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We use our logo everywhere: on invoices, ads, posters, websites, social media images, etc. This is only natural since the logo embodies your company’s identity. It is important that your brand image be appealing, without visual discontinuity, and sometimes, the only way to way to do it is to use your logo on a transparent background. Here’s how you can achieve this.
It’s not easy to find your way through the many different image formats out there.
Here are the 3 main ones:
As for your logo, we recommend that you have multiple versions available in png format: black, white, and colour to fit your different business needs.
The 3 steps to creating a logo with a transparent background
If you don’t have a version of your logo with a transparent background yet, let us briefly explain how you can create it yourself. Rest assured; you don’t need to have any graphic design skills!
To start, you’ll need the largest version of your logo at the highest resolution to get a successful result.
Then you’ll need to find a tool to edit your logo. We will list our top choices, both free and premium, in the following section of this article.
Finally, don’t forget to save your initial logo by using the “save as” button and then renaming the transparent version “blacktransparentlogo.png” for example. You can also start by making a copy of your initial logo before modifying it, just to be safe.
Warning: this last step is very important if you don’t want to overwrite your original file and then call your graphic designer in a panic to retrieve it!
Our recommendations for the most useful online tools:
For software, we recommend:
Don’t hesitate to try out a few options and check out the tips and tricks for each one based on your level of knowledge. With the right tool, you’ll get a better result!
Video Tutorial
To learn more on this topic, watch the video we’ve prepared for you so that you can see examples and practice at the same time.
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