Create a See-through Stamp
Fade a seal so it reads as a watermark across a page instead of hiding the text it is stamped over.
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Drop a stamp or seal — image or PDF
PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG or a 1-page PDF — up to 20 MB
Runs entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.
What a faded seal is for
Opacity is the alpha channel
Lowering opacity scales the transparency of every pixel, so the page underneath genuinely shows through. It is not the same as picking a paler ink, which would look wrong the moment the background changed.
Finding the level
A seal covers more area than a signature, so it needs to sit lighter to stay out of the way. Thirty to forty-five percent usually works across a full page. Much above that and it competes with the text it is meant to annotate.
DRAFT, PAID, CONFIDENTIAL
This is the classic document watermark: a large seal laid diagonally across the page, faint enough to read through. The value is that the status travels with the file, so a printed copy still carries it.
Not a security measure
A faded seal marks status and discourages casual reuse. It is not protection, since anyone can crop or paint it out. Treat it as a label rather than a lock.
Works on any background
Because the transparency is real, the same file sits correctly on white paper, on a coloured template, and over a photograph. One export covers every case.
How to create a see-through stamp
Upload the stamp
Drop in the seal, ideally one that is already transparent so only the ink fades. Scanned to PDF instead? A single-page PDF works as well — page 1 is turned into an image in your browser.
Set the opacity
Drag the slider down. The checkerboard behind the result shows exactly how much shows through.
Download
Take a free preview, or download the full-resolution PNG with one credit.
Where a translucent seal works
Draft and confidential marks
Lay a status seal across a page without making the content unreadable.
Paid and settled
Mark invoices as paid in a way that survives printing and forwarding.
Proofs for clients
Send a readable proof that is visibly not the final deliverable.
Archive copies
Distinguish a filed duplicate from the original at a glance.
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.
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Make a see-through stamp
Upload, set the opacity, and download a translucent seal.