place image in exact position of the page

Question

I have a page of text formatted in LaTeX and I want to place an image in some position of the page, so that it doest not change the text layout by any means - I mean as if I printed the page and glued an image in the place I wish. Is it possible to do it with LaTeX?

Answer 1

You can also do this with TikZ alone:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-3]

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
    \node [shift={(-6cm, -3.5cm)}, rotate=35] at (current page.north east)
        { \includegraphics[scale=0.6]{stamp.png} };
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Given the stamp.png, this produces:

Answer 2

When it comes to absolute positioning of an image at a specific spot of the page, the tikzpagenodes package, which loads tikz, is often useful. It knows the text area and other things. One can use xshift and yshift to place the image away from some standard anchor by a specified distance.

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{lipsum} 
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture] 
\node[anchor=north] at ([yshift=-1cm]current page text area.north){\includegraphics{example-image-duck}}; 
\end{tikzpicture} 
\lipsum[1-3] 
\end{document}