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How to Insert Photos to a PDF with the PDF.Live Editor
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to:
- Add photos to a PDF
- Add JPG and other image files to PDFs
- Insert a photo into a PDF
- Paste images in PDFs
PDF.Live’s online editor allows you to work with PDFs and several different image formats. We’ve covered how to convert PDFs to JPEG images as well as how to turn pictures into PDFs. But what if you want to add an image to a PDF? With the editor, you can add an image to a PDF entirely online. This works with several popular image formats.
In this guide, we’ll be going through how to put images in PDF files.
1. Upload your PDF to the online editor to convert it to an editable PDF.
Either drag and drop your PDF into the editor, or select the file from your browser. Then select Edit PDF to enter the editor.
2. In the Popular Editing Tools tab of the editor, select Insert image.
3. Click New Image and then click in your document where you’d like your image to appear.
The location and size of the image can be adjusted once it’s inserted, so don’t worry too much about getting the exact location correct. Focus on inserting the image on the right page of your PDF.
4. Navigate to the file location that contains the image you’d like to add to your PDF.
You can add images in the form of several popular file formats, such as JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. GIF files can also be added to the PDF, but they may not be animated. There may be other image file formats your images are in, such as HEIC. However, those are not supported by the add image feature.
Select the image file you’d like to add.
You will then see the image added to your PDF. You can further adjust the width and height of the image (in pixels) by dragging the dimensions of the picture with your mouse.
You can also click the center of the image to change its placement in your PDF. Select the Trash can icon at the bottom of the image to delete it.
Notice that the Select icon is currently selected. If you deselect or click away from any images you’ve added to your PDF, or make other edits, you can always go back and edit their positions again by clicking the Select icon. You will also have to click New Image to continue editing existing images. You can even edit images that are already in your PDF!
Note that the quality of your images will be tied to the original file’s resolution. If you resize an image to have a larger pixel dimension than the original file, it may look blocky and low-quality. The larger the original PDF image, the fewer issues you’ll likely have.
Try adding different images to your PDFs to see how easy it is to adjust PDFs entirely in your browser with the PDF.Live editor!