public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases) { try { PdfContentByte cb = canvases[PdfPTable.BACKGROUNDCANVAS]; PdfPatternPainter patternPainter = cb.createPattern(image.getScaledWidth(), image.getScaledHeight()); image.setAbsolutePosition(0, 0); patternPainter.addImage(image); cb.saveState(); cb.setPatternFill(patternPainter); cb.rectangle( position.getLeft(), position.getBottom(), position.getWidth(), position.getHeight()); cb.fill(); cb.restoreState(); } catch (DocumentException e) { throw new ExceptionConverter(e); } }