Documentation

Welcome to the PineTools user guide. Learn how to use our privacy-focused file manipulation tools effectively. Most of our tools run directly in your browser, ensuring your data stays private.

Select Tool

Navigate to the dashboard and pick a tool.

Process

Upload your file. It processes instantly in memory.

Download

Save your modified file directly to your device.

PDF Tools

PDF to Text

Extracts raw text from PDF documents. Ideal for grabbing content from reports or invoices.

Tip: Works best with text-based PDFs. For scanned documents, use OCR.

Merge & Split

Combine multiple PDFs into one document, or separate a single PDF into individual pages.

Tip: You can drag and drop pages to reorder them before merging.

Compress PDF

Reduces file size by optimizing images and fonts within the PDF.

Tip: Use this before emailing large documents to avoid size limits.

Image Tools

Resize & Crop

Change image dimensions or aspect ratio without losing quality.

Convert Format

Convert between JPG, PNG, WEBP, and AVIF formats.

Tip: WEBP offers the best balance of quality and file size for the web.

Video Tools

Trim Video

Cut out unwanted parts from the start or end of your video clips.

Tip: Processing happens locally, so it works even with large 4K files.

Extract Audio

Pull the audio track from a video file and save it as MP3.

AI Features (Pro+)

PDF Summarizer

Uses advanced LLMs to generate concise summaries of long PDF documents.

Data Extraction

Automatically pulls structured data (names, dates, amounts) from unstructured documents like invoices.

Tip: Files are deleted from our secure AI servers immediately after processing.