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Add an image to a PDF

Insert logos, photos, scans, or stamps into any page. Free 2-D resize from the corners (Shift to lock aspect ratio) and a rotation handle for any angle.

  1. 1.Open your PDF.
  2. 2.Click the Image tool and pick a PNG or JPEG (up to 10 MB).
  3. 3.Click the page where you want the image. Drag the corners to resize.
  4. 4.Save PDF when finished.

Files are processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to any server.

Free, private, and actually unlimited.

No daily caps. No upload queue. No spinner that turns into a paywall after the third file.

Private by architecture

Your PDF's contents never leave your device. The editing tools run entirely in your browser — no upload, no server-side copy — and a Content-Security-Policy blocks any code that would try. Only account and contact actions ever reach our server, and they never carry your file.

Truly unlimited

No hourly throttling. No daily or monthly caps. No file-count limit. Edit one PDF or ten thousand — same site, same speed, no nag screen.

No signup, no watermarks

Every tool below works with or without an account or email. Output PDFs are clean — no stamps, no banners, no preview-mode quality downgrades.

About this tool

Adding an image to a PDF is most often about a logo, a scanned signature, an ID photo, or a stamp. Our image tool accepts PNG and JPEG up to 10 MB. Drop the image, click anywhere on the page, and it lands at a reasonable starting size — about 30% of the page width — preserving the source aspect ratio. From there it's a normal placed image: drag to move, corner-drag to resize, top handle to rotate.

CMYK JPEGs (common from print workflows) are detected and re-encoded as RGB before embedding, because PDF readers and the underlying pdf-lib library expect RGB JPEGs. That conversion happens locally in a hidden canvas, so even your print-shop assets work without you having to convert them in another tool first. Transparent PNGs preserve their transparency in the final PDF.

Images are stored once and referenced as many times as you place them. So if you drop the same logo on every page of a 30-page report, the file does not grow 30× — the bytes live in the document object stream once and each placement is just a reference. That's the same way Word and InDesign work, and it's why PDF as a format can stay compact even with heavy artwork.

Frequently asked questions

What image formats are supported?
PNG and JPEG. Transparent PNGs keep their alpha channel; JPEGs are embedded directly, with CMYK files automatically converted to RGB.
Is there a size limit?
Up to 10 MB per image. Most logos, signatures, and scans fit comfortably; very high-resolution photos may exceed this and should be downsampled first.
Can I rotate an image after placing it?
Yes. Select the image and use the rotation handle above the bounding box. Shift while rotating snaps to 15° increments.
Will the image stay sharp when printed?
It is embedded at the resolution you provided. Place a 300+ DPI image for print quality; lower-resolution images may pixelate when scaled up on the page.
Can I place the same image on multiple pages?
Yes. After placing it once you can copy-paste it (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V) onto other pages. PDF references the image bytes once regardless of how many times you place it.

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