imported colour PDF logo cant seem to transform white background to transparent!

Hi David,

if the image in your pdf is a raster image, I would suggest you use a bitmap graphics editor (e.g. the Gimp, http://gimp.org) to turn a specific color to transparent, either by using a feature that makes specific colors transparent or by cutting the image out.

If the image in your pdf consists of vector data, ungrouping it and then removing the white object should work.

To find out what kind of image it is, click on it, and look into the status line. Ungroup until you can select the object itself, and it either says 'path' or 'image' in the status line for the selection.

Kind Regards,
 Maren

Dear Hachmann
re removing background to transparent of full colour logo PDF sent to me as DOC file,
Inkscape cannot separate layers break a part etc tracing with Beziar is to complicated as logo is mostly type,
Put logo into Gimp and fuzzy wanded it to remove white back ground but results are unprofessional
Yours frustrated
David.

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Hachmann proposed the following answer:
Hi David,

if the image in your pdf is a raster image, I would suggest you use a
bitmap graphics editor (e.g. the Gimp, http://gimp.org) to turn a
specific color to transparent, either by using a feature that makes
specific colors transparent or by cutting the image out.

If the image in your pdf consists of vector data, ungrouping it and then
removing the white object should work.

To find out what kind of image it is, click on it, and look into the
status line. Ungroup until you can select the object itself, and it
either says 'path' or 'image' in the status line for the selection.

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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Will try Maren
Buy the way would there be a way client can send logo in any other format other than PDF it might solve problem?

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Subject: Re: [Question #294602]: imported colour PDF logo cant seem to transform white background to transparent!

Your question #294602 on Inkscape changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/294602

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You are still having a problem:
Dear Hachmann
re removing background to transparent of full colour logo PDF sent to me as DOC file,
Inkscape cannot separate layers break a part etc tracing with Beziar is to complicated as logo is mostly type,
Put logo into Gimp and fuzzy wanded it to remove white back ground but results are unprofessional
Yours frustrated
David.

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From: Hachmann<mailto:<email address hidden>>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 4:47 PM
To: <email address hidden><mailto:<email address hidden>>
Subject: Re: [Question #294602]: imported colour PDF logo cant seem to transform white background to transparent!

Your question #294602 on Inkscape changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/294602

    Status: Open => Answered

Hachmann proposed the following answer:
Hi David,

if the image in your pdf is a raster image, I would suggest you use a
bitmap graphics editor (e.g. the Gimp, http://gimp.org) to turn a
specific color to transparent, either by using a feature that makes
specific colors transparent or by cutting the image out.

If the image in your pdf consists of vector data, ungrouping it and then
removing the white object should work.

To find out what kind of image it is, click on it, and look into the
status line. Ungroup until you can select the object itself, and it
either says 'path' or 'image' in the status line for the selection.

Kind Regards,
 Maren

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Yes. Ask them for a vector version. EPS is a common format many designers hand over to their clients. SVG or .ai may also be available.

If you cannot open the EPS file with Inkscape, read this FAQ item:
https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#how-to-open-eps-files-in-windows

Kind Regards,
 Maren