[Vincent Rosati]

I’d set the New File Image Resolution to 300 pixels/inch. This is generally considered to be Hi-Rez. You’ll have a canvas height of 945 pixels – (8cm @ 300ppi).

Are you Pasting or File/Place(ing) the image?
Regardless, once the logo is in your PSD file, the layer should be highlighted in the Layers palette – if not, click on the layer.

If you pasted the image, make sure ‘Show Transform Controls’ is checked.
If you placed the image, the transform controls are ready and waiting.
Surrounding the image is the Bounding Box, eight squares surrounding your image. One on each corner, and one on each of the four sides.
Also, make sure View/Show Extras is enabled.

Press Ctrl + V, or click on the Move Tool from the tool palette.
Hold the Shift button and click on any of the four corners, with the Move Tool, and resize.
You hold the shift button, when resizing, to constrain the proportions of your image as it’s resized.

If you can’t see the bounding box, try zooming out with the Navigator tab or by pressing Ctrl + – (minus).

Hope this wasn’t too much info. 🙂

[Vincent Rosati]

Sounds like your art is for a disk with hub/inner diameter of, say 43mm, and you want to print to a disk with a hub/inner diameter of, say 22mm. Correct?
I would have suggested the clone tool.:( And perhaps, using the Eye Dropper to pick color from the source and the Brush Tool to paint details on a new layer.
If this is not an option, could you put a circle solid over the area in question, black or of a dark color pulled from the source art. Than, put text on a circular path containing some DVD program information – NTSC Full Screen 86min. 2007

[Vincent Rosati]

Have you had any luck with this?
I’ve reproduced your described error by creating a layer with no fill or stroke underneath the yellow layer and slightly oversizing it horizontally (in the EPS). Maybe there’s a transparent object underneath the yellow layer, and they’re not the same size or proportion. Can you inspect the file in Illustrator?
You might also be able to put two smart objects in the PSD – The logo, and an additional smart object of the same yellow underneath.
??

[Vincent Rosati]

Inside your document, go to the Swatches tab or Window/Swatches. Click on the drop-down menu (triangle button)/Open Swatch Library and select PANTONE…
There are a number of Pantone sets for different media. I’ve typically used Pantone Solid Coated, but if you want to get crazy with it you could ask the client what type of stock the image will be printed to – coated, uncoated, matte, etc.
Also, you should set the document color mode to CMYK – File/Document Color Mode.

Hope this helps

[Vincent Rosati]

Using Illustrator only…

BLEND MODES:
Try all of the different blending modes (Transparency palette), and see if any will suit your needs.

CLIPPING MASKS:
You could use the pen tool to draw a Clipping Mask(s)on top of the area that you want to isolate. Note: If there are multiple disconnected masks you will need to select all of them and Object/Compound Path/Make, prior to creating the Clipping Mask. These masks must each be closed paths. Make sure the mask is above the target image.
Than, select the target image and your new Clipping Mask(s) and Object/Clipping Mask/Make. Boom!

GENERATE A MASK IN PHOTOSHOP:
If you need to create a complex mask, or don’t want to spend time doing a detailed drawing in Illustrator, you can open the image in Photoshop, use the Wand tool to to make your selection.
Open the Paths palette and click the ‘Make work path from selection’ button, than click the drop down (triangle) button and select ‘Save Path’.
Finally, choose File/Export/Paths to Illustrator.

Now, you can copy the vector out of this new file and paste it into your composition to use as your clipping mask.

TRANSPARENCY MASK:
There are also Transparency Mask options in Illustrator, which might be more appropriate for your job – but they are more complicated, so let’s try the Clipping Mask option first.

[Vincent Rosati]

Maybe this is similar to what you want to do?..
https://www.newinelabs.com/rosati/Tutorials/illustrator_3D_cs2.ai

[Vincent Rosati]

WMF’s can be opened in Illustrator, and saved as vector or raster.
That’s the only Mac solution know.
You can also open them in MS Paint.

ps – I had to buy a PC after inadvertently buying a Win version of Art Explosion on ebay.

[Vincent Rosati]

The easy answers…
1-Is your keyboard Caps Lock on? (sorry, I had to ask)
2-Are you using a small-caps font?
3-Is the ‘All Caps’ button selected in your ‘Character’ palette?

[Vincent Rosati]

Looks like it probably was the Suitcase/Illustrator Font Activation Plugin.
In Suitcase, I went to Tools/Remove Plugins, and rebooted. Issue solved. 🙁

[Vincent Rosati]

THX. I wasn’t aware of that. : )