save as iText.Layout.Element.Image in folder

Question

i want to save pdf page as image but no success. i am able to create iText.Layout.Element.Image from pdf with itext7 but stuck here

using var pdfreader = new PdfReader("../../../documents/valid.pdf");
PdfDocument origPdf = new PdfDocument(pdfreader);
PdfPage origPage = origPdf.GetPage(1);
using var stream = new MemoryStream();
using var pdfwriter = new PdfWriter(stream);
PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(pdfwriter);
Document document = new Document(pdf);
PdfFormXObject pageCopy = origPage.CopyAsFormXObject(pdf);
Image image = new Image(pageCopy);
// want to save this image

Answer 1

The iText 7 Image class is (according to JavaDocs) a layout element that represents an image for inclusion in the document model. It essentially can wrap arbitrary contents to be added to the contents of some page (or form XObject, ...) in an image like manner. It is not, however, an arbitrary-content-to-bitmap converter.

If you want to render a page as a bitmap using iText 7 components, consider using the iText 7 Core add-on pdfRender.