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Struggling with this and have gotten close but still cant get it right. Using PE4 and have read the help file but not getting very far
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture opens with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to make the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.
What I tried so far is to open the picture and using the magic wand tool, I was able to lift the signature and use it to create a new file…so far this was looking good. In the New file I selected an image with transparent background. Pasted the copy of the signature and it all looked well. The background was blank or so I thought..it had black and white checker boxes. Now I save the image as JPG and to my surprise when I opened it again the background was still white…:-(
What am I doing wrong?
Just as an aside when I use MS excel and insert my signature, Excel has a toolbox that I can click on the signature to make it transparent and all that’s left is my actual signature so you can see through when pasted on a document. I need this effect because lots of other programs do not have that feature, most notably adobe acrobat (V5). When I paste my signature on a pdf document my signature is on a white square which blocks information.
Hope I explained it properly and not too long 🙂
Thanks
Bill
I have a scanned picture of my signature and saved as JPG. The picture opens with my signature but a white background, which is expected. I need to make the background transparent and cant figure out how to do it.
What I tried so far is to open the picture and using the magic wand tool, I was able to lift the signature and use it to create a new file…so far this was looking good. In the New file I selected an image with transparent background. Pasted the copy of the signature and it all looked well. The background was blank or so I thought..it had black and white checker boxes. Now I save the image as JPG and to my surprise when I opened it again the background was still white…:-(
What am I doing wrong?
Just as an aside when I use MS excel and insert my signature, Excel has a toolbox that I can click on the signature to make it transparent and all that’s left is my actual signature so you can see through when pasted on a document. I need this effect because lots of other programs do not have that feature, most notably adobe acrobat (V5). When I paste my signature on a pdf document my signature is on a white square which blocks information.
Hope I explained it properly and not too long 🙂
Thanks
Bill
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