scan mass signatures

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I need to capture approximately 800 staff members signatures, so they can be stored electronically and used on forms/letters etc. Setting aside the security implications, what would the easiest and most cost effective way of doing this? I was thinking of simply passing an A4 sheet of paper around (at staff team meetings), with grid borders and asking staff to sign within each box, then scanning with a flatbed scanner and Photoshop.
Is this a viable option, or would there be a better approach? Thanks

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Hi
I need to capture approximately 800 staff members signatures, so they can be stored electronically and used on forms/letters etc. Setting aside the security implications, what would the easiest and most cost effective way of doing this? I was thinking of simply passing an A4 sheet of paper around (at staff team meetings), with grid borders and asking staff to sign within each box, then scanning with a flatbed scanner and Photoshop.
Is this a viable option, or would there be a better approach? Thanks

That works fine, done that been there, just specify they sign inside the box with no overlaps and they use a black felt tip pen, experiment and provide the pens, make sure it’s a big box then it’s easy to select.
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Hi
I need to capture approximately 800 staff members signatures, so they can be stored electronically and used on forms/letters etc. Setting aside the security implications, what would the easiest and most cost effective way of doing this? I was thinking of simply passing an A4 sheet of paper around (at staff team meetings), with grid borders and asking staff to sign within each box, then scanning with a flatbed scanner and Photoshop.
Is this a viable option, or would there be a better approach? Thanks

That works fine, done that been there, just specify they sign inside the box with no overlaps and they use a black felt tip pen, experiment and provide the pens, make sure it’s a big box then it’s easy to select.
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Agree completely. You might want to create your signature sheet with say blue outline for the boxes. Then, if you scan in color, you can easily see where to make the "cuts," and it might help keep their signatures "inside the box." Even if you scan in Greyscale, it should help them see their space better.
Hunt

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Hi
I need to capture approximately 800 staff members signatures, so they can be stored electronically and used on forms/letters etc. Setting aside the security implications, what would the easiest and most cost effective way of doing this? I was thinking of simply passing an A4 sheet of paper around (at staff team meetings), with grid borders and asking staff to sign within each box, then scanning with a flatbed scanner and Photoshop. Is this a viable option, or would there be a better approach? Thanks

That works fine, done that been there, just specify they sign inside the box with no overlaps and they use a black felt tip pen, experiment and provide the pens, make sure it’s a big box then it’s easy to select.

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Agree completely. You might want to create your signature sheet with say blue outline for the boxes. Then, if you scan in color, you can easily see where to make the "cuts," and it might help keep their signatures "inside the box." Even if you scan in Greyscale, it should help them see their space better.

Hunt

Thanks for the feedback guys.
This then leads to the next question – the scanning and slicing process within Photoshop.
If I scan to Photoshop, what is the quickest way of exporting each individual signature? I aim to have 6 or 8 signatures on an A4 sheet. Is it a matter of creating each sig as a layer using the rectangle marquee tool, and exporting that layer as a gif, or what other options do I have?
Thanks a lot.