How do I make a JPEG image logo transparent?

**Soquili** · 29 February 2012, 09:41 PM

Jack how are you trying to make the png.

If you are using the jpg with a white background you will need to mask out the white background before you can create a png with a transparent background. Simply opening the jpg and then saving as a png will not do what you are asking.

**gsthunder** · 29 February 2012, 10:02 PM

As the others have said you need to set the background to transparent somehow within your software. If you made the file in Photoshop there should be a way to export/save the image as a .GIF or .PNG which both can be transparent. Be careful however if there is a lot of white in the image if it is on a white background. It could make the white in your image transparent as well. Look in Photoshop Help and it should tell you how to do it. I use a different program( Paint Shop Pro X )so I can't tell you how in Photoshop but the Help section will walk you through it.

**Ramshackle** · 29 February 2012, 10:09 PM

jack, how complex is the logo? its quite a simple matter make an image transparent using many of the free paint programmes, i use paint.net personally to make most of my icons etc transparent it does a good job as long as the image isnt too "busy" so to speak - you can post the image up here and i'll run it through the paint.net prog and see how it turns out.

Ray

**trukkerz** · 01 March 2012, 02:14 PM

there you go - very easy to do :-)

**Ramshackle** · 01 March 2012, 05:30 PM

you beat me to it trukkerz, i just saw the op post on the other forum - didnt see it posted here and had a gander over at xarausers

**trukkerz** · 01 March 2012, 05:41 PM

hehehehe same here - saw it and i thought this shouldnt take long so why not - should let the user do it himself really the only way to learn but i thought it would take me longer to explain how to do it than do it :-)

cheerz

**Ramshackle** · 01 March 2012, 05:56 PM

exactly what i was thinking but i remembered what a revelation it was when i did learn how to do it, can import export and do the thing in under a minute these days, i also believe their are some small stand alone progs that can do it for you out their but can't remember the name....

edit, did you by chance remove the text, do the image and then re do the text? as the font looks slightly different?

Ray

**trukkerz** · 01 March 2012, 06:12 PM

oh yh never thought of that - i did do the image then typed the words - spose if he wants different font could always chop it off and retype in desired font :-)

**MHG** · 02 October 2013, 02:20 AM

People. PLEASE help. I can't find anyone to do this for me and every time I try to make my logo transparent on GIMP it looks stupid.. All deformed and what not... Here's the logo if anyone is kind enough to make it transparent for me.. that is if you're good enough for something this complex.. Thanks.