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Let’s check out the myPod logo: open up the file “mypod.psd” in the “chapter5/mypod/logo” folder in Photoshop Elements:
If your photo editing application won’t open the file, follow along anyway - the same principles apply for other formats as well.
Nice logo; it’s got some typography combined with two circles, one gray and one white (obviously inspired by the click-wheel controls on the iPod).
But what is that checkered pattern in the background? That’s the way most photo editing applications show you areas that are transparent. Keep all that in mind as we choose a graphic format for the logo...