photog601 Loc: New York, NY

rrg6481, what a great idea thank you!

rrg6481 Loc: USA

read the whole tutorial...its quite simple to remove the black or white background without having to use magic wand or manipulating it any other way.

rrg6481 Loc: USA

I found if your signature is a bit transparent after removing the background you can treat it with curves to darken the black or add opacity to the white.

Rich Maher Loc: Sonoma County, CA

I print my name in pencil on the bottom right of the print along with the last two numbers of the year
R. Maher 13

rrg6481 Loc: USA

on the photo or on the mat?

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Crop out the excess.

Rich Maher Loc: Sonoma County, CA

In pencil on the mat

Photographer Jim Loc: Rio Vista, CA

I am at an art festival selling this weekend. For what it is worth, there are six photographers here (smallish show, so a smaller than normal sample set). Three are offering canvas wrap prints. two do not sign their canvases, one does. He signs by hand. One guy across from me is selling some prints under glass, and some large surface mounts (very unusual treatments - on wood with other wood and metal embelishments). The framed pieces are all signed by hand in the margin between the print and the mat. The special large pieces are signed on the back. Two of us are selling matted prints under glass exclusively.. Both of us sign by hand on the mat. (my unmatted prints are signed in the margin.) none of the artists here use a digital signature. One artist's comment was that "digital signatures are only appropriate for poster art".

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

I suppose one would have to define a digital signature; two options come to mind. The first is a computer-generated signature using fonts available in most graphic and word processing programs (Snell Roundhand is one such font and is similar to those used for wedding or graduation invitations); the second is an image of a genuine signature, cropped and resized for the item to be signed. I keep a copy of the second on a thumb-drive and have inserted it into legal documents. There is, I suppose, a third option, if one wishes to go to the trouble and expense. Some on-line businesses will take an example of handwriting (a rather extensive sample for the best result) and graphically morph it into a computer font that closely resembles actual handwriting. The only problem with all of these options is that a signature made with any is duplicated exactly each time it is used, much like signatures on currency. However, the second option is good enough for me; I used it for many years to avoid hand cramps when I had 20-30 business checks to sign. I did take the precaution of regenerating the image every few weeks to ensure some variation for an auditor; only the company president was allowed to use a facsimile and that was a rubber stamp. Anyway, there you have three choices of avoiding actual signatures. If your cursive skills are as poor as mine, you might want to avail yourself of one of these "shortcuts" to writing your signature multiple times.

anotherview Loc: California

Did not read the whole thread. For my part, I initial the back of my prints. I also note the serial number there. Finally, I write the date, and usually a brief description indicating subject and location.