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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
- Remove images from PDFs
- Extract specific images from PDFs
- Delete images from a PDF
PDF.Live’s online editor allows you to work with PDFs and several 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? What if you want to remove a specific image from a PDF? Or pull that image out of a PDF for use somewhere else?
With the editor, you can both add and remove an image from a PDF entirely online. This works with several popular image formats and with all PDFs.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process for adding and removing images from PDFs.
How to Insert Photos to a PDF with the PDF.Live Editor
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 PDF editor toolbar, select Add Image.
3. Click anywhere 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, and are typically of low resolution if your intention is to print the PDF. 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.
How To Delete an Image From a PDF
While editing content, you’ll notice that the PDF.Live editor detects regions of content for you to edit, including images. If you want to remove an image entirely, follow these steps:
1. Click the Select tool.
2. Click the image that you want to remove that you added.
3. Click Delete to remove the image from your PDF.
This process can be undone with the undo feature Ctrl + Z. If you want that image back, you can undo your last command or redo a command by selecting one of those options on the top right of the PDF.Live editor!
4. To remove an image that’s already in your PDF, select the Edit Text tab. Editable areas of your PDF, including images, can now be selected.
5. Click the image that you want to remove in your PDF. Click the Trash Can icon or press Delete on your keyboard. That image will be deleted.
You can also Move existing images around in your PDF this way!