Java – Add, Replace or Remove Images in PDF

Images play an important role in an electronic document. Developers may have the requirement to add an image (for example, a company logo) to a PDF document, or replace the specific image in a document with a new image, or even delete the specified image permanently from a document. This article will introduce how to achieve these tasks by using Spire.PDF for Java.

• Add an Image to PDF
• Replace an Image in PDF
• Remove an Image from PDF

If you create a Maven project, you can easily import the jar in your application using the following configurations. For non-Maven projects, download the jar file from this link and add it as a dependency in your application.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId> e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.pdf</artifactId>
        <verson>4.1.2</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

import com.spire.pdf.FileFormat;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfPageBase;
import com.spire.pdf.graphics.PdfImage;

public class AddImage {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a PdfDocument object
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

        //Add a page
        PdfPageBase page = doc.getPages().add();

        //Load an image from path
        PdfImage image = PdfImage.fromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\web-design.jpg");

        //Set the image width and height in the PDF
        float width = image.getWidth() * 0.4f;
        float height = image.getHeight() * 0.4f;

        //Define a position to draw image
        double x = (page.getCanvas().getClientSize().getWidth() - width) / 2;
        float y = 0f;

        //Draw image on page canvas
        page.getCanvas().drawImage(image, x, y, width, height);

        //Save the document
        doc.saveToFile("output/DrawImage.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
    }
}

import com.spire.pdf.FileFormat;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfPageBase;
import com.spire.pdf.graphics.PdfImage;

public class ReplaceImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Load the PDF file
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        doc.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Sample.pdf");

        //Get the first page
        PdfPageBase page = doc.getPages().get(0);

        //Load an image
        PdfImage image = PdfImage.fromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\c-sharp.png");

        //Replace the first image in the first page with the loaded image
        page.replaceImage(0, image);

        //Save the file
        doc.saveToFile("output/ReplaceImage.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
    }
}

import com.spire.pdf.FileFormat;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfPageBase;

public class RemoveImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a PdfDocument object
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

        //Load the sample PDF file
        doc.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Sample.pdf");

        //Get the specified page
        PdfPageBase page = doc.getPages().get(0);

        //Delete a particular image by its index
        page.deleteImage(0);

        //Save the file
        doc.saveToFile("output/DeleteImage.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
    }
}