Signing a PDF?
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- nylon
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Is there anyway of putting a scan of my signature on a PDF?
The way I have always done it is
Save the A4 pdf
Place the A4 into indesign
Place the signature the same file
Save indesign doc
Export as PDFet voila
SURELY there has to be a quicker way?
I have Acrobat Pro X
Thanks
- vaxorcist0
sign a piece of paper, photograph or scan it
then open the PDF in photoshop, layer the signature on top of it, cut out the white for transparent background if you have to, then save-as-PDF from photoshop. yes, the file gets much bigger.
- fyoucher10
Here's how I do it. Kind of how like others said but without having to manually create the transparency.
Signature:
- Sign on piece of paper with pen but make it larger than what you normally would.
- Scan it high res.
- Crop in Photoshop. KEEP WHITE BACKGROUND.
- Save as JPEG.Adding it to a PDF:
- Open PDF by dragging PDF to Adobe Illustrator icon.
- Illustrator will ask you to open a specific page. Open the page where you need to sign. No need to open all pages.
- Go to File > Place ...and then select your signature image file.
- Set the blending mode for that image to "Multiply".
- Reposition and scale signature image on signature line.
- Now type in the signature date, your title, etc using a font. Looks professional.
- Now save the PDF. It shouldn't ask you if you want to overwrite it.Now when you open the PDF it'll be just as high res as the one you got but with a nice tidy signature and readable signature info.
- vsplus0
Open the pdf in Preview (mac).
In Preview, open the Annotation Toolbar.
There is a Signature icon (should be icon #8 from the left).
It allows you to take a picture of your signature through your webcam.
Place your signature.
Save as a pdf.
Woila.- I discovered it a few weeks ago. It saves your signature so you don't need to make a new one for another pdf.vsplus
- nylon0
Thanks for this guys and gals - pretty much what I do but in inD...
I know there is a 'sign' feature in Acrobat and simply wondered if you could do it that way...
Good to know we are doing it the same way and Im not being thick...
- nylon0
FYI - I just found a tool in Acrobat X that lets you draw it on screen with the mouse... Kind of works...
- fyoucher10
The sign feature in Acrobat uses a digital signature, which is totally kosher legally, but clients might look at it awkwardly since it'lll just look like typed in words around a box with your title, date, and cert#. Also, that actually takes more time with the clicking of dialog boxes than doing it the way mentioned above.
Like I mentioned above, do it in Illustrator, not InDesign (maybe Indesign takes a lot more work or something. In AI it's not a hassle at all). It literally takes a minute or less once you've set up the signature file.
- In less steps. Open Page > Place > Set Blend Mode > Scale & Position > Save. Done.
- nylon0
vsplus - what version of preview?
- sine0
it's kinda annoying that you can't import/place an image in acrobat x, but doing it in indesign doesn't take too long.
- pillhead0
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