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Make A Transparent Signature
Make A Transparent Signature
Key Takeaways:
1. Go to http://pixlr.com
2. Click the Pixlr E or Advanced Photo Editor option
3. Click Open Image
4. Browse to your signature and open it
5. On the left you’ll see tools; select the Wand Select
6. On the toolbar above the image, set Tolerance to about 20
7. To the right of that setting, de-select Contiguous
8. Click anywhere in the white
1. Go to the Edit menu > Clear (or hit the Del button on your
keyboard)
2. Go to the Select menu > Deselect (or type Ctrl+D)
3. Go to the Page menu > Trim
Now give it a name and click Apply. It will save the image to your
Downloads folder.
If you already have Adobe Acrobat or another PDF editor, the instructions
will be very similar.
1. Go to the File menu in the PDF editor > New Document > With
Blank Pages and click OK
2. Click the drop-arrow next to the Stamps button (it’s near the far
right side of the PDF editor’s toolbar)
3. Click the Stamps Palette button below the stamps
4. The Stamps Palette will open in its own window
5. On the stamps palette, click the Add New button, then Add New
Image from File
6. Next to Image, click the folder button and browse out to the
signature you just made and open it (tip: if you can’t see your
file, make sure File Type is set to PNG)
7. Under New Stamp Options at the bottom, click Add New next to
Target Collection
8. Type “Signatures” then click OK
9. Click OK to add the stamp
Your signature will now appear as a stamp in the palette. You can close
the palette now.
You’re done creating your signature stamp. It’s ready to use. So let’s sign
something:
Your mouse cursor will turn to a rectangle; this is for placing your
signature. For now, click anywhere on the page. The Sign Document dialog
will open:
You will notice it asks for a digital certificate. If you don’t know what that
is, just click Create Certificate and follow the prompts. If you already have
a certificate, open it, or click the drop-arrow by Issued To to select it. You
only need to do this once.
Section 2 has details you can fill out when you sign a document. In
particular, look at the Permissions option. Here you can lock down your
PDF as tightly as you’d like.
What we care about, though is the section with <Sample Name>. This is
the actual stamp that will go on your document. This is your digital
signature, and it’s the part we want to customize:
Now you can see your signature in the stamp. The Display Text section
lets you choose what other elements you want to have in the stamp, like
date, location, reason, your typed name, etc. Customize it however you’d
like, then click OK. Click OK again to close the list of templates.
Now you’re ready to sign your document. Fill out the information on the
Sign Document dialog, then click OK. Your signature will be placed on the
document.
You will usually be prompted to save a new copy of the PDF. The new copy
is signed and secured.
We created your signature as a PNG file. This is a basic image file that
works just about anywhere. For example, to place it in a Word document: