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Logo Design Software

logoist does look nice if you are just starting out or trying to make decent graphics ...
 
doobybiggs said:
logoist does look nice if you are just starting out or trying to make decent graphics ...
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No offense to the creator here. It looks like a crutch for people with few ideas, no understanding of design, drawing or composition, any kind of research-based iterative process, notion of narrative, or an understanding of basic typography or color theory. It seems that whiz-bang effects are what constitutes "design" to many people. [What logoist reminds me of is TypeStyler from the dark days of the early 90s, combined with Kai's Power Tools.]

A "logo" is a small part of a larger concept of story and emotive connection. It is a tactical component of a larger strategic narrative, as is the design of business papers, signage, ads, websites, publications and other marketing materials. They are all deeply related and should be designed to serve the larger strategic standards and goals. How you do it is a production problem. [and please, for the love of God people, stop making logos in pixel based software!]

If you're just starting out, learn about the basic principles of design, and draw, draw, draw. Its like running scales if you're learning music. In the end, it is not about software, it is about concepts and an understanding of type, composition and creating a narrative that people can attach to.

If you do not enter the digital canvas with a process, a concept and a plan, well…
 

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Logoist is nothing more than a tool to create images. If you need a logo, heading for a webpage or something like this, you might be better of with logoist or a similar tool than with illustrator, photoshop or something like this since it brings some easy to use tools but it is not as flexible.

You won't get something out of logoist with just a few clicks that can be considered designer work, not a chance. Getting a image right is hard work and you certainly need a basic understanding of design.

Logoist is not a "one click logo creator". It offers many "flashy" presets to showcase the capabilities and the images I posted in this thread a more of a tech demo, certainly not what is called design work (I am a developer, not a designer). You can create very subtile effects with it and it certainly can make your life as for example a web designer much easier.

I used it to create the web page heading for our company site. A real designer would have come up with something much better (either using logoist or other tools) but I was able to create this in without days of work (see attached image).
 

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Thanks!

Sometimes, when using logoist 1.1 beta, undo stops working. This does not happen with 1.0.2. Any clues?
 
As a follow-up: This seems to be connected to editing paths...when not using paths, undo and redo works correctly.
 
HDR Glow looks nice but it shows a gray/black border when using a lighter background...
 
I tried the demo of artText. It is a fine app but a little to limited for my case. I've got logoist for the same price (I think it was a discounted price, I don't know if the promo is still on) for 19$ and it is much more flexible with more filters...

For example, I was not able to add a pattern and a light bevel in arttext
 
The final version is nearly ready BUT: Apple takes a very very long time to review apps lately so I cannot give you an exact date. Mid to late september is my best guess.

The update will be free of course!
 
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