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- thompson
Ok.. working in quark "i'd rather be Indesigning"
but, I want to put a white logo over an image. How should I save the logo so that it has a transparent background and can sit on top of the image without being just a white box?
I have tried saving it as a tiff with the save transparency box checked...other than that I am stumped. I don't have the logo as a vector eps....is that the only way?thanks
- T-B-O-A0
Open the logo in PS.
Help> Export Transparent image...
Voila!
- thompson0
ok, that is a badass function, never would have thought to look under "help"
...but the logo came out looking shite. Wavy in places. So I don't think I can use your suggestion (at least not for this logo)
- tymeframe0
have you tried a clipping mask in p'shop? quark will see it in it's item properties
- Soler0
select the bckgd, then select inverse. make it a clipping path. then it will import sans bckgd.
- cessil0
a clipping path from a selection can be a bit dodgy. best bet is just to overlay the logo in photoshop.
- rasko40
always draw clipping paths by hand if your printing, it'll look shit otherwise.
If your logo is vector just export as an eps.
- Soler0
If one doesn't even know what a clipping path is, can they really use the pen tool?
- cessil0
overlay it on the image in photoshop!
- mayo0
have you looked at
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/… to see if they might have a vector version?
- Bio0
i prefer in quark to use an eps. i'd just about recommend vectorizing the photoshop logo before i would suggest using a clipping path. but in the end, whatever floats your boat moneyman.
it is also possible that your white box could even be a picture box fill which is by default white. that would cover up your logo til you turned the color off. so in your quark color box, make sure you have the fill set to None.
then kick your machine a few times for good measure.
=D
- thompson0
these are all good suggestions...the reason I am having such a time with this one is...
part of the logo has a blur in it....yes that's right...I know.
so it makes it a biatch to make a good clipping path.and the image upon which I am placing it needs to be a two color PMS screen, so overlaying the logo on the image in PS won't get it to be white in the final state. Cause I'm applying the pantone in quark.
ok....I'll work it out, probably just change the frikkin design around, maybe ditch the image.
thanks
- mitee_0
you rather be indesigning! can you just bring your work into indesign and submit a PDF for your client???
- preston0
lol, stop complaining about quark already.
if it has blurs and shit you gotta do it in photoshop, straight up.
i used to think indy was cool too, but i was a noob. its easier, but you can't print from it so wtf is the point.
do it rough using a bitmap or clip mask, and then do it in photoshop when you get hi-res in.
- sandpipe0
if it's a white logo, invert it in PS, make a bmp out of it and save it as tiff. ready. perhaps it even works with the blurs if you bmp it in high resolution.
- -_MU_-0
Preston, what do you mean?
Quote: "You can't print from it"
Only I been told to upgrade soon, I'd like to hear about any print issues you are having.
- rasko40
I presume he means that many printhouses dont support it, although that is turning around rapidly.
- robbob0
for fks sake ...
bldy quark
save the image as a greyscale tiff in photoshop, black logo on a white background, then import into Quark box and select the background of the box to none and colour of content to white. done.
- gsd0
make the logo a bmp in photoshop - the black will be there and the white will be transparent, then just select the colour of your logo in quark!