Scanned note images blurry after saving to files or exporting as pdf

I wanted to share what I found after trying to figure this out for a while tonight. If you are having problems with a blurry scanned image after exporting from notes or saving to files, create your note and scan on your device, not in iCloud. For some reason, creating the note in the cloud created blurry exported images.

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Posted on Sep 22, 2021 9:08 PM

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