: What are good ways to handle extracting a portion , such as a logo, from a much larger PSD? I am building web pages from a PSD. The designer just made all layers on the same size canvas
I am building web pages from a PSD.
The designer just made all layers on the same size canvas which makes it harder to copy into a new layer in its intended size.
What could be a good work flow to get to the logo and reuse it?
What I normally do is the following
1. Copy the original
2. Delete all unecessary layers
3. Roughtly crop what I need
4. Get in closer and crop until I have a more desirable size.
But I imagine there has to be a more efficient way to get the element that I need.
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Duplicate all the desired layers (or select if you don't mind), then convert them to a smart object. if you open the smart object it is already precisely cropped and you can just export.
Another little trick: I sometimes use slices inside those smart objects. That way I can have different slice sets in one PSD file and still maintain the main file slice-free.
Option-Command-Click on the layer thumbnail allows you to select just what's on the layer. Then you copy that, create a new Photoshop document, and paste. That should give you a document exactly the size of the item in question, with your item in the middle.
If the PSD just contains the logo, then simply use the rectangular marquee tool to select the logo and then crop.
If the PSD is part of a larger composition, then select the layer group containing the logo layers and duplicate it. In the duplicate layer dialog, select "New" document. Then crop the new document to the logo's size.
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