How do I bring text to the front in Acrobate 2020 Pro

[Greg Scher]

I am using Acrobat 2020 Pro and trying to mark pages as exhibits. However, when I assign a letter or number to an exhibit, it hides the text so it cannot be seen. I have tried changing the layers, but nothing seems to work. The only fix that I can find is to change the opacity of the exhibit sticker to 50%, and then everything looks washed out and extremely unprofessional.

Please help because my deadline is racing up on me!

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[try67]

Change the opacity of the stamp itself, after applying it (via its Properties), not of the image within it.

[Greg Scher]

If you look at the attachment that I uploaded in the OP, you will see that the image opacity is at 50%. That is the only way you can see the numbering or lettering of the black text. I need to know how to bring the text to the front or move the image to the back, so I can increase the image opacity back to 100%

[try67]

The opacity setting you need to modify is that of the applied stamp, not of the stamp file itself.

Here's how the same stamp looks like at 100% and 50% opacity:

[Greg Scher]

The stamp I can change. You keep thinking I want to adjust the opacity of the stamp. I know how to do that because I have adjusted it to 50%.

I need to be able to bring the TEXT TO THE FRONT!

When I try to type the exhibit identifier number or letter, I am unable to see it because the stamp hides it. Hence, I changed the stamp opacity to 50%. But they look washed out and unacceptable to the court.

How can I make the text visible on the stamp with the stamp opacity set to 100%? The court will not accept the stamp opacity at anything less than 100%. Look at the attachment, and you will see what I am talking about. I adjusted the image to 100% and moved it so that you can see how it overlays the text. I need the text to appear on top of the stamp.

I don't know how to make this any more clear.

[try67]

If you want the text underneath it to be 100% visible behind the stamp you must use a transparent background for the stamp (not related to the opacity level of the stamp image, or the stamp).

If you want the stamp to not look "washed out" then use a vector-based image, not a bitmap.

[Bernd Alheit]

Want you the number be part of the stamp?

[Greg Scher]

Yes, exactly. The other guy doesn't get it, and he never will. I have repeatedly told him that the court will not accept reduced opacity.

How do I type letters or numbers on top of the stamp so that they may be seen without reducing the opacity of the stamp?

[try67]

Wow... You're welcome for the help, by the way. Good luck with your problem.

[Greg Scher]

But you didn't help at all. You kept telling me to do the same thing that I repeatedly showed you I had already done. So keep your sarcasm and take a reading comprehension course. It's not my fault that you can't comprehend what I have patiently explained to you at least three times and shown you in at least two different screenshots.

I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE OPACITY OF THE STAMP -- I NEED TO GET THE TEXT ON TOP OF THE STAMP!

[Bernd Alheit]

Use a dynamic stamp for this.

[Greg Scher]

How do I change the stamp to a Dynamic stamp?

[Bernd Alheit]

May be this helps:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/dynamic_stamp_secrets/

[Greg Scher]

Dude, I'm just going to give up, quit the business of law, and apply to be a line cook at McDonald's! I have been farting around with this stupid stamp issue since last night. I haven't had any sleep at all, and I am nowhere closer to getting the stamps fixed than I was when I first started.

Thanks for the info. But it doesn't help.

[Greg Scher]

Changing it to a Dynamic stamp didn't work either. Is there an Adobe employee who knows anything about this?