Anyone know how to make logo transparent for header?

[dmag1]

Hi,

I have a jpeg of my logo that I want to lay over the header background for my social network, which is blue. When I place it the logo has a solid white background and blots out a big chunk of the header, and is unusable.

I need to somehow make the logo transparent to lay over the background. I thought making it into a PNG file would work but the white is still there.

Sure would like the steps if anyone knows how to do this in Photoshop.

Thanks!

[Minisite Nerd]

Originally Posted by dmag1

Hi,

I have a jpeg of my logo that I want to lay over the header background for my social network, which is blue. When I place it the logo has a solid white background and blots out a big chunk of the header, and is unusable.

I need to somehow make the logo transparent to lay over the background. I thought making it into a PNG file would work but the white is still there.

Sure would like the steps if anyone knows how to do this in Photoshop.

Thanks!

You are going to have to make the background transparent in PS and then save it as a PNG or a GIF. That should work.

You will likely need to unlock the background layer and then use the Magic Eraser tool to erase it.

Hope this helps.

[powerspike]

Just to build on Minisite nerd's Comment, if it's PNG, make sure it's 16 bit, and not 24/32 bit, Internet Exploder(*grin*) 6 can't handle 32 bit png's, and their display will be horrible, and alot of people still use it.

[dejoliet31]

I use a cheap program called Easy GIF Animator. I pull in my logo as a gif, png or jpg. then use the transparent tool to remove the background. Then I save as a gif file.

Hope this helps.