Methods and systems for extracting impression marks from a substrate (e.g., paper, foil, textile, etc.). In an example embodiment, an image of a substrate can be captured. Then, physical impressions on the substrate can be detected in the image. The physical impressions are scanned and highlighted a digital image configured, which is indicative of the actual physical impressions. The scanning and highlighting of the physical impressions can involve enhancing the image to digitally and electronically reproduce the physical impressions. This approach can be implemented in the context of a mobile scanning application that scans the physical impression(s) and highlights it, and saves the resulting image as an electronic document.