Add a image as variable into a pdf

[lombert]

Hi

Looking to insert a small preview-picture (png) into a pdf. Made a quick search but no findings. Cant find any action that doing this, add picture/image. I have only checked inside pitstop server.

Possible I am blind, but any lead in correct direction is helpful.

[bens]

There is the "Add copied graphics" action. It's relatively limited in what it can do, but maybe it can help.

There is also the newer "Copy or cut objects to clipboard", paired with "Paste objects from clipboard" this can be used if the image is somewhere else in the file.

[lombert]

Thanks, will check.

I need pick it up from a folder and insert it in a specific place in the pdf.

[loicaigon]

If you have Callas PDFToolBox Server, then you can do overlay

[jslater]

If you have Switch, you can use the cut/paste actions in the Pitstop configurator. I need to dynamically add a die line to different products, so I made a Switch flow that injects the die line PDF from a repository, merges it with the working file, then uses a cut/paste action to add it to the art, and then get rid of the empty page. It might no be the best solution, but it was the only way I've found around the limitations of Add Copied Graphics, short of creating 2-300 separate actions.