Hello Dp'ers I am stuck with a problem in creating a logo for my site..... I am using corel draw 12 and I want to know how can I make a logo background transparent.... Please Refer the DP logo below for better understanding.... Please don't give replies suggesting me to use photoshop or any other logo designing software...
Please explain your answer here! It would be cool to know. Because I am trying to figure out the same thing! Does it involve going to LAYERS?
In order to make a transparent background: I use photoshop, so this is going to be based on photoshop.) First, if the image you're trying to make transparent is a render, or has a solid color background, then you're in luck. Use the Magic Wand tool to select the background color, and click delete. ( If your background layer is locked, unlock it, and delete it, but only if it doesn't containt your logo content). If your background isn't a single color then you'll have to take a little more time. Open the logo, and select the Polygonal Lasso tool (or pen tool, or magnetic lasso, depending on what you're best with.) Trace out the part of your logo that you're wanting to keep. When you have a selection of your logo, right click inside the selection (with the lasso tool or marquee tool selected) and click Duplicate Layer. This will create a new layer with only the content that you want. Delete all other layers except the one you've just created (the duplicated lyaer). This should leave you with a transparent background. If you're going to start from scratch, and don't have a pre-existing logo: When you go to create a new file, there's an option in the window that comes up that asks for background contents. I think, by default, it's set to white. Click the dropdown arrow, and select transparent. This will create a new transparent document for you to work with. In order for a transparency to show up online, you must save the file as a .GIF or .PNG. These are the only two file types that can display transparency. NOTE: I'm not at home, so I can't pull up photoshop to give exact directions and quotes, but you should be able to figure it out by what I've posted.
PIGGY: Great info (SEE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT!)....this is a PHotoshop forum, so I use photoshop too and can you indicate by clicking on LAYEWRS> etc.? This way? Makes it easier to interpret and understand. You do a great job of explaining although you could shorten the steps by telling us what to click on top (like in screenshot)....I did a logo for Lamborghini and this is a sample.
Thesedays PNG's format is most using everywhere it is widely supported by latest browsers except IE6 for IE6 you may need to convert into GIF
Well, as I mentioned, I wasn't at home, so I couldn't tell you the steps word for word. But, I'm home now, and will be glad to provide a better explanation. To create a new transparent image from scratch: 1. File>New. You'll be greeted with a "New" window pop-up. Click the arrow for Background Contents, and select Transparent. (NOTE: The white and gray squares in the background indicate transparency) http://j.imagehost.org/t/0841/1_43.jpg 2. Draw whatever you want on this newly created transparent document. http://j.imagehost.org/t/0127/2_22.jpg When you save it, save it as .gif or .png. http://j.imagehost.org/t/0431/3_10.jpg Now on to removing the background from your current image. 1. Open up your image. If it was created in Photoshop, and you have the original .psd, then you're lucky. Simply delete the background layer from the layers palette, and save as a .gif/.png. If the image is .jpg, .png, or any other file type, then you're going to have to use some Photoshop tools to accomplish the background removal. 2. Method: Magic Wand >> This method is usually only used on an image with a solid color background. Select your Magic Wand tool from the Tools palette. http://j.imagehost.org/t/0337/4_5.jpg Once you have the wand selected, look at the properties bar at the top of your screen for the Magic Wand tool, and make sure the Tolerance is set to 32. (This is the most common setting, the lower the number, the more precise the selection.) http://j.imagehost.org/t/0634/5_1.jpg Now, click on the background of your image. This will select all the white (or BG color) that touches each other. You'll notice the white inside his arms, and the white inside the text, but we'll take care of that in a minute. Press the Delete key, and you should be done. 3. Once you've deleted the original selection, look for any spots that the wand missed, like the parts inside the bull's arms, and the holes in the text. http://j.imagehost.org/t/0038/6_2.jpg Use the Magic Wand tool to select the white, and Delete it too. Once done, save as .gif/.png. Now, if your image doesn't have such a clean background, you'll need to use the Lasso Tool (I prefer the Polygonal Lasso) to trace out the outline of the part of the image you're wanting to keep. Once you have the desired part traced and selected, press Ctrl+I to invert your selection, and then the Delete key to delete the surrounding background. (It may be necessary to unlock and delete the background layer of the image, depending on the image format. You'll know if you need to do this when you delete the inverted selections contents, and it doesn't turn transparent. If, when you delete it, it fills it with a color, then you'll need to delete the background layer and then delete the contents of the selection again.) Finished Product:
Great explanation...... BTW making background transparent is much easier in corel draw according to me.... Steps: While exporting the image... select .png or .gif format (ctrl + e to export an image) In the next screen that appears make sure that the "transparent background" is checked. http://i42.tinypic.com/e0sy0l.jpg Click OK In the next screen click on the radio button which says "Image color" and using the color picker select the color that you want to be transparent... http://i44.tinypic.com/1k878.jpg Final image