Logo on Letterhead [Archive]

psacake

10-02-2003, 05:54 PM

Ok..so I have my logo, I've had "real" letterhead printed.. but I'd like to use the logo in Word and on Powerpoint documents. Any tips? Resolution? Format? When I reduce it to the size I like and put it in word it prints out with a gray background, and the letters in the logo are all pixelated.
<p>I'm stuck.. I need the pros help.. so help!! :help:

cre8or

10-02-2003, 07:36 PM

If you'd like to use your logo in the Miscrosoft Office suite of programs, you can "place" it as a TIF, JPG, or WMF.
Depending on how you have your logo currently, it could possibly be converted to WMF, which is a "vector" file, and resolution shouldn't be an issue. Alternately, you could save it as either a TIF or a JPG. I'd suggest 300 dpi at the size you'd like it. For example, you might want to place it at a size of 1/2 inch x 1 inch. You'd make it that size in Photoshop, for instance, and 300 dpi.

Hope that helps.
:)

psacake

10-07-2003, 10:12 AM

Ok..cre8or thanks for your help. It's a start.

Next dumb question.. how do you get a WMF out of Photoshop?

Seems every format I've tried (jpg, gif, png) I end up with a grey background.

UGGH! :huh:

Palmer

10-07-2003, 10:58 AM

Not sure how in Photoshop but in PSP you simply make the background layer transparent (turn it off) and choose "save as" and find the file extension .wmf

Michael

10-07-2003, 11:02 AM

Are you saying you have opened a wmf file in Photoshop and now want to save as something else?

cre8or

10-07-2003, 03:44 PM

A WMF file is kind of a proprietary "Windows" vector format.
It stands for Windows Meta File.
To my knowledge, you can't export to a WMF from Photoshop.

If you only have the logo in Photoshop format, a TIFF or a JPG would probably be your best option.

ElKootcho

10-07-2003, 04:00 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cre8or @ Oct 7 2003, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> To my knowledge, you can't export to a WMF from Photoshop. [/b][/quote]
That's correct. Photoshop does not save as WMF. It can be done it Illustrator.