Stamps in Acrobat

Report · Mar 16, 2016

My previous workstation ran Windows XP. The most current of Acrobat Reader for that OS created custom stamps that did not have a white background - the image/linework/text would show, while any white space was transparent and allowed whatever was under the .pdf to show. I now have a Windows 10 workstation, with both the most current version of Reader and Acrobat DC. Now any stamps I create (either from printing from my CAD program to .pdf or from an image file) has a white background. The only solution I've found to this has involved using Photoshop to remove the background, but I do not have that program. I need to create custom stamps from a CAD drawing, so that I can mark up .pdf plans with custom symbols. Any suggestions that don't include purchasing new software? These symbols are not black-and-white, either, I need to be able to do this in color. Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated. I'd even settle for a method to import my old stamps. I do still have access to the hard drive from my previous workstation, but the .pdfs from which I created those stamps have a background. I would need to be able to get to the stamps themselves, wherever Acrobat hides them. TIA

Report · Mar 16, 2016

If you want to see the background behind the stamp, then the image you are using has to use a transparent background. This means that your old stamps were created with transparent backgrounds.

You can certainly move your old stamps to your new computer. See here for more information about how to do that: How do I migrate my custom stamps from XI to DC? Where is the "stamps" folder in DC?

Depending on which version of Acrobat you had on WinXP, you may have to adjust the paths a bit.

Report · Mar 17, 2016

Thank you! I'm anxious to try to it, but won't get to it until tomorrow. Didn't want to wait that long to let you know that I appreciate the help, though.