create+a+signature+graphic

How to make a signature that you can insert into email or word documents (this is not security, it's just a picture of your signature)

Sign a piece of paper. scan it. open the file in photoshop. make the white bg transparent (see step 5 above, then use the magic wand tool to select the white background color, then select similar, then delete). save as gif (step 10 above)

Even simpler way to make a digital signature on a Mac using Preview - http://www.macworld.com/article/2025983/how-to-sign-digital-documents.html

How to create a signature using Adobe Reader and a webcam:  http://www.lynda.com/articles/sign-a-pdf-document-with-your-webcam