From the course: Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Terms and Technology

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Sizing a logo for a video project and creating an alpha channel

Sizing a logo for a video project and creating an alpha channel

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Sizing a logo for a video project and creating an alpha channel

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- Sizing a logo is very similar to a photo. However, because there's likely text and elements that are meant to be read, I'd like you to consider taking advantage of the Safe Title and Action Safe guides. Let's open up a logo here, and this one's already been updated. You can see that we've used layer styles in Photoshop to add a bevel and a texture, as well as color and other elements. Once I'm satisfied, I can simply select that and copy it to the clipboard. Using Copy Merged works well to embed it into a single layer. Now choose File, New, and create a document that matches your needs. Let's go with a 4K file here, and I'll click Create. I'll paste that in, and it adds it. Now, in this case, the logo's pretty small from the original client, so I want to be careful about blowing it up. But this will work just fine as a logo bug. If you're concerned, you can convert that to a smart object. Remember, you can also use the File, Place command. This allows you to navigate to any of those…

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