1. A computer-implemented method for a user to perform a particular action on data for a photographic image, comprising: a user handwriting notes on paper; the user affixing at least one sticker on the paper; the user photographing the paper to generate the data for a photographic image; a processor performing the steps of: detecting a reference pattern in the data, wherein the reference pattern is pre-printed on the paper and provides parameters for correction of the photographic image and wherein a paper type is determined according to the reference pattern; detecting at least one sticker in the data; selecting the particular action from a plurality of possible actions based on the at least one sticker and on the paper type; and performing the particular action on the data.