Module development and code questions

Hi-

I am a beginner php programmer (though very good at learning through example) and I am attempting to modify the Image module to output the gallery in a different format along the lines of
_______________________________________________________
|[thumb1]*| [Description]
|********| [link to full sized image1] [link to attached pdf file1]
|_________|_____________________________________________
|[thumb2]* | [Description]
|********| [link to full sized image2] [link to attached pdf file2]
|_________|_____________________________________________
|[thumb3]* | [Description]
|********| [link to full sized image3] [link to attached pdf file3]
|_________|_____________________________________________

*=blank space

Several questions:

1. How do I use the modified image.module (to be renamed pdfimage.module) while continuing to run the original image.module- where are all of the instances where i must modify the code or file/directory names or global variables, etc? This is my most important question, how to run multiple instances of image.module...

2. How do i call the attached file location using my node? I am using the attachement module to upload an attached PDF files...

3. Is there a way to automatically generate thumbnails of (page 1 of) PDFs? How do I incorporate this into image module?

4. Is there anyone who has coded something very similar and would be willing to share the code? Is there anyone who would like to code this for me (for no cost :)

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