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Extracting Logos<br />

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Flat logo merged to a white background<br />

Image > Adjustments > Desaturate<br />

Image > Adjustments > Levels<br />

Use the black point picker to select<br />

the main grey colour<br />

Sometimes it can be difficult to obtain a<br />

decent vector logo, in which case a last resort<br />

is to extract one using this process. Another<br />

useful tip is to search a company’s site to see<br />

if they have any PDF documents available for<br />

Image > Adjustments > Invert<br />

Then Select All and Copy<br />

Add a colour layer, add a layer mask, alt-click<br />

on the mask and then Paste. This will create<br />

a mask from the black and white logo image<br />

You now have a logo on a transparent<br />

background<br />

download: they’ll often have logos in them<br />

which can then be opened in Illustrator.<br />

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