Insert picture over pdf file - Mac Preview

Hey,
Preview in Mac OS X is a clever tool which i use very intensively (for taking notes on presentations, creating 1 document out of 2 pdf files, etc.). I do miss one big feature though and I am not sure if I just don't know how to do it or if it just doesn't exist.
I am filling out a form at the moment (pdf file) and at one point they ask to insert a recent passport picture. In Photoshop it's very easy to select (a part of) an image and drag it over to another document (creating layers- I don't need the layers, just explaining the principle). I have tried everything but I cannot drag the image over the existing pdf file. The only thing that seems possible is to drag the image and create another page in the pdf file thanks to the small menu on the right of the preview window.
Is there anyone able to tell me how to do this? I'd rather avoid printing the entire document just for a passport picture ;-)
Thanks!
p.s. I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5 on a Macbook Pro 13"

Depending on the OS X version you have in the computer,
the options available in Preview may vary somewhat.
Are you looking to resize just one page/image of a .pdf?
You could make a screen capture of it then change that.
And if you'd modified the default capture from .png to jpg
then it's even easier to do more with it later on.
And if the image itself is fairly good quality, enough to get
a clear image capture in screenshot (or if Grab would do)
resizing in Preview or in an empty browser window is easy.
You can make other screenshots to capture a changed size.
I'm sure there probably is another way to do it in software,
maybe even a pro application to extract images if the .pdf
is not locked or copywrite protected in content. I've used
a minimalistic way & that does OK for most things in Mac.
Good luck & happy computing!

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