: Avoid cropping "transparent" areas when using logo We have the following logo for a project at my school: (PDF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13934366/M2/Grafiska/Logotyp/M2.pdf) Now, as you can see, it

@Murray976

In Illustrator.. Add a no fill, no stroke rectangle around the full area of the logo, including the additional margin at the top.

This will cause the art to be seen as that entire block but that "hollow" rectangle will never show anywhere.

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@Karen819

This question is old but I had the same issue and was able to solve it for my case. In my case, the image is to be exported and used in a mobile app. The image needs to be centered in the app with respect to content. One way to make that happen is to include addition transparent "padding" on the left or right. When the app layout centers such an image it appears as desired. I am using Photoshop.

I found that using "Export -> Export as..." did the trick but "Export -> Layers as Files" did not.

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@Vandalay110

For Pages your problem is fully solvable:

Simply make an invisible frame (i.e. safe zone) around the logo and save as .AI:


Create a rectangular safe zone frame around the logo.
Set its Fill & Stroke to None (invisible).
Save as .AI.
Drop the logo in your Pages document, Done. Safe zone persists around your logo.

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@BetL875

There is a workaround for Photoshop if what you're trying to do is align the horizontal center. As you've discovered, Photoshop's auto-align tools look only at the pixels and ignore that 100% transparent top margin, but if you invoke Free Transform (Cmd/Ctl-T) you'll see that the Smart Object still remembers your initial "Crop to Crop Box" choice, so the horizontal center handles will be in the right place.

Drag a guide and snap it to those handles, exit Free Transform and snap your other object(s) to the guide.

Alternatively, drag out your guide first, then use the Free Transform trick to let you snap the logo to the guide at the correct center alignment.

In layout-challenged applications such as Pages, you're going to have to eyeball it, I think.

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@Sims5801359

Good question, and something that I've found a problem myself.

You could create a separate version of the logo which includes a visible crop box.

Make it really obvious it's not to be used for final artwork - probably by having the text "FOR PLACEMENT ONLY" right across it.

Once you've got it right, place the regular logo over the top and delete the original "placement" logo.

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@Radia289

I'm quite sure the logo, saved as vector, png or gif, will make that margin disappear when exported, because what the programs read is that there is no information in that space (at least I'm certain about it in all the adobe products). I'm not sure why you need it though. Is it only for alignment? If you are making this logo for someone else, you can clarify in the logo manual that that space needs to be always empty. Hope I helped!

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