In the case you see this error: convert: no decode delegate for this image format `TIFF' error/constitute.c/ReadImage/501.you can always try to convert your TIFFs to JPG and combine JPG's instead. Click where you want to place the image, or click-drag to size the image as you place it. In the Open dialog box, locate the image file you want to place. Especially for b&w page scans you can compress a lot using LZW compression. Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Edit PDF > Add Image.

We do an LZW compress because else the PDF would be of monster size.

There it is, a beautiful PDF to mail to the eagerly waiting other party! Two things to note:

Or you may choose to run this as a normal Terminal (not a super user/root), because your Desktop probably is not so you might find that your pdf is now not owned by you.Īlso in OSX you can now simply run: osx_prompt$ convert -compress LZW *.tif new.pdf In the Terminal of our choice, we now cd (change directory) to the directory where all the TIFFs are and execute the command: convert -compress LZW *.tif new.pdf In Linux (Debian in my case), you can install imagemagick via Aptitude (as a super user): apt-get install imagemagick You can install it in OSX with this command: ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL )' If you're stuck at this step because you haven't the foggiest clue as to what homebrew is, it is 'the missing package manager' for OSX. In the Open dialog box, locate the image file you want to add. Of course osx_prompt$ is the name of your OSX Terminal prompt. Add, insert an image into a PDF online Toolbar choose Content Edit > Image Edit > Add Image. Then followed by: osx_prompt$ brew install imagemagick First we run of course: osx_prompt$ brew update To install imagemagick in OSX I highly recommend homebrew.

The command we need is convert and it is part of a wonderful open source program called imagemagick.

In this day and age one meddling with computers should at least know some basic Linux. If you don’t have at least one Linux distribution at your disposal, it is time to change this. Move all the TIFFs to a single temporary directory that you can access from your command line.

How to add images to pdf