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PDF is undoubtedly the go-to format for document sharing and storage. However, there may be times when you need to annotate, convert or insert image into PDF files. While most basic PDF readers do offer basic editing capabilities, adding data in other formats, such as JPG or PNG files may not be feasible.

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How to Insert Image into PDF - With Smallpdf

1. First, go to our PDF Editor and upload your file.

2. Click 'Add Image', locate the image file that you wish to add to the PDF page and click OK.

3. It should now appear in the middle of the screen. Feel free to click on the image and drag it around or resize it in any way that you'd like.

4. After you select the images that you want, click 'Apply' to save the changes and download your file.

5. Pro Tip: While you're within the PDF Editor, you can also draw, add text or add various shapes onto the PDF. Whatever you need to edit your document.

To insert an image into a PDF, you need to use the Edit object tool located in the Content tab on the right. When selected the tool, place cursor over the page and right click (ctrl click on mac) and choose place image. Locate your file and press OK, on completion you can reesize it.

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I have a scanned PDF file which is an application form, and a picture which is the scanned version of my signature (for example, this one) and can be in any image format such as EPS or PNG. I would like to put the signature picture on the blank space right to 'APPLICANT:' on the second page of the application form. I wonder how to do that?

I have tried the following methods, but none succeeded:

1. The first way is using gimp. I first import the application form into gimp, and then paste the signature picture on the space right to 'APPLICANT:' on the second page of the application form.

   The problems are that:

   • It seems that I can only import one page of the application form into gimp, not all of the two pages.

   • Also when I save the modification, the closest format to PDF I can save to is PS, and the resolution has been downgraded and the storage size of the saved file is 10 times bigger than the original application form and the signature picture.

2. The second way is using Libreoffice Draw. I have installed the libreoffice-pdfimport package. But after I import the application form into Libreoffice Draw,

   • all the scanned content is not imported, and

   • the layout is different from the layout of the originalapplication form.

So what other ways can I try? I would prefer some way that can lay the signature picture directly on the application form PDF file,

• without having to convert between formats,
• without having to create much bigger files while keeping the original resolution,
• without having to split and combine pages of a multi-page pdf file,
• without having to rasterize other parts of the PDF file, i.e. without losing the text that I added later to the application form PDF file by having to convert the whole PDF into images.

FlykTimTim

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My recommendation is Xournal. Here are the instructions.

Install:

For pre-14.04 versions of Ubuntu you may need to install from a ppa. Here are those instruction.

Run xournal, click File>Annotate PDF, choose your PDF file.

Now, go to where you need to add your signature and click Tools>Image (or the 'Image' toolbar icon), then click where you want to add the image. An image selection dialog appears, select your image.

Xournal's insert image is a great addition but not polished. As soon as you add the image make sure to resize it and move it to where you want. For resize there's no ability to ensure the proportions stay the same. Just eye it. Once you are done, it is in its own layer, which you cannot change. If you don't like how it ends up delete that layer and start again.

One handy thing is that you can use ctrl-c as soon as you resize it and then ctrl-v the next time you need to insert your image. Assuming you want the same size image this will save you some time.

When you are done choose File->Export to PDF to get it back into the PDF format I assume you'll want for sending your signed doc.

Note: A downside to Xournal is the finished document looks like the fonts are converted to an image. Fonts are no longer as crisp. Still it looks better than if you printed and rescanned and is much faster. [Note: in my most recent experience it seems this problem has been solved. Maybe I just got lucky with the particular fonts used. Please leave a comment abt your experience and I'll update accordingly.]

Nicolas Raoulsnowguysnowguy

LibreOffice Draw will let you modify PDF's.

In Ubuntu you might need to install LibreOffice Extension for Importing PDF Files which you can do by running sudo apt-get install libreoffice-pdfimport

I have used it for inserting scans of my signatures.

gene_woodC.S.CameronC.S.Cameron

You could use PDF Buddy, an online PDF editor that makes adding signatures ridiculously easy: you can just draw them or add them as image files.

(Disclosure: I'm a co-founder of PDF Buddy)

I think you were on the right track with GIMP. Why not capitalize on what you have done in GIMP and re-merge the PDF using something like PDF shuffler (has the capability to import postscript PS files).

stephenmyallstephenmyall

I have found a way to do this, but it involves converting your signature image to pdf and then merging that with the target application form and then outputting a new document; the signature is added at the end of the document. It is quite simple to do and may be the easiest way to do it. Imagemagick is the program to install (if necessary) and use its convert function in this manner: convert original.pdf signature.pdf final.pdf.

You can use pdftk

It's just one command:

Or read an article about applying a signature to a pad here: http://zyliu2005.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/linux-how-to-insert-img-to-pdf-files.html

It also allows you to

• Merge PDF Documents or Collate PDF Page Scans
• Split PDF Pages into a New Document
• Rotate PDF Documents or Pages
• Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
• Encrypt Output as Desired
• Fill PDF Forms with X/FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
• Generate FDF Data Stencils from PDF Forms
• Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp
• Report PDF Metrics, Bookmarks and Metadata
• Add/Update PDF Bookmarks or Metadata
• Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
• Unpack PDF Attachments
• Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
• Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
• Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

For an article explaining all the options, see: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/442414-manipulating-pdfs-with-the-pdf-toolkit

You can try: uPdf

You can add blank pages, or pages from other documents or insert images, or text.

Glutanimate

Try Xournal, you can just 'sign' with the mouse then re-export as a PDF. It's in the Software Center.

Tom BrossmanTom Brossman

Add A Picture To A Pdf In Preview

A very simple way is to use Scribus:

How To Add A Picture To A Pdf Document

1. Open the PDF file with Scribus (directly from the file manager for example)
2. Add an image box at the correct place
3. Load the picture into the image box
4. Export as PDF

The quality of the output is very good, the image resolution can be limited in the export and the positioning and scaling of the picture is quite simple.

1/ use GIMP to save pdf as image. 2/ open LO-Writer and import that image as watermark. 3/ simply type over the watermark where needed. you can add boxes, images, etc.

rob grunerob grune

I've also been looking for a way to insert an image of my signature to a PDF. Funny how complicated this is. Many of the free tools out there let you insert a water mark, but you need to give x,y coordinate for where it goes, in other words 'no gui.' fine for a water mark, no good for a signature that needs to land on a line.

I just discovered PDF escape http://www.pdfescape.com/ which worked like a charm. online gui, let me easily upload a PDF and an image, and place/scale it as I needed.

Add A Picture To A Pdf In Preview

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