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Short, visual guides to everything you do in Hangar. All of it runs on your own computer.
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How to run a tool in HangarPick a tool, add your files, adjust the settings and press Run. Five short steps, with screenshots, from opening a tool to opening your results.6 min read 
See and compare your resultsEvery Hangar run ends with a results view: size savings, before/after sliders, page previews, players and text views. Here is how to read each one.11 min read 
Build your first chainA chain runs several Hangar tools in a row on every file you give it. Start from a template or a blank chain, add steps, and save it in minutes.7 min read
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Getting started
Find your way around and activate Hangar.
Running tools
Run any tool on one file or hundreds.
Results
See what changed and find past runs.
Studios and AI
Hands-on editors and on-device AI models.
Chains
Run several tools in a row on every file.
Settings
Workspaces, settings and fixes.
Licenses and devices
New computers, approvals, lost keys and refunds.
Tool guides
Every setting, and how to get the best result.
- Compress PDFShrink a PDF while text and drawings stay sharp.
- Crop PDFTrim the margins off every page.
- Ebook to PDFTypeset unprotected EPUB, MOBI, FB2 and text ebooks into searchable PDFs.
- Encrypt PDFLock a PDF behind a password.
- Extract pagesPull just the pages you want into a new file.
- Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one, in your order.
- OCR PDFMake a scan searchable and selectable.
- Organize pagesReorder, rotate, or delete pages visually.
- Page numbersAdd page numbers in the format and place you choose.
- PDF to imagesTurn each page into an image file.
- PDF to MarkdownPull a PDF into clean Markdown you can check.
- Redact PDFTruly remove sensitive text, not just cover it.
- Sign PDFDrop a signature onto the page.
- Split PDFBreak one PDF into pages or ranges.
- StampBrand pages with a stamp or watermark.
- Unlock PDFRemove a password you know from your own PDFs.
Image
- AI UpscaleEnlarge images while rebuilding fine detail on your machine.
- Beautify shotFrame a screenshot for presentation.
- Color palettePull a usable palette from any image.
- Compress imagesSmaller files, the sharpness kept.
- Contact sheetA thumbnail grid of a whole batch.
- Convert imagesTurn HEIC, RAW, and SVG into JPG, WebP, AVIF, PNG, and more.
- Crop imageCrop to any rectangle, orientation aware.
- Extract textRead the text straight out of an image.
- Icon packEvery icon size and format from one master.
- Image ComparisonTurn two images into a before and after slider, GIF, or still.
- Image to PDFMake a scan or photo a searchable PDF.
- Images to PDFBundle images into PDF documents you can search.
- Redact imageBlur, pixelate or black out faces, names and numbers.
- Remove backgroundCut the subject out cleanly, right on your machine.
- Resize imagesScale to an exact size or fit a box.
- Rotate & flipTurn or mirror, EXIF baked in.
- Strip metadataRemove EXIF and GPS, pixels untouched.
- StylizeApply an artistic look to a batch.
- Vectorize imageTurn pixels into editable SVG paths.
- WatermarkStamp your mark across a batch.
Video & Audio
- Add audioLay a soundtrack or narration onto a video.
- Audio speedFaster or slower, pitch kept or shifted.
- Caption videoBurn in subtitles from speech, on your machine.
- Change speedSpeed up or slow down, pitch kept.
- Compress audioSmaller audio files.
- Compress videoSmaller files, the quality you choose.
- Convert audioChange audio format.
- Convert videoChange format or codec.
- Crop videoReframe to any rectangle.
- Extract audioPull the audio out of a video.
- Insert clipsAdd your intro, a mid-roll clip and an outro to every video.
- Join videosStitch clips end to end.
- Merge audioLayer or stitch tracks into one file.
- Mute videoDrop the audio track entirely.
- Resize videoScale to a target resolution.
- Rotate videoTurn or mirror footage.
- Split audioCut a long recording at pauses, by length or into parts.
- Split videoBreak one clip into several pieces.
- TranscribeSpeech to text, all on your machine.
- Trim audioCut to the part you need.
- Trim videoCut to exactly the segment you want.
- Video to GIFTurn a clip into a shareable GIF.
- Volume & normalizeLevel loudness to a target.
- Watermark videoBrand every frame.
Create
- AudiogramTurn audio into a branded waveform video, with optional captions.
- CarouselDesign a multi-slide social carousel and export every slide.
- Device mockupDrop a shot into a clean device frame.
- GradientsMesh gradient images and looping videos in your colors.
- HTML to ImageRender an HTML page to a PNG, arranging its real elements first.
- HTML to PDFTurn an HTML page into a paginated PDF.
- QR codeBranded QR codes for links, Wi-Fi, and contacts.
- ShadersCreate generative patterns such as waves, silk, and noise.
- Video downloaderSave videos and playlists from a link as MP4 or MP3.
Files
PDF Studio
- Getting startedOpen a PDF, find your way around the eight modes and save an edited copy.
- Read & searchSearch, bookmark, tint the page for reading and recognize scanned text.
- Edit textChange the wording, size and color of text already on the page.
- Annotate & reviewHighlight, comment, draw and go through every note by page.
- RedactFind and remove text and areas for good, checked before it is kept.
- Organize pagesReorder, rotate, duplicate, extract, insert and delete pages.
- SignDraw, type or upload a signature once, then place it on any page.
- WatermarkStamp text, a logo or both on every page or just one.
- Fillable formsAdd text fields, checkboxes and dropdowns people can fill in.
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