Convert a Rubber Stamp to Digital
Take a photo or scan of a real stamped impression and turn it into a clean transparent PNG you can place on any document.
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Drop a photo, scan or PDF of a stamped impression
PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG or a 1-page PDF — up to 20 MB
Runs entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.
Rescuing a photographed impression
A real impression is uneven
Ink pools at the edges and thins in the middle, the paper has texture, and the camera adds a gradient. That is why the default cut-off here is 150 — lower than every other stamp page, because a photographed impression is darker and dirtier than a digital source.
Press it properly first
The single biggest improvement happens before any software: fresh ink, plain white paper, one firm press with no rocking. A clean impression thresholds in one pass; a smudged one never quite does.
Reading the slider
Lower the cut-off until the paper texture disappears, then stop. If rim text starts breaking up you have gone too far and lost detail that no later step can bring back.
Re-inking after the fact
The tint replaces whatever colour the physical ink was, so a black test impression can become the red you actually want. Photograph in whatever ink you have and set the colour here.
The paper goes away
The light half of the image is deleted rather than whitened, so the result drops onto a coloured document or a scan without a white rectangle behind it.
Getting a clean impression
One firm press, no rocking
Rocking the stamp doubles the edges and no threshold will separate them. Press straight down and lift straight up.
Coated paper beats copier paper
Uncoated stock absorbs ink and adds texture that reads as speckle. A smooth or lightly coated sheet gives a far cleaner edge.
Watch for shadow gradients
A shadow across the page is a brightness ramp, and no single cut-off separates a ramp from ink. Shoot in flat, indirect light.
How to convert a rubber stamp to digital
Press and photograph
Fresh ink, plain white paper, even light, no shadow across the impression. Scanned to PDF instead? A single-page PDF works as well — page 1 is turned into an image in your browser.
Lower the cut-off
Bring it down until the paper vanishes, and stop before the rim text starts breaking.
Set the ink and download
Choose the final colour, then take the preview or the full-resolution PNG.
Where a digitised stamp is used
Digitising an office stamp
Get the company seal you already own into your documents.
Remote sign-off
Apply the real received or approved mark without printing anything.
Archiving a set
Capture every stamp in the drawer before the rubber perishes.
Replacing a worn die
Preserve the artwork of an old stamp before having a new one cut.
Or just ask
Describe the edit in your own words
Type what you want changed and the assistant does it on the canvas — each step lands as a layer you can reopen, so nothing it does is baked in.
No edits yet.
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Digitise your rubber stamp
Press it, photograph it, get a transparent PNG.