#  `multibackground`

Use multiple pages as backgrounds
## Usage
> pdftl `<input>` `multibackground` `<background_pdf>` `[<page_spec>...]` `[layer_name` `<name>]` `output` `<file>`

## Details
Underlay pages from the background PDF behind the corresponding pages
in the input PDF: page 1 is placed behind page 1 of the input, etc.

If no page specs are given, the operation applies to all pages. Page specs use the same syntax as `rotate` and `cat` — see `pdftl help page_specs`.

Note: If the overlay/background PDF contains its own internal layers (OCGs), they will be flattened and merged into the page content. Individual toggleability of the source's internal layers is not preserved.
## Examples

> Multi-page background
```
pdftl in.pdf multibackground bgs.pdf output out.pdf
```

> Apply multi-page background to pages 1, 3, and 5 only
```
pdftl in.pdf multibackground bgs.pdf 1,3,5 output out.pdf
```


**Tags**: in_place, overlay, layer

*Source: pdftl.operations.overlay*

*Read online: [https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operations/multibackground.html](https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operations/multibackground.html)*

*Type: Operation*