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| CreativeTechs QuickTips #211 | Week of August 4, 2008 |
Creative
Tip: Isolate
a Logo on a Transparent Background.
You've been provided an image file with your client's logo sitting on top of a flat background color. You want to quickly remove the background so the logo is isolated on a transparent layer in Photoshop. This is a classic production challenge, and we've seen production artists in design firms tackle this issue dozens of different ways. In the full version of this tip we'll demonstrate an elegant solution to this perpetual challenge using Photoshop's layer blending options. The technique works with any color logo or background, avoids the white fringing that many techniques leave behind, and creates a fully transparent background. Full Tip: Isolate a Logo on a Transparent Background. Source: This tip inspired by recent projects with Seattle designer Pat Hansen of Hansen Design Company, and founder of Noteable You Gifts. This particular technique has come in handy on many occasions, and we've ben meaning to write it up for several months now. Thanks Pat! |
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Tech
Tip: Easily
Remove an OSX Preference Pane.
Here is one of the easiest ways to remove System Preference Panes you've added over time and no longer need. Simply control-click, or right-click, on a preference icon in the Others section of your System Preferences (the Other section contains the custom preferences installed by users). A pop-up menu lets you remove the selected preference pane. This is a great way for those of you who don't want to go digging through various Library folders looking for the actual preference pane manually. Source: This tip comes directly from James Dempsey's terrific The Graphic Mac site. Want a more advanced preferences tip? Check out Jordan Bojar's post on how to Manage Account Preferences across your entire studio using a Mac OS X Server on his Make Mac Work blog. |
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