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you could ask them to save it as a .png file with transparency OR last time i checked, GIMP allows the user to save the file as a .PSD which is photoshop compatible with editable layers.

If that fails next best ting is to go to refine edge with your "jagged" selection and choose soft/smooth edge move the slider til it looks a little smoother. that's what i do :P
 
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Thanks Zeealax. I forgot about .png since I rarely use it. Would it preserve a nice smooth edge against a dark background?

Stufflol, I've attached the logo since you asked.

Thanks everyone,

ginger
 

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ginger said:
Thanks Zeealax. I forgot about .png since I rarely use it. Would it preserve a nice smooth edge against a dark background?

Stufflol, I've attached the logo since you asked.

Thanks everyone,

ginger
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it should do if your client removes/hides the white background layer yes. i think i still have GIMP on my machine if you want me to take a look at the. xcf file and remove the layer.
 
You guys are so generous! Thank you for your offers.

First, I'm going to see if they can export it as .psd with the layers intact.

I may take one of you up on your offers though if this doesn't work.

Thanks again!
ginger
 
Hi Ginger, welcome to PSG.

When this image is magnified, most of the lines are jaggy. Depending on the size and usage, this will matter to different degrees. But as a graphic artist, I imagine you would like to deliver a clean design. This one really needs cleanup. Unless it is just a jpeg compression issue, the solid red fill doesn't look solid. In any case, it may be best, and easier, to recreate the logo.

You can make the circles and the hexagon with the shape tools. The designs are simple enough to trace around relatively quickly with the pen tool. Then you will have a vector image as stuff offered and it will be clean edged and solid color. If you don't know how to use the pen tool, then take stuff up on his offer.

That's my advice; part one anyway. The second part is, if you intend to work in Photoshop and especially if you will do graphic design, learn the pen tool. It is a versatile tool and you will never regret the time you put in to learn and practice it. In fact, you'll probably feel smug when you can make a selection or create a design of your own, lol.
 
You could also download GIMP, which is freeware, and "save as" yourself. Then you'd have the original file and be ready to work with these folks again. :)
 
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You could also download GIMP, which is freeware, and "save as" yourself. Then you'd have the original file and be ready to work with these folks again. :)
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Ginger said that she didn't want the program on her PC but it seems logical to install it
 
Hi Ibclare,

I finally did receive the file in .psd format, and the layers were intact with the transparent background. I think the artifacts in the red are from the jpg compression (they're not in the .psd file), and if I were using this at a large size I would definitely redo it, but it's going to be sized down to about 125 px so I tried resizing it and putting it over a black gradient and it looked fine at that size. I will definitely look into some tutorials on using the pen tool. I'm new to Photoshop so still finding my way around.

Sierraccr and Zeealex,

Installing GIMP was certainly considered, but I would just rather not install any more "stuff" on my pc than necessary. It's good to know that GIMP can export as psd and preserve the layers and all ... not sure about text since this file doesn't have any.

Thank you all. Very much appreciated!

ginger
 
Great Ginger. You sound pretty knowledgeable. Don't spend a lot of time on the pen tool till you know Photoshop better ... unless you find yourself doing a lot of selections that need to be precise. Then the pen tool is invaluable. Hope we see you around the forum.
 
It seems that your problem has several ready solutions from what I've been reading through in the comments. Your best bet would probably be removing the background layer as another suggested, but that depends on how the logo was made in the first place. Worst case is that you manually smoothen out the edges yourself.
 
I agree with ibclare - this is a pretty easy logo to redraw would be good practice to get familiar with the pen tool as well once you finished drawing the redlines in Illustrator you can choose in the stroke section to have the ends rounded on your lines instead of being square edges ... or you could use the line tool and trace over the red lines and again choose in the stroke section to have the finished lines have a rounded edge. The other shapes are all basic shapes that you can choose in Illustrator and redraw very quickly...
 


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