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Fopydo
Fopydo 2.4
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(5) 2.7

Create PDF documents from images.   Free
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    Wardega Consulting Inc.
Fopydo is short for photocopy documents - it creates PDF documents from images taken with digital cameras, cell phones or scanners.. The program was designed as a communication tool - all instructions are collected up-front and then the task is executed in the background, even the user interface can be closed after pressing Go. Results are very compact in size and can be saved or emailed securely (with 128-bit encryption). In addition to PDF related functions Fopydo can OCR texts in a number of languages and save results in a text document (open source Tesseract OCR engine is embedded in the
What's New
Version 2.4:
  • Added support for scanning several documents from one batch of images. Separators between documents can be inserted in two ways. One way: by creating empty lines between images listed on the Image input screen. The second way: by capturing 'black' images between documents - for instance by covering the lens.
  • Added support for Fopydo Scanning Stand that I have been working on for the last few months. This is a universal scanning stand that supports a variety of devices equipped with a digital camera. It is also light and foldable for easy storage and travel. My friend and I are now working on getting the stand to production. Fopydo program automatically sizes and crops images of documents and books captured using the stand.
Version 2.4:
  • Added support for scanning several documents from one batch of images. Separators between documents can be inserted in two ways. One way: by creating empty lines between images listed on the Image input screen. The second way: by capturing 'black' images between documents - for instance by covering the lens.
  • Added support for Fopydo Scanning Stand that I have more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later



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Fopydo User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
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Tomeg commented on 29 Nov 2011
This utility has a lot of work put in it. I'm grateful to have it free, but don't you think it should be shareware at some point?
[Version 2.3.3]

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Wardega Consulting Inc. (developer) replied on 29 Nov 2011
I do not know what is the market for this kind of tool, but I envisioned this being used by people who want to get rid of paper and occasionally need to send a fax or an album with pictures. I use it for this very purpose. I intend to keep this software free of charge to popularize this use of the program and to save paper. If I find good business uses (and I can already think of some) I will create a separate business edition.

Best regards,

Tomek Wardega
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JCH2 reviewed on 28 Nov 2011
I can't really rate this as I never got and output PDF from it. It didn't crash or do anything noticeable to report. Tried it at least a dozen times on various image outputs. But since the system requires me to rate it...
[Version 2.3.2]

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twardega replied on 28 Nov 2011
I am sorry to hear this. I am testing the program to the best of my ability on 10.6 and 10.7. If you want me to look into it please go to Tools->Preference menu option and check the box to save debug file on desktop. You can submit this file under support on fopydo.com. Best regard,
Tomek Wardega
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Penguirl replied on 29 Nov 2011
Actually you can leave a comment without rating the app. At the top of the comment window there is a box that lets you select Review, Comment, or Troubleshooting.
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Ben-Marko commented on 27 Nov 2011
Mac OS X already does this - open the photo in Preview, and select File --> Print. Then select PDF button in the lower-left had side of the Print Dialog window.

Easy.
[Version 2.3.2]

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Wardega Consulting Inc. (developer) replied on 27 Nov 2011
Hi Robert,

Thanks for coming back, it has been a few months. I am not trying to push my software to you, but when you do print a picture of one page of a document to PDF using Preview do a Get Info on the resulting PDF and check its size - one page of a high resolution document is probably about 1MB to 2MB. Now, do the same using Fopydo - get the same picture and use the software to create the PDF then check its size with Get Info - it should be about 50KB to 100KB. This software is intended to allow using a digital camera in place of a scanner - it has some other functions too, but this one is the reason why I wrote it. Best regards,

Tomek Wardega
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+10

Rob06au reviewed on 31 Jul 2011
Very useful app and works well each time I use it
[Version 2.2]


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+10

Rob06au reviewed on 31 Jul 2011
Very useful app and works well each time I use it
[Version 2.2]


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Rob06au reviewed on 31 Jul 2011
Very useful app and works well each time I use it
[Version 2.2]


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Neploleppard commented on 29 Jul 2011
Mac OS X currently already does this.

macwiz.nikorocks.com, for anyone that is curious as to how.
[Version 2.2]

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Neploleppard replied on 29 Jul 2011
Ooops... mac.nikorocks.com. (Damn sleep deprivation.)
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Ben-Marko reviewed on 06 Jun 2011
Crashed only once when I used it. Otherwise worked as advertised.

But...

WOW. The Mac OS X print dialog box does this AND IT IS BUILT INTO THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
[Version 2.0.1]

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twardega replied on 06 Jun 2011
Thanks for your time in reviewing the program. I appreciate the criticism. I hope you will find the program useful for scanning documents, its intended use - this was the inspiration to write this program because I did not find free programs that would do it well. I also hope you will find useful the feature that splits documents and albums to smaller pieces automatically in emails. If you are privacy conscious, you may find 128-bit encryption useful (as far as I understand PDFs created by Mac OS are encrypted using 40-bit key).
Please visit fopydo.com to download Windows version of the program if you use it.

Best regards,

Tomek Wardega
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+95

Green Guy rated on 23 Aug 2011

[Version 2.2.3]


Downloads:3,120
Version Downloads:200
Type:Multimedia & Design : Image Editing
License:Free
Date:23 Apr 2012
Platform:Intel
Price:Free0.00
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Fopydo is short for photocopy documents - it creates PDF documents from images taken with digital cameras, cell phones or scanners.. The program was designed as a communication tool - all instructions are collected up-front and then the task is executed in the background, even the user interface can be closed after pressing Go. Results are very compact in size and can be saved or emailed securely (with 128-bit encryption). In addition to PDF related functions Fopydo can OCR texts in a number of languages and save results in a text document (open source Tesseract OCR engine is embedded in the application). Visit fopydo.com to learn more about the software and to see tutorials. Please leave your feedback about the program - this will be very helpful for the author.
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