downsize a logo

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M-323
Feb 10, 2009
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Hi

I’m trying to make bumper stickers, business cards, letterhead and envelopes all with the same logo.

I started with the sticker (12 inches wide) and emailed the file to the sign maker

then I made started a new canvas, and dragged the logo elements onto the new canvas to make the business card, but when I downsized the logo to business card size, the resolution became grainy.

I tried removing some of the attributes, like shadows, glows etc but that didn’t help much.

how do you downsize the 12 inch logo to fit on a business card, letterhead etc?

Im afraid starting from scratch will not look the same.
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JM
J_Maloney
Feb 10, 2009
I’m afraid starting from scratch will not look the same.

Then you’re DOA. That’s the nature of your problem. You need to create a vector logo, "from scratch".

You could post some screen shots to pixentral.com and we might be able to give you pointers if you insist on resizing a rasterized logo. But as a rule, create your logo in vector and then you won’t have this problem.

And if the above quoted sentiment is the client’s, well…
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M-323
Feb 10, 2009
ok wait a second, I grouped everything into a smart object, then dragged the smart object over to the new 3.5 x 2 bus card canvas and it worked ;~) thank goodness.

M/
JM
J_Maloney
Feb 10, 2009
Sounds like it might have been layer effects not scaling properly. Or maybe you scaled down some, then some more, then back up a little (smart objects do "nudge" scaling non-destructively). Glad you’re sorted. 🙂

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