topic Re: insert pdf and make it transparent in State & Local Government Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/state-local-government-questions/insert-pdf-and-make-it-transparent/m-p/140288#M842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Kathleen,</P><P></P><P>It sounds like you are digitizing plats over some aerial imagery. There are several ways to import the image from the pdf, but what I would suggest is saving the plat as an image, such as a .tiff or .jpg,&nbsp; once you have it saved in this format, which is essentially a raster, you can use the add data tool to import into your .mxd, then use the georeferencing tools to rectify the image to the ortho-imagery. Check out the following link for more help</P><P></P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/EN/HELP/MAIN/10.1/index.html#/Fundamentals_of_georeferencing_a_raster_dataset/009t000000mn000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/EN/HELP/MAIN/10.1/index.html#/Fundamentals_of_georeferencing_a_raster_dataset/009t000000mn000000/">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:02:07 GMT MartinMollenhauer1 2015-11-23T20:02:07Z insert pdf and make it transparent https://community.esri.com/t5/state-local-government-questions/insert-pdf-and-make-it-transparent/m-p/140287#M841 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I used to do this years ago and cannot remember how. I have parcel maps and I want to insert them into my ArcMap and set the<BR />transparency to about 50% percent. I can insert the map as a pdf or a jpeg, but how to I make it a little transparent so I can see<BR />the orthophoto behind the pdf. I want to use the pdf as rough guide as I digitize over it.<BR />Thanks<BR />Katy </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Nov 2015 01:43:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/state-local-government-questions/insert-pdf-and-make-it-transparent/m-p/140287#M841 KathleenWallis 2015-11-05T01:43:02Z Re: insert pdf and make it transparent https://community.esri.com/t5/state-local-government-questions/insert-pdf-and-make-it-transparent/m-p/140288#M842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Kathleen,</P><P></P><P>It sounds like you are digitizing plats over some aerial imagery. There are several ways to import the image from the pdf, but what I would suggest is saving the plat as an image, such as a .tiff or .jpg,&nbsp; once you have it saved in this format, which is essentially a raster, you can use the add data tool to import into your .mxd, then use the georeferencing tools to rectify the image to the ortho-imagery. Check out the following link for more help</P><P></P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/EN/HELP/MAIN/10.1/index.html#/Fundamentals_of_georeferencing_a_raster_dataset/009t000000mn000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/EN/HELP/MAIN/10.1/index.html#/Fundamentals_of_georeferencing_a_raster_dataset/009t000000mn000000/">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:02:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/state-local-government-questions/insert-pdf-and-make-it-transparent/m-p/140288#M842 MartinMollenhauer1 2015-11-23T20:02:07Z