HELP! - Convert CYMK PSD to Fireworks for web

[Ilya Razmanov]

"Nigel Hodgetts" <it.nigel.hodgetts@oldham.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:bl14b1$k4h$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Folks,
>
> I have a logo that has been produced in Adobe Photoshop, for print, that
> I need to convert into an image I can use on the Web. The Photoshop file
> is in CYMK format and includes an additional spot colour channel. The
> PSD file has two layers; The background layer, which is locked, has the
> logo with the spot colour applied. The second layer has the logo with a
> gradient transparency applied to it. The overall effect is a green logo
> that has a fade to black across the centre of it. The canvas colour is
> set to white.
>
> I'm trying to get the logo out of Photoshop and into Fireworks to create
> an image with a transparent background. Whenever I bring the PSD file
> into fireworks I'm left with a white block the size of the PSD canvas. I
> can't delete that layer as when I do I loose the base colour logo and am
> just left with a gradient transparency that goes from clear to black.
>
> Any suggestions on how I can get to a simple RGB image with a
> transparent background would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nigel H.
>

The right way would be convert to RGB in Photoshop, then go to FW.
Conversion from CMYK to RGB is not straighforward, and suggests knowing the
particular color separation profile for that particular sort of CMYK output.
FW, obviously, doesn't have CMYK support engine, not to mention it has no
idea about particular profile.

Ilyich.
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[Nigel Hodgetts]

Folks,

I have a logo that has been produced in Adobe Photoshop, for print, that
I need to convert into an image I can use on the Web. The Photoshop file
is in CYMK format and includes an additional spot colour channel. The
PSD file has two layers; The background layer, which is locked, has the
logo with the spot colour applied. The second layer has the logo with a
gradient transparency applied to it. The overall effect is a green logo
that has a fade to black across the centre of it. The canvas colour is
set to white.

I'm trying to get the logo out of Photoshop and into Fireworks to create
an image with a transparent background. Whenever I bring the PSD file
into fireworks I'm left with a white block the size of the PSD canvas. I
can't delete that layer as when I do I loose the base colour logo and am
just left with a gradient transparency that goes from clear to black.

Any suggestions on how I can get to a simple RGB image with a
transparent background would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Nigel H.

[Linda Rathgeber]

If you don't need change the dimensions of the logo, one possibility is
to open it in Photoshop and make a screen shot of it. Open the screen
shot in Fireworks and do any cropping that's necessary. You could
probably use the Magic wand tool to delete the white background, or
mask it out. In Fireworks MX 2004 you can use the replace color tool to
remove the white background. Because, no matter which method you use to
remove the white background you are going to be left with a fringe of
light colored pixels around the image, use an Inner Glow in the same
color as the logo background to paint out the fringe. You'll have to
experiment with the settings for the glow.


Best regards,
Linda Rathgeber
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[Nigel Hodgetts]

Thanks Linda and Ilya,

I must admit I'd already tried the screenshot method but, as you pointed
out, I hit the problem of the 'halo' effect around the edge of the image
when trying to create a transparent background. The inner glow idea
sounds very promising - certainly better than trying to do the same
thing by hand!

Thanks again for you help.

Nigel H.