Simple and quick removal of background colour

[AndyD]

HI,
I wondered whether anyone had a link to a video to show how to quickly remove a background colour? I have a logo that is simply blue text on a white background and I'd like to remove the white background. I found videos on Photoshop and it looks really simple there but as I don't have Photoshop but only XPG10...

[AndyD]

Mmm I think I worked something out... S;lowly gettting there.logo-attempt1.png.xar

[gwpriester]

The problem with this logo Andy is the resolution is low and the quality is not great. And for some reason when I upload the logo here with no background it loses the transparency I think.

What I did was place the logo on a white page and apply Flat - Multiply (Stained Glass) transparency which removes the white. Then I created a new bitmap copy, True Color + Alpha.

What I would suggest for this logo however is that you try to recreate it. Here are some fonts that might work https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/...8cd1&x=88&y=33

[gwpriester]

Let's see if this works. I zipped the logo. Down download and then open the zip file.

[AndyD]

I did get this, but as you say the resolution is not very good. I also thought that re-drawing the logo might be quicker... I used a logo that was in the guy's email footer. Just opened your attachment and that looks good. Thanks. But still playing with it all. Will try to get a better quality graphic from client.
logo-test1.png.xarlogo-test1a.xar

[mwenz]

The name of the company is using the font "Tw Cen MT" which has shipped with Office in the past. The tagline is likely Arial Bold.

Here's a redo of the logo, text has been converted to curves. It is on top of the bitmap...

Mike

[gwpriester]

Well done Mike.

Andy - This might be a good time to revisit this logo and make it more approachable. The letter spacing on the MOTEHILL SOLUTIONS text is way to tight and makes it hard to read.

[AndyD]

Thanks Mike and Gary for your advice. I will definitely suggest revamping the logo. I don't think it is very eye-catching and I'm sure they will want to have it remodeled when I mention it.

[ss-kalm]

Andy,

Going back to the original question, how about this:

In XARA PGD10, go to HELP > MOVIES click on the "THE PHOTO TOOL" category, and down the right side, the seventh video down is entitled BACKGROUND ERASE. It's an easy to understand video, and does a really good job of doing EXACTLY what you wanted.

[AndyD]

Thanks Keith.