Why “just use the JPG” never works
JPEG has no alpha channel — no transparency, full stop. Any logo saved as JPG carries a solid rectangle behind it, which is invisible on white pages and glaring everywhere else. What you want is a PNG with transparency (or WEBP, which is smaller and also supports alpha).
The clean extraction
Start from the biggest version you have. Hunt for the original email attachment, the print file, anything large. AI cutouts scale down beautifully but can't invent detail that isn't there.
Drop it into Cutaway. Logos on flat backgrounds are the easiest case there is — the AI separates them almost perfectly.
Inspect the edges against the checkerboard. The preview's checker pattern shows true transparency. Look closely at thin strokes and lettering: that's where leftover halos live.
Kill the halo. “Clean color fringe” strips the old background color bleeding into anti-aliased edges — the classic white outline you see on badly extracted logos on dark sites. For interior counters (the holes in letters like a and o) that the AI kept filled, two seconds with the Refine brush's erase mode fixes them.
Export PNG. Or WEBP if your platform supports it — typically 30–60% smaller with identical transparency. JPG is the one format that defeats the whole exercise.
Test on both extremes
A transparent logo that looks perfect on white can reveal a ghost outline on black. Before you ship it, set Cutaway's background to Solid color → black to preview the worst case, then switch back to Transparent and export. Ten seconds of checking saves a logo that embarrasses you on dark mode.
When to ask for the source file instead
If this logo is going on print, signage, or anything large-format, the right asset is the original vector file (SVG, AI, EPS) from whoever designed it — vectors scale infinitely. An extracted PNG is the right tool for web pages, decks, watermarks, social posts, and product mockups: the everyday 95% of uses.
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