Make Logo Background Transparent in Photoshop

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 0:14 Analyze Channels
  3. 0:35 Duplicate Channel
  4. 0:47 Apply Image To Make Logo Darker
  5. 1:23 Make Channel Into a Layer Mask
  6. 1:59 White Outline Explained
  7. 2:19 Make a Solid Color Fill for black areas
  8. 2:37 Make Solid Color Fill for orange areas
  9. 2:59 Remove unwanted areas from Solid Color Fill layers
  10. 4:17 Export Logo with a Transparent Background
  11. 4:48 Final Thoughts
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Learn to make logo backgrounds transparent in just seconds with Photoshop!

This simple technique will allow you to turn your logo’s white background transparent with just a few clicks.

This tutorial will do more than just remove the background from your logo. You will also learn to keep the logo shapes sharp!

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Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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