Separate two-page scans into normal PDF pages
Book scanners and overhead cameras often capture two facing pages as one wide PDF page. This tool cuts each selected spread at its exact midpoint and creates two correctly sized output pages, making the document easier to read, print, annotate or use on an e-reader.
Choose left-to-right or right-to-left reading order
Use Left, then right for most English-language books, reports and side-by-side forms. Use Right, then left when the original material follows a right-to-left page sequence. The selected half is placed first in the downloaded PDF.
Keep portrait covers and inserts intact
Leave Split wide pages only selected when a scan contains a single-page portrait cover, title page or insert among landscape spreads. Wide selected pages are divided while portrait pages remain whole and stay in their original position.
Split only the pages that need it
Enter all pages, a range such as 2-25, or a mixed selection such as 1, 3, 7-12. Pages outside the selection remain in the output unchanged. This is useful when a scanner captured only part of a document as joined spreads.
Handle stacked pages as well as side-by-side pages
The Top and bottom option divides a tall page horizontally. Choose whether the top or bottom half comes first. This can help with long screenshots, stacked forms or pages produced by an unusual scan setup.
Retain sharp PDF artwork
FigureOwl clips the existing PDF page artwork into smaller page frames instead of converting every page to a bitmap. Existing text, vector lines and embedded images therefore retain their source resolution. Rotated pages are normalized to their displayed orientation before the cut.
Know what changes in the new PDF
The result is a newly created PDF with new page boundaries. Document-level bookmarks, attachments, scripts, form relationships and portfolio structure may not survive, and existing digital signatures become invalid. The cut is exactly at the midpoint; it does not automatically detect a curved book gutter, trim uneven borders or run OCR.
Private browser-local processing
Your selected PDF is processed in browser memory and is not uploaded to FigureOwl. Files are limited to 100 MB and 100 pages for reliable browser performance. Keep the source scan until you have checked the page order and every cut edge.