PaperLike - PDF Paper Texture

Adds a subtle paper-like texture overlay and flipbook reading mode to PDF documents.

📖 PaperLike — The Ultimate PDF Reading Experience Turn any PDF into a realistic paper book. PaperLike wraps your PDFs in eye-friendly paper textures, adds sepia and night reading modes, tracks your progress, and transforms boring documents into an interactive flipbook with realistic 3D page-turn animations — complete with the soft rustle of real paper. ✨ WHAT'S NEW IN 1.4 🌅 Sepia & Night Reading Modes • Instantly warm your PDFs with Sepia mode for long, comfortable reading sessions • Switch to Night mode for low-light reading without blasting your eyes • Works across both PDF view and flipbook mode 🔊 Procedural Page-Turn Sound • A soft, authentic paper rustle every time you flip a page • Zero-latency, procedurally generated — no audio files, no bloat • Fully optional — toggle on or off anytime 📊 Live Reading Progress • See exactly how far you've read and how much is left • Smart time-remaining estimate updates as you turn pages • Beautiful golden progress bar right in the flipbook toolbar 🔍 Vintage Search Highlights • Replaces harsh neon-yellow highlights with a warm amber tone • Complements sepia and classic paper textures beautifully • Softer on the eyes during long research sessions 🧠 Smarter Dark PDF Detection • New histogram-based algorithm samples multiple layers of the page • Accurate on complex PDFs, dark-mode viewers, and mixed backgrounds • Hysteresis-tuned to prevent flicker when scrolling ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 REALISTIC PAPER TEXTURES • Three handcrafted styles: Classic Paper, Warm Yellowish, Slight Gray • Generated with advanced SVG diffuse lighting for authentic 3D paper fiber • Adjustable opacity (0–100%) for your perfect reading comfort • Subtle vignette edges for a premium book-like feel 📖 INTERACTIVE FLIPBOOK MODE • Transform any PDF into a two-page spread book layout • Realistic 3D page-turn animations with smooth CSS transforms • Drag pages with your mouse — they follow your cursor in real-time • Navigate with keyboard arrows, spacebar, or on-screen buttons • Beautiful dark walnut wood desk background • Touch- and trackpad-friendly • Fullscreen mode for fully immersive reading • Remembers where you left off in every PDF • Draw and annotate directly on pages with a built-in pen tool ⚡ SMART & LIGHTWEIGHT • Zero external dependencies — every texture, sound, and animation is generated locally • GPU-accelerated rendering for buttery smooth page turns • Auto-disables on already-dark PDFs to preserve readability • All preferences sync across your Chrome browsers • Works with both online and local PDF files • No tracking, no analytics, no data collection — ever 🎛️ EASY CONTROLS • Quick toggle with Alt+P keyboard shortcut • Clean, intuitive popup with all the settings you need • One-click enable/disable • Color Mode selector: Normal · Sepia · Night ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💡 PERFECT FOR • Students reading academic papers and textbooks • Researchers reviewing long journal articles • Book lovers who miss the feel of real paper • Writers and editors proofreading drafts • Anyone who spends hours reading PDFs on screen 🛠️ HOW TO USE 1. Install PaperLike from the Chrome Web Store 2. Open any PDF in your browser 3. Click the PaperLike icon to adjust texture, opacity, color mode, and more 4. Toggle Book Mode for the interactive flipbook experience 5. Use Alt+P for quick on/off 🔒 PRIVACY PaperLike works entirely on your device. It does not read, collect, transmit, or analyze your PDFs or browsing data. Your settings are synced only through Chrome's built-in storage — nothing ever touches our servers (because we don't have any). ⭐ Enjoying PaperLike? A quick review helps other readers discover it — and tells us what to build next.