Logo with transparent background

[kevgray]

Hi all, probably pretty simple but can't get it right. All I want is some plain text as a logo and export it with a transparent background, so it shows as simple text on my web site. I have Designer and Photo, but don't know the best way to do it.

Thanks, Kev Gray

[toltec]

1 hour ago, kevgray said:

Hi all, probably pretty simple but can't get it right. All I want is some plain text as a logo and export it with a transparent background, so it shows as simple text on my web site. I have Designer and Photo, but don't know the best way to do it.

Thanks, Kev Gray

 

There are alternatives but absolutely the safest method is to export (File > Export) as a GIF file. That has a transparent background and EVERY type of browser understands GIFs and you wont run into font problems.

 

[kevgray]

Thanks for the reply, but how do I create it with a transparent background in the first place (see attached).

I used Designer for this.

Kev

[Alfred]

You need to make sure that the document setup specifies a transparent canvas. The option is in a slightly different place depending on which app you’re using, and I don’t have either one in front of me right now, so please post back if you can’t find it!

For what it’s worth, I rarely use GIF for static images other than emoticons. PNG-8 files are almost always at least as small as GIFs, and by using PNG-32 instead of PNG-8 you can have alpha transparency (instead of a stark choice between fully on or fully off).

[kevgray]

Thanks Alfred, I've actually found 2 ways to do it.

1 - from the 'new' dialogue there's a checkbox for transparent (which I'd nmissed).

2 - or from the 'export' dialogue choose 'export without background'.

Cheers

[Jan79]

 

Pixel persona > document setup > check "transparent background"