Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Seven:
To make that white background transpar-
ent, you have to open the layered file of
your logo in Adobe Photoshop and do two
things: (1) Delete the Background layer by
dragging it onto the Trash icon at the bot-
tom of the Layers panel, leaving just your
text and graphics on their own transparent
layers (as shown here at the bottom). Then,
(2) save the Photoshop document in PNG
format. This saves a separate file, and the
file appears flattened, but the background
behind your logo but will be transparent.
In Photoshop, this logo has a white Background layer, so a white background will
appear behind your logo when you bring it into Lightroom's Watermark Editor
Drag the Background layer onto the Trash icon, then save the file in
PNG format, and the logo now has a transparent background
Step Eight:
Now choose this new PNG logo file (in the
Image Options section of the Watermark
Editor), and when you import it, it appears
over your image without the white back-
ground (as seen here). Now you can resize,
reposition, and change the opacity of your
logo graphic in the Watermark Effects sec-
tion. Once you get it set up the way you
want it, you should save it as a watermark
preset (so you can use it again, and you can
apply it from the Print and Web modules).
You do that by clicking the Save button
in the bottom right or choosing
Save
Current Settings as New Preset
from the
pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the
dialog. Now your watermark is always just
one click away.
