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Overlay with positioning

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:09 pm
by w.bromley
Hi Guys!

I have some base artwork, say 1 page A4, that I need to overlay pre-existing mailing labels onto. The labels exist as pages in a PDF - but the pages are not the same size as the base artwork.

I can split down into individual pages - but im stuck on how to say "overlay this smaller page onto this base artwork at x y position".

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Overlay with positioning

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:24 pm
by jan_suhr
Easiest is to make the labels PDF to A4 too with the positioning of the address corresponding to your result

Re: Overlay with positioning

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:05 pm
by w.bromley
That sounds about right to me - how can I do that? They are currently in 2 files of around 500 pages (records) each.

Apologies - I dont have much experience with Pitstop Actions and that kind of thing...

Re: Overlay with positioning

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:34 pm
by freddyp
The "Overlay PDF" action has positioning capabilities:
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Based on your description of the problem, I think that is your solution.

Re: Overlay with positioning

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:55 pm
by w.bromley
Yep thats awesome - thanks very much!