Updated 2026-11-12
A scan, a photo, or a flattened file
Design files with real vectors are better edited in the original app. This page is for the logo you only have as a picture: a photo of a sign, a scan, or an export someone flattened onto white or a colour. The goal is a transparent PNG of the mark.
Transparent is selected. After the cutout, the checkerboard should show through every part that is not the logo. If the logo is white, a white field and a white mark can be hard to separate. Photograph it on a contrasting sheet when you can.
Thin lines and small type
Fine wordmarks lose strokes if the cut is too aggressive. Use Best, then look at the letters with the slider at a large zoom. The plus button above the photo zooms in. Fit brings it back.
Clean loose specks helps when a paper texture leaves dots. If a real part of the logo disappears, turn specks off and undo. Do not crop so tightly that a descender or a registered mark is clipped.
How to use the PNG
Place the PNG in a document, a website header, or a presentation. Because the background is clear, the page colour shows through. If you need the logo on a fixed brand colour instead, pick that swatch or type the hex and download a second file.
JPG cannot keep the logo transparent. If someone asks for JPG, they are asking for a flat background. Ask which colour, or give them the PNG and a white JPG. Keep a copy of the PNG. You can recolour the field later without photographing the logo again.
How to do it
- Add the logo image. A PNG, JPG, or WebP. Contrasting backgrounds cut more cleanly.
- Check thin strokes. Zoom in on letters and fine lines. Switch to Best if they break up.
- Download PNG. Use the transparent file wherever the logo should sit on a new colour.