Quandry du jour: I'm trying to design mastersheets/letterhead for one of our programs. I'm using the logo I designed for the program on the design (natch). Problem is, I can't seem to get the background to become transparent. I went online and got info; it said "This is very easy. Just recreate the file in an editable .eps format, then ensure all vector-based images have a clipping path." Have spent last 90 minutes attempting to translate this sentence. I know what an .eps is. I know what a vector is. I know what a vector-based image is. Have some idea of what a clipping path is. Do not understand why in the unholy fuck it has to be this complicated to have a transparent background on a fairly simple logo when I have in my possession approximately $2000 worth of graphics software. Here we see the problem with my job: If I don't know how to do something, I either have to fudge it or learn really damned quick. Heh. Know what else? I might have to build and run a server out of my office. University's server won't allow certain aspects of perl programming, which means that I can't finish building this message board they want for the Women's Studies site. So I'm probably going to have to gut some poor unused computer, set up a server, get the university to pay for a domain name, build a firewall, and link the whole bloody system to our existing pages. As I write this, I realize that no one reading has any fucking idea what I'm talking about. Forgive me. Just some crazy geek venting.
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