How to create a transparent signature image.

Open Signature Image Maker. Draw signature opens a blank pad and needs no upload. Type signature creates a name in an included handwriting style. Import signature photo is for an existing handwritten mark on plain light paper.

The before-and-after example in this article uses the included fictional Alex Morgan signature scan, a 1400 by 550 pixel image. The video demonstrates the alternative drawing workflow, including selection and rotation. These are different starting methods in the same tool.

For the article example, import the signature sample and keep Clean up a signature photo selected. Enable Remove light paper background and keep Paper removal strength at 215. Enable Use selected ink color and choose #244EB8 for the blue ink.

The cleanup makes light pixels transparent; it does not recognize handwriting. Lowering the threshold removes more light and midtone pixels and can remove faint ink too. Turn off recoloring if you need to preserve the original ink colors.

For a drawn signature, use Select to choose the object before changing Ink color or Pen thickness. With no object selected, those controls apply to the next signature. New signature creates another object. The pad supports up to 200 strokes and 8,000 recorded points.

Select the signature and drag it to move it. Use its corner handles to resize it and the round upper-right handle to rotate it. Hold Shift for 15-degree rotation steps, or enter an exact Rotation value in Settings. Left and Right make quarter turns. Undo and Redo recover recent changes.

For a typed signature, enter up to 100 characters and compare the included fonts with the previous and next buttons. Use system fonts requests local-font access only when the browser supports it; the included choices remain available without permission.

To reproduce the photo example, keep rotation at zero, enable Trim empty space, set Padding to 30 and Output width to 1600. Trimming follows the visible mark, so the final height depends on the signature and the surrounding padding.

Keep PNG and select Start. Download the result and place it over a colored background to verify that the paper has become transparent. The comparison uses the actual downloaded blue signature, with its transparent area preserved in the WebP illustration.

JPG uses a white background. SVG is available for Draw mode because it exports the drawn stroke paths; typed text and imported photos use raster output. The result is a signature image, not identity verification or a certificate-backed document signature.