Help needed with Photoshop CS & Pagemaker

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Jul 16, 2005
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I have created a simple Logo in Photoshop and have deleted all the background in the layer so it is transparent. but regardless of how I try to save the file, when I bring it into Pagemaker, there is alweays a white frame around the outline of the logo, making it unsuitable to past it on a coloured page. How do I save a file in Photoshop so that is contains the image of the logo only without any framed background.
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Wolf
Jul 16, 2005
Use transparent gif

"Alansys" wrote in message
I have created a simple Logo in Photoshop and have deleted all the background in the layer so it is transparent. but regardless of how I try to save the file, when I bring it into Pagemaker, there is alweays a white frame around the outline of the logo, making it unsuitable to past it on a coloured page. How do I save a file in Photoshop so that is contains the image of the logo only without any framed background.
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eddyalopez
Jul 17, 2005
Hello,
You need to save in a format that can retain transparencty. The GIF, as was mentioned above, preserves transparency but is really only suitable for the internet.
Being that you are using Pagemaker, you’ll need to save it as either a TIFF or EPS with a clipping mask. To have Photoshop help you do this, use the Export Transparent Image wizard, found under the Help menu. Simply follow the steps, and you’ll have yourself a transparent image in Pagemaker!
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noone
Jul 19, 2005
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Hello,
You need to save in a format that can retain transparencty. The GIF, as was mentioned above, preserves transparency but is really only suitable for the internet.
Being that you are using Pagemaker, you’ll need to save it as either a TIFF or EPS with a clipping mask. To have Photoshop help you do this, use the Export Transparent Image wizard, found under the Help menu. Simply follow the steps, and you’ll have yourself a transparent image in Pagemaker!

Thanks for the reply. I guess that being "old school" means that some of the neat newer features get lost on me. I did not know there was a "transparency wizard" and listed each step to do it manually. God, I love these NGs. No matter how many times you’ve done something, there is always more/new that can be learned.

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Tacit
Jul 19, 2005
In article <Oo4Ce.50098$>,
"Alansys" wrote:

I have created a simple Logo in Photoshop…

You have already made a mistake.

Designing logos in Photoshop is like driving nails with a screwdriver. It is using the wrong tool. You use a vector program like Illustrator to design logos. If you design logos in Photoshop, you can expect to encounter four problems:

1. The logo can not be resized to any size, and will not print crisply like a vector logo will

2. The background will not be transparent in programs like PageMaker or QuarkXPress.

3. You cannot use spot colors easily in your logo.

4. If you print your logo professionally on a printing pres,s it will not trap.

…and have deleted all the
background in the layer so it is transparent. but regardless of how I try to save the file, when I bring it into Pagemaker, there is alweays a white frame around the outline of the logo, making it unsuitable to past it on a coloured page.

Yes, that is correct.

How do I save a file in Photoshop so that is contains the image of the logo only without any framed background.

You have 2 solutions:

1. Click on the logo file you have now. Drag it to the trash. Empty the trash. Start again in Illustrator, not Photoshop.

2. Open the logo in Photoshop. Use the Pen tool to put a path around the logo. Save the path as a clipping path. Save the file as an EPS. Note that it will not print correctly to a non-PostScript printer like a home inkjet printer; EPS images only print correctly to PostScript printers.

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