quickest way to remove background from signatures?

[jayser]

There's a couple of videos on youtube that show how to do this, but they're older videos from years ago & are long complicated methods.

is there any recent additions to photoshop that speeds up ability to remove background from signatures?

[mglush]

Hi!

What is the background composed of? What version of Photoshop are you using?

Can you post a screen shot of at least part of the signature so we can give you more effective solutions?

Michelle

[jane-e]

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@jayser wrote:

is there any recent additions to photoshop that speeds up ability to remove background from signatures?

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Do you mean the white background? If so, don't use a jpeg, because jpeg does not support transparency. Use a psd, tiff, or png, which all support transparency.

Since this is a Photoshop forum and you didn't mention a use, shall we assume you want to use the signature in Photoshop? If so, you can keep it in a Creative Cloud library, then drag and drop it to the current file.

If this does not answer your question, please clarify.

Jane

[Signfeld]

You want to actually get the signature, not obfuscate it?

Then I guess it all depends on what you define as a signature.

For example, if you recognize the font (maybe there are tools for it), use the same font and type/design it again.

If it's handwriting or artsy stuff, I can imagine it can need several techniques. In some of these, you look at the channels and pick or combine and enhance parts where it is defined best (channel masking).