A little help with Photoshop please.

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This question is non-photographic but I'm sure that someone will know the answer.

I am currently creating a flyer for my sons business and I have his logo which opens up in my Photoshop 7.0 and behind the logo is a series of grey and white squares (like a chess board)which fills the space where there is no logo. Now when I insert this logo into my Microsoft Publisher I can get the logo into the correct position on the flyer but, the grey and white squares become a totally white background and cover up the original background and so the appearance is of a logo in a white square, which I don't want. I just want the logo sitting on the background of bubbles that I have created, without the white square around it.
Anyone know how I can get rid of the white square please. Many thanks.
 
Bluenose said:
This question is non-photographic but I'm sure that someone will know the answer.

I am currently creating a flyer for my sons business and I have his logo which opens up in my Photoshop 7.0 and behind the logo is a series of grey and white squares (like a chess board)which fills the space where there is no logo. Now when I insert this logo into my Microsoft Publisher I can get the logo into the correct position on the flyer but, the grey and white squares become a totally white background and cover up the original background and so the appearance is of a logo in a white square, which I don't want. I just want the logo sitting on the background of bubbles that I have created, without the white square around it.
Anyone know how I can get rid of the white square please. Many thanks.
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Hi,

The chequered pattern represents transparency, so in photoshop you can see through the background onto the layers beneath it. I'm not sure how publisher deals with transparency, but try saving the logo as a gif or png, whilst ensuring you preserve transparency when asked, then put that file into publisher.

I've just tried this. Both work but png files carry gradients (which may be in your logo) better. :)
 
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St-ephen said:
Hi,

The chequered pattern represents transparency, so in photoshop you can see through the background onto the layers beneath it. I'm not sure how publisher deals with transparency, but try saving the logo as a gif or png, whilst ensuring you preserve transparency when asked, then put that file into publisher.

I've just tried this. Both work but png files carry gradients (which may be in your logo) better. :)
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Hi Stephen, Thank you for this. I will give it a go immediately. Thanks again. I'll let you know how I get on.

Unfortunately I am not given the option in Photoshop 7.0 to save in either of the formats that you suggest so shall have to think of something else. Thank you for trying, much appreciated.
 
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you may be able to "export" or "save as". I can't remember using ps 7.
I know it is possible though..

OR if you want to post it here I'll save as for you..

I've just thrown an old laptop with ps7 on it into service.

you can definitely <file><save as> and select png from the drop down list. The resulting file will go into publisher and have transparency preserved.
 
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St-ephen said:
you may be able to "export" or "save as". I can't remember using ps 7.
I know it is possible though..

OR if you want to post it here I'll save as for you..

I've just thrown an old laptop with ps7 on it into service.

you can definitely <file><save as> and select png from the drop down list. The resulting file will go into publisher and have transparency preserved.
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Hi again Stephen, I definitely don't have the option in my PS 7.0 to save as png Interestingly the Gas Safe log is a png file but this is as it was downloaded from the internet. I have attached a couple of the logos that have the white boxes around them that I want to get rid of but, the most important one I can't send to you because I can't seem to get it small enough. I have tried everything, or so it seems but, I cannot get it down to the reqiured 200KB. Any thoughts on this please.

showphoto.php
[/url][/IMG]

city-and-guilds-logo_1_.jpg
[/IMG]

Hopefully these images will appear OK
 
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You should certainly have png as an option.

is the image a 16bit image?

Go to Image>Mode and check that it's 8 bit.

Change to 8 bit then try save as and png is certainly an option in Ps7.
 
The large C&G image is a jpg, which doesn't support transparency. I've been onto the C&G website to look if there's an alternative format, but they've suspended the licensing of the C&G qualified logo. You may like to wait a while before using it, this being the case.
 
EOS_JD said:
You should certainly have png as an option.

is the image a 16bit image?

Go to Image>Mode and check that it's 8 bit.

Change to 8 bit then try save as and png is certainly an option in Ps7.
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Yes it's definitely 8 bit and equally definitely when I do a 'save as' there is not an option to save as .png.

Is there something that I am doing wrong?

Thanks for trying to help
 
In Photoshop CS4 it's 'Save for web devices' (not sure about PS7), choose PNG 24 for a full alpha channel rather than a single colour transparency.

BTW Scribus is a great free alternative to MS Publisher, which is complete cack.
 
JT74 said:
In Photoshop CS4 it's 'Save for web devices' (not sure about PS7), choose PNG 24 for a full alpha channel rather than a single colour transparency.

BTW Scribus is a great free alternative to MS Publisher, which is complete cack.
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Hiya JT74, Thank you for offering some advice/guidance but I'm afraid that you are talking to a complete novice when it comes to Photoshop and Publisher, I get by by just bumbling along and seeking the assistance of people like you, folk like me do rely so heavily on your time and patience and believe me we are extremely grateful. Fortunately I do try to keep notes of what I am told, for future reference.
Your comment 'Choose PNG 24 for a full alpha channel' went straight over my head!
I will have a look at Scribus, thank you once again.
 
If you go to image mode what does it say? if your in CMYK or lab you won't get a png option, (you should with 16bit though) have you tried saving as a tiff? tick the box for preserve transparancy, publisher should be able to use that ok instead of png.
 
swanseamale47 said:
If you go to image mode what does it say? if your in CMYK or lab you won't get a png option, (you should with 16bit though) have you tried saving as a tiff? tick the box for preserve transparancy, publisher should be able to use that ok instead of png.
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hello, yes it says 8 bits and CMYK
I did wonder if I might get anywhere if I saved it as a tiff file.
Thank you for helping
 
Ok,

two parts to this. ( I asked Geoff through pm to send the images to me ).

As Wayne pointed out, the main logo was in cmyk mode. I changed it to RGB and simply saved as png. Job done.

The other trade association logo not posted in the thread was a jpeg. I traced it with the pen tool and filled with colours sampled from the jpeg.

Gas safe and c&g logos, rough and ready delete white to reveal transparency and save as png.
 
Bluenose said:
hello, yes it says 8 bits and CMYK
I did wonder if I might get anywhere if I saved it as a tiff file.
Thank you for helping
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Make it RGB colour and you can then save as a png :)
 
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