This can work (we do it in our internal systems) - but you have to be very aware of how PDF works. The image draw operations are laying the images down onto a canvas. You can't just blindly extract the images, because it's quite possible that the images are designed to be laid down on top of each other, etc... (as you've discovered).
We handle this by creating a BufferedImage, then actually rendering the images onto it (you'll have to do coordinate transformation, bit depth adjustments, etc...). It definitely works, but it's not going to be a no brainer that you can just do using an existing API in iText. If you want something out of the box, consider licensing JPedal. Cheers, -- View this message in context: http://itext-general.2136553.n4.nabble.com/getting-images-from-pdf-tp4633970p4635086.html Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
