Selection of object problem

Hello. I am pretty new to Illustrator and I am frankly pretty easily frustrated. I've only used Photoshop in the past.
Here is my problem. I've made a logo in Photoshop but "strokes" sucks, and I want a sharpened edge. Therefore I want to do "Offset Path"
But I can't select the option, and furthermore select my object the way I see it done in tutorials.
Here's a photo of what I mean, that I can't get a proper selection around the logo itself.
http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y307/OfficerNice/fuckinglogo_zpsta2e2mpy.png

don,
Offset Path only works with vector paths.
You may Image Trace the logo, having Ignore White ticked, and then expand the Image Trace. After that you can use Offset Path.
The question is whether you will get the clean and crisp appearance that way.
You may consider redrawing with the Pen Tool on top of the locked raster image.

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