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Snit Scanner
Drag a photo through a virtual scanner. Make glitch art.
snitscanner recreates the analog trick of moving a photo across a flatbed scanner mid-scan. A scanline sweeps while you drag, zoom and rotate in real time, so the effect is performed, not a preset. Xerox mode adds crushed blacks and copier grain, and stacking modes layer scan on top of scan like re-feeding a photocopier. Free, no signup, runs entirely in your browser. Your photo never leaves your device. Export as high-res PNG.
Hi Product Hunt!
When I was younger I made prints for my bands and zines on old flatbed scanners and xerox machines. At some point I figured out you could drag and move the artwork while the machine was still scanning, and the image would smear and stretch in this beautiful, unpredictable way. I was hooked. Half the fun was that you could not fully control it. You performed the print, and the machine decided the rest.
But most people never get to try this, because who has an old scanner or copier lying around anymore? So I built one in the browser.
A scanline sweeps across the bed, and you drag, zoom and rotate your photo while it runs. I also added things the real machines never had: a xerox mode with crushed blacks and grain, and stacking modes where each new scan layers on top of the last one instead of replacing it. That one is my favorite, you can re-scan the same print over and over until it turns into something really wild.
Everything runs locally in your browser. Your photo is never uploaded anywhere, and it is free with no signup.
I would love to see what you make with it, and I am happy to answer anything!
The scanline sweeps while you drag thing is genuinely clever, feels way more like playing an instrument than applying a filter. Love that it all runs locally too, no upload nonsense.
The decision to make it run entirely in the browser with no upload is such a smart move, especially for something this tactile and experimental. Feels closer to playing with a real scanner than using another filter app.
About Snit Scanner on Product Hunt
“Drag a photo through a virtual scanner. Make glitch art.”
Snit Scanner was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. snitscanner recreates the analog trick of moving a photo across a flatbed scanner mid-scan. A scanline sweeps while you drag, zoom and rotate in real time, so the effect is performed, not a preset. Xerox mode adds crushed blacks and copier grain, and stacking modes layer scan on top of scan like re-feeding a photocopier. Free, no signup, runs entirely in your browser. Your photo never leaves your device. Export as high-res PNG.
Snit Scanner was featured in Design Tools (261.4k followers), Art (20.1k followers) and Photography (143.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 57.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Snit Scanner?
Snit Scanner was hunted by Jesper Henriksen. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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