Creating a Transparent Digital Signature for Electronically Signing Documents

Creating a Transparent Digital Signature for Electronically Signing Documents

 

Capturing your signature

 

                Option A – Scanner or Multi-Function Printer/Copier/Scanner

 

1. Using a Fine Tip felt pen (alternatively a marker or Sharpie, something that writes darker/bolder than a normal pen) sign the paper
   1. Blue typically converts clearer with higher resolution and ends up looking better when resizing the signature.
   2. Bigger is better.  We recommend folding a plain white piece of A4 paper in half (vertically) and signing large enough to fill 2/3 of that half sheet.

2. Unfold the paper and scan the image.
3. Send the image to yourself using one of the following methods:
   1. Scan to Email
   2. Scan to storage device (USB/Flash Drive) most network scanner/copier/printers have a USB port.
   3. Scan to file (if the scanner is connected directly to your PC

Option B – Using an external camera

 

1. Using a Fine tip felt pen (or a dark Pen, something that writes darker/bolder than a normal pen) sign the paper
   1. Blue typically converts clearer and ends up looking better
   2. Bigger is better.  We recommend folding a plain white piece of A4 paper in half (vertically) and signing large enough to fill 2/3 of that half sheet.

2. Take a picture of the signature with your cell phone or a webcam.
   1. Crop the image so there only your signature and a little margin of clear white paper is visible around,

3. Transfer the cropped image to your PC.  You can do this via Bluetooth, Email or OneDrive (if you have the app on your phone) or by the OTG cable that came with the phone.

 

 

Creating the transparent signature file

 

 

1. Open the imported image file in Adobe Acrobat (Reader or Pro)
2. Press the “Print Screen” button on your keyboard.
3. Open Microsoft Paint.
4. Press Ctrl + v on your keyboard to paste the screen shot from step 3.
5. Click the select tool in Paint.
6.  Drag a rectangle around the signature staying as close as possible to the outer edges of the signature.

7. Select “Crop”, and the image should be resized to the size of the rectangle in the previous step.
8. Select “Save As > Png Picture”, name the file “Signature”, and save it to your desktop.

 

 

Making the background transparent

 

1. Open a web browser & go to:  https://www1.lunapic.com/editor/?action=transparent
2. Locate & Click the Browse button to find your Signature.PNG file

3. In the File Explorer Window, browse to your Desktop, select the Signature.PNG file & click Open
   1. The file should automatically upload, if it does not simply click the Upload button
4. Click anywhere in the image to move on to the transparency adjustment svreen
5. Click around the background (the part of the signature you want to remove) until most of it is covered in the checkered pattern.

6. Move the transparency slider up until more of the background is replaced by the checkered pattern.

1. The goal is to remove as much background as possible.

2. OPTIONAL – If you would like to remove the remaining background (inside the loops), click the Eraser tool link

1. Select the finest drawing tool possible (top left corner of the image tile)

If you make a mistake and need to undo the changes,

hit the Back button on your browser & start at step 2.

 

2. Click & hold to “color” the remaining spots where you wish to remove the background

                      

7. When you are satisfied with the image, scroll down & click SAVE

8. Select the “Save File” radio button & click OK
9. Select the location you wish to save the image, enter a filename and click SAVE

10. Congratulations, you now have a transparent signature file you can insert into any document.  Please see other Knowledge Base Articles for instruction on how to add your signature to PDF’s or Word Documents

 

Inserted transparent Signature in Word Doc: