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save signature from preview to desktop in Ventura

On my Mac I want to save electronic signature in preview to my desktop, when I create a signature from sketch on my iPhone for pages & want to resize & position it changes the documents settings. How can I just simply slide from desktop to document, in this case pages?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 12:06 PM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2023 8:32 AM

chefeh wrote:

On my Mac I want to save electronic signature in preview to my desktop, when I create a signature from sketch on my iPhone for pages & want to resize & position it changes the documents settings. How can I just simply slide from desktop to document, in this case pages?


not possible. Sig files in Preview.app are highly guarded (encrypted) for security purposes...


Do something independent— create a stand alone image with a transparent background, to copy & paste as needed


ex.




ref: Fill out and sign a PDF form in Preview on Mac - Apple Support


ref: Extract an image or remove a background in Preview on Mac



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Sep 5, 2023 8:32 AM in response to chefeh

chefeh wrote:

On my Mac I want to save electronic signature in preview to my desktop, when I create a signature from sketch on my iPhone for pages & want to resize & position it changes the documents settings. How can I just simply slide from desktop to document, in this case pages?


not possible. Sig files in Preview.app are highly guarded (encrypted) for security purposes...


Do something independent— create a stand alone image with a transparent background, to copy & paste as needed


ex.




ref: Fill out and sign a PDF form in Preview on Mac - Apple Support


ref: Extract an image or remove a background in Preview on Mac



Sep 5, 2023 8:39 AM in response to chefeh

Preview won't allow exporting signatures, and they are poor quality when screen captured to the Desktop. If you want a professional signature, then acquire a digitizer tablet, generate a signature external to Preview, and then flood remove the background from that signature image using something like the Affinity Designer or Photo trial.

save signature from preview to desktop in Ventura

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