A customer has sent me their logo in a jpeg file and I would like to remove the white background, leaving just the character for my Signlab file. I have tried all sorts of things without success. Are there any Signlab users out there who could educate me with instructions to remove the background? Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :
All I can tell you is a clunky workaround that we use here:
Make a Copy of the Jpg in question, and set it aside. Take and posterize the first copy down to one or two colors....it won't matter what it looks like as long as the edges are intact. Vectorize it then, and lay the former JPG object onto a copy of your sign blank. Grab them both in a bounding box, and weld them.
Delete the jpg object, and you are left, or should be, with a signblank with a hole the shap you want cut out of it. Arrange this to front, and position over your Original JPG. Bingo, no white edges.
I know I know...It's clunky, but it will work.
Posted by Steve Eisenreich (Member # 1444) on :
Well are you going to cut to a plotter from Signlab? If so then a Jpg is not going to work you will need to have it vectorized. If you just need the white background gone then you need to do some photoshop work and convert the file to something that can have a transparent background like a gif or a png. If you want send me a copy of the file and I will have a look and convert it.
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
Gee whiz... why not just vectorize it in Signlab then delete what you don't want to cut? We do it a dozen times a day.
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
Jack email me the file i'll take a look at it then explain how to do it
signman@epix.net
Jason D
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Ricky, How do you vectorize in SignLab?
Posted by Jack Ambler (Member # 3255) on :
Thanks to everyone for their input. I have responded to Steve & Jason and I look forward to their assistance. I tried Barry's suggestion, and I did get the cutout shape, but then I couldn't get the colours back into it. (It is the closest I have come tho!) And Ricky, I have tried to vectorize the file using Signlab but it uses a ton of memory during the process and the result winds up being quite useless. Maybe I am not doing it correctly. I am going to keep working on it!
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
I make 2 copys of the file
The first one I take into signlab and posterize it. lots of little pieces..
the second copy I take to paint first and fill in the black lines for outlines.. then I save it as a 256 color .bmp and import it into signlab and double click on it. monochrome it from there and then colorthe pieces with the major colors. Then take the posterised verion and take the pieces you want from there to further increase the details
Jason D
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
Jack the file is done and should be in your email by now hopefully it works for ya!!
Jason D
I just sent 2 more formats if the first one didn't werk
Jason D
[ March 20, 2006, 10:26 PM: Message edited by: Jason Davie ]
Posted by Jack Ambler (Member # 3255) on :
Thanks, Jason - the file works great. Thanks again to everyone for their help.
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