Comments on: Stamford Says Hi http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/ because technology is just another ecosystem Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian White http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 Brian White Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:18:31 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3405 GIF is fine if your logo is pretty simple. If it includes photograps, then you'll want more than 255 colors (plus transparent). To do that, just save as PNG; it supports full 24-bit color and alpha/transparency. I've done this with Gimp in the past and I'm sure Photoshop can do it too. I use both <a href="http://www.backgroundexposure.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/15/gimp-vs-photoshop/">Gimp and Photoshop</a>, depending on exactly what I need done. In Gimp, you can use the "color to alpha" (already mentioned) or you can just start with a transparent background and put your solid graphic on top. This has the advantage that you can still do anti-aliased fonts that will blend correctly with the background (when saved as PNG). GIF is fine if your logo is pretty simple. If it includes photograps, then you’ll want more than 255 colors (plus transparent). To do that, just save as PNG; it supports full 24-bit color and alpha/transparency.

I’ve done this with Gimp in the past and I’m sure Photoshop can do it too. I use both Gimp and Photoshop, depending on exactly what I need done.

In Gimp, you can use the “color to alpha” (already mentioned) or you can just start with a transparent background and put your solid graphic on top. This has the advantage that you can still do anti-aliased fonts that will blend correctly with the background (when saved as PNG).

]]> By: Joe http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Joe Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:02:14 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3223 GIF is the only way to go if you wish to have the flexibility of placing your logo onto backgrounds of any color. Photoshop and GIMP support alpha channels (transparency). Here's a link to the GIMP method: http://aplawrence.com/Linux/crousegif.html By selecting white as your alpha (in this specific case) you'll avoid the problem inherent with the method suggested by andyp. GIF is the only way to go if you wish to have the flexibility of placing your logo onto backgrounds of any color. Photoshop and GIMP support alpha channels (transparency). Here’s a link to the GIMP method: http://aplawrence.com/Linux/crousegif.html

By selecting white as your alpha (in this specific case) you’ll avoid the problem inherent with the method suggested by andyp.

]]> By: Donnie Berkholz http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Donnie Berkholz Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:19:19 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3111 Couple ideas on Impress: - Downgrade to 2.0.3 - Try an official binary If you run `ulimit -c unlimited` in a terminal and then start up Impress from the same term, you might be able to get a backtrace with useful information for filing or searching for a bug. Couple ideas on Impress:
- Downgrade to 2.0.3
- Try an official binary

If you run `ulimit -c unlimited` in a terminal and then start up Impress from the same term, you might be able to get a backtrace with useful information for filing or searching for a bug.

]]> By: dave http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 dave Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:00:40 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3046 I've made logo backgrounds transparent several times with the GIMP. I worked on the principle that a) lots of people need to do this and b) 'theoretically' it's simple so just had a poke around the menus trying things. Luckily I found 'color to alpha' in the menus and it did exactly what I needed it to. Googling around it appears many people use the technique andyp suggests (or minor variations), which might get fiddly if you have several non-contigious areas, for example within letters e, o, a, b, p, q etc. The tricky bit with my method is that if it's an indexed image (gif or png) then you need to convert it to RGB (or grayscale) or else a lot of the filters, including this one, will be grayed out. I’ve made logo backgrounds transparent several times with the GIMP. I worked on the principle that a) lots of people need to do this and b) ‘theoretically’ it’s simple so just had a poke around the menus trying things. Luckily I found ‘color to alpha’ in the menus and it did exactly what I needed it to.

Googling around it appears many people use the technique andyp suggests (or minor variations), which might get fiddly if you have several non-contigious areas, for example within letters e, o, a, b, p, q etc.

The tricky bit with my method is that if it’s an indexed image (gif or png) then you need to convert it to RGB (or grayscale) or else a lot of the filters, including this one, will be grayed out.

]]> By: Edward O'Connor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 Edward O'Connor Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:30:51 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3038 Have you looked at http://rsync.net/ for backups? Have you looked at http://rsync.net/ for backups?

]]> By: andyp http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3035 andyp Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:28:16 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3035 The way <em>I'd</em> do that using The GIMP is as follows: - select regions by color (Shift+O) - click on white background - select invert (Ctrl-I), we now have the logo selected and no background. - copy (Ctrl-C) - Edit->Paste as New, this should paste the selection into a new, transparent background image - ensure you save in a format that supports transparency, and use a presentation tool that supports transparent images of the format of your choice :-) The way I’d do that using The GIMP is as follows:

- select regions by color (Shift+O)
- click on white background
- select invert (Ctrl-I), we now have the logo selected and no background.
- copy (Ctrl-C)
- Edit->Paste as New, this should paste the selection into a new, transparent background image
- ensure you save in a format that supports transparency, and use a presentation tool that supports transparent images of the format of your choice :-)

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/comment-page-1/#comment-3033 Patrick Mueller Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:14:35 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/11/28/stamford-says-hi/#comment-3033 w/r/t your logo issue, I suspect this is not easy. Gimp/PS require dark powers to operate well. And you need to have some level of design sense in cases. For instance, I suspect you may need some kind of thin edge around the red goop to make it stand out against, say, a red background :-) Outsource via Mechanical Turk, perhaps? w/r/t your logo issue, I suspect this is not easy. Gimp/PS require dark powers to operate well. And you need to have some level of design sense in cases. For instance, I suspect you may need some kind of thin edge around the red goop to make it stand out against, say, a red background :-)

Outsource via Mechanical Turk, perhaps?

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