How to Remove Logo Background using Preview (on Mac)

How to Remove Logo Background using Preview (on Mac)

In this Sixty Second Tutorial we look at a method of removing a single color background from a logo to create a transparent version, we cover the following:-

1. If you want to remove a single color background to create a transparent logo, on Mac you can use the Preview application.

2. Navigate to your chosen logo in Finder, right click and select ‘Open With’ and select ‘Preview’.

3. Click on the ‘Show Markup Toolbar’ option, and this will open a new toolbar where you will need to select the ‘Instant Alpha’ tool, whose icon looks like a magic wand.

4. Left click on an area you wish to remove the background color of and slightly drag the mouse, this will select an area in red.

5. Release the mouse and your selected area will be chosen, you can then hit the backspace key to remove this area.

6. Here Preview will prompt you to convert your image to a .PNG file, which is important as .PNG files support transparency on the areas you remove.

7. You will need to repeat this process on all the areas you wish to remove.

8. Once you have removed all your chosen background, save your image as a PNG file and you can then add the logo into your edit and the background will stay transparent.

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