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