removing white background in logo

[danreeves120@adobeforums.com]

Hello Newbie here.....

I brought a logo into Illustrator 8.0 and would like to remove the white background. In Photoshop I would use the magic wand tool to select then delete it. What does this in Illustrator?

I hate being ignorant. Grrrr.

Dan

[LenHewitt@adobeforums.com]

Dan,

Is this a raster or vector format logo?

[danreeves120@adobeforums.com]

not sure...this is how ignorant i am.

[Timothy_Foolery®@adobeforums.com]

The big papery thing is called a manual...

[danreeves120@adobeforums.com]

my bad...this is a vector image. have no manual available.

[Timothy_Foolery®@adobeforums.com]

Why not? Illustrator 8 shipped with a manual.

[danreeves120@adobeforums.com]

I'm a student...and like many things on campus the manual seems to
have grown legs.

[danreeves120@adobeforums.com]

can you help me with this trivially mundane simpleton-like problem?

[Timothy_Foolery®@adobeforums.com]

Trace the edges of the image with the pen tool. Select the image and the path you just created. Press [ctrl]+[7]... viola.

[LenHewitt@adobeforums.com]

Dan,

If a vector illustration has a white background it is because it is
surrounded by a rectangle with a white fill. Either set that fill to no-fill
or delete the rectangle (probably need to ungroup it from the rest of the
illo first)

[jef_piments@adobeforums.com]

its ok dan you're not alone.

im having the same problem but im using illustrator cs. i hope i could get step by step directions. thank you.

[Jonathan_McClintic@adobeforums.com]

Uhm, Why don't you ask your teacher? It would be good to learn the difference between vector and bitmap. It might answer your question.

[BobHill@adobeforums.com]

Open your raster logo in PhotoShop and make the background color transparent (simple layer, delete the color and get checkerboard) then Save as a PSD file which now you can place into Illustrator (version 10 or CS) and the background will be transparent. The image will still be raster, of course and not vector, so it's raster limitations will continue, but you'll have that transparency.

Bob

[Janette_Wotherspoon@adobeforums.com]

If this logo image has a white background then I am assuming it is a raster image. I would take it into PHotoshop and use the HELP menu / Export transparent image option. The open the export transparent image into illustrator. Works for me every time.

Janette W

[Unregistered]

Why not? Illustrator 8 shipped with a manual.

Your helpful.

[Jeremiah Lane Mathews]

Uhm, Why don't you ask your teacher? It would be good to learn the difference between vector and bitmap. It might answer your question.

quit talking to students like that ass hole!

[Unregistered]

It's not s stupid question, clearly nobody here knows the answer and most of them are clearly dicks.

1. Select Layers
2. Delete the Background Layer

the checkboard should then appear. Its easy once you know how.

[Unregistered]

Why is it that at every adobe forum about the simplest topics that everyone who know how to use the adobe products are such unhelpful faggots..answer the question or dont let your ignorant worthless graphic artist remarks explain for you what you have come to realize as an eternal umarketable skill. Just be helpful and not pretentious

[Unregistered]

You probably need to use Expand first before trying to select the unwanted white background with the Magic Wand tool.

1.) Once you have your image imported and have done Live Trace on it to create a Path, go to Object > Expand.
2.) You now should be able to select the white background with the Magic Wand tool and delete it out.

[Unregistered]

You probably need to use Expand first before trying to select the unwanted white background with the Magic Wand tool.

1.) Once you have your image imported and have done Live Trace on it to create a Path, go to Object > Expand.
2.) You now should be able to select the white background with the Magic Wand tool and delete it out.

It's very difficult sometimes to understand directions if you're new to a program. People make an effort to help, but the directions are vague. Most of the time you need step by step directions.
In adobe illustrator...what are the steps to do the Live Trace? When I click on Live Trace there are a lot of options to choose from. How do I create the path? Where do you click on to select the background and then delete it?
Please, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!