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title: "How to Create a Logo"
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> Macro (toc)
> ✅ - If your logo has both a horizontal and vertical version, choose the one that works best at a smaller size.
> ✅ - Remove all unnecessary elements while still retaining the integrity of the logo. The less clutter the better your logo will appear.
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## Logo templates
For your convenience, use the following PSD files to begin your logo creation. You must have an application such as Photoshop to work with the files.
- [Color template](https://pbs-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/3578071/logo-template-color.psd?version=1&modificationDate=1409224533000&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
## How to create a logo in Photoshop
- Open Photoshop and create a new file. Type **250 **in the Width textbox and **150** in the Height textbox (Figure 1.1). :warning: **Be sure each dimension is set to Pixels.**
- Click the **Color Mode dropdown menu** and click **Transparent **(Figure 1.2).
Figure 1
- Create a guide that is five (5) pixels from each edge of the canvas (Figure 2).
Figure 2
- Open your logo resource file (Figure 3). :warning: **Your original file should have a transparent background.**
Figure 3
- Click and drag the **logo** to the center of the canvas. Scale the logo until it touches the edge of the guides that you set in Figure 2 (Figure 4). Do not go past the guide lines.
Figure 4
- In the toolbar at the top of the page click **File** then click **Save for Web** (Figure 5).
Figure 5
- Be sure the preset is png-24 and transparent is selected (Figure 6.1). :warning: **Be sure to save the image as transparent.**
- Be sure the image size is 250 pixels wide by 150 pixels high (Figure 6.2).
- When you are finished, click **Save** (Figure 6.3).
Figure 6
