1. Find a high quality source for your image. Good sources are…

               SatLogo

               Wikipedia

               Google Images

                Brands of the World

                LyngSat

               The official website of the channel (especially in the press area)

2. If your image is an EPS, convert it to SVG.

               (I use Scribus and Ghostscript to import EPS, and then export as SVG)

3. If your image is a PNG or JPG, import your image into Inkscape.

               a. Select Path > Trace Bitmap

                               i. Select the color or grayscale radio button.

                               ii. Uncheck “Smooth”

                               iii. You may have to experiment with the number of Scans.

                               iv. Click Update, then OK.

4. You will now have an SVG image to use in Inkscape.

5. Ungroup the created image. Separate the layers, and pick the one that is most uniform.

6. Delete any trademarks on the logo, and spruce it up so it looks good.

7. Change the color of the logo to white for white logos

8. If its color you want, change the colors so they look good on a dark blue background.

9. If your logo is really long, create a transparent square to go behind it, in order to center the logo vertically.

8. Select the logo (and transparent background).

9. Go to File> Export Bitmap.

10. Select where you want to save the image, and the name.

11. Change the width of the icon to 96 pixels. If the height is greater than 42 pixels, change the height to 42 pixels.

12. Export.