---
name: "Image::ExifTool::PDF"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::PDF"
---

# Image::ExifTool::PDF(3pm)

Read PDF meta information

## NAME

Image::ExifTool::PDF - Read PDF meta information

## SYNOPSIS

This module is loaded automatically by Image::ExifTool when required.

## DESCRIPTION

This code reads meta information from PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) files.  It supports object streams introduced in PDF-1.5 but only with a limited set of Filter and Predictor algorithms, however all standard encryption methods through PDF-2.0 are supported, including AESV2 (AES-128) and AESV3 (AES-256).

## AUTHOR

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## REFERENCES

- \<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index\_reference.html\>

  - Crypt::RC4

  - \<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/PDF32000\_2008.pdf\>

  - \<http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/adobe\_supplement\_iso32000.pdf\>

  - \<http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc3454\>

  - \<http://www.armware.dk/RFC/rfc/rfc4013.html\>

  ## SEE ALSO

"PDF Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/Image::ExifTool/3pm.md)