I've been getting into creating some logos for a business idea of mine, and I've been using Pixelmator and Vector Designer (macheist bundle) to get some ideas flowing but I'm finding that i can't seem to get the desired effect that i want. Am i using crippled (for lack of a better word) programs? basically at the moment I'm trying to get a 3d effect in my font with life like colors (as if light was reflecting off of the object) but everything i make seems flat (even with shadows) and kinda cheesy looking like i made it in MS paint. Now given that I'm quite the newbie in graphical design, does the adobe suite offer me something to create these or is it just something i'm doing wrong or could do with the programs i have. thanks.
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So in the world of design...... is adobe king?
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and the keyword here i think is "simpler"
This is true so i suppose i should invest into better software. thanks a bunch
Yes, Adobe CS is the industry standard application suite and a lot more powerful than what you've been using. However, as babyjenniferLB quite rightly says, they will not turn you into a graphic designer - quite the contrary, they're a good deal more complex to use than the tools you're using currently - which will mean that you may have an even steeper learning curve before you manage to get things done.
Both Pixelmator and Vector Designer are good applications to start off with, and are capable of a lot more than you might first suspect. Unless you're planning to take a course, it may be wiser to become proficient with them first before spending hundreds (or thousands) on high-end professional software.
Both Pixelmator and Vector Designer are good applications to start off with, and are capable of a lot more than you might first suspect. Unless you're planning to take a course, it may be wiser to become proficient with them first before spending hundreds (or thousands) on high-end professional software.
totally true... until you start working with vendors that need files done in certain programs.
and if we were actually artists and not designers.
also, if you're a student, you can get EDU versions of the adobe software for considerably less... however, you aren't licensed to use that software professionally. and like other people said, it's not the software that make you a designer, they're only a small part of it!
That depends on your location. Adobe education-discounted apps in the UK put no restrictions on their use, whereas in Australia they do. I have no idea why that is, but there you go.
ditto that. use to quark was the layout king, but they kept holding on to thinking their software was worth the price and didn't need to evolve. sad. i really liked quark
