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The best logo designing program for mac?
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Another vote for Illustrator here - I find it handles colours better than Freehand.
Computer apps aside, the best way to design a logo is with a pen and a sheet of paper
Computer apps aside, the best way to design a logo is with a pen and a sheet of paper
rugonnaeatthat said:Computer apps aside, the best way to design a logo is with a pen and a sheet of paper
I find pee in he snow also works well. I kid you not, one of my clients logos was the result of a late winter night and alot of beers.
Corel Draw is a vector based program with a similar tool set to that of Illustrator. We teach both applications at our school.
Illustrator has really come a long way.
It really shows in the CS3 suite.
I would have to say, being in the industry
...being proficient in illustrator is hands down not only better but more desirable to employers. It's almost become an industry standard.
Much like InDesign is to Quark for me.
It really shows in the CS3 suite.
I would have to say, being in the industry
...being proficient in illustrator is hands down not only better but more desirable to employers. It's almost become an industry standard.
Much like InDesign is to Quark for me.
Illustrator for making logos, Photoshop for making logos look better .
Out of curiosity, how are you making logos better in Photoshop?
Lens flares. Fuzzy drop shadows. Bevels! Gradients! Glass effects!
Difference Clouds! Texture Fills!
Comic Sans!
Any more questions?
Cheers
Jim
Tell that to the folks at Adobe. The logo/icon for every product they have features a gradient rather prominently.
As does the latest incarnation of the Apple logo.
That's not making logos better, that's making logos tacky (and no offense, but often used by people who don't know how to make good logos and add craptastic effects trying to compensate)
Edit: Oh, sorry, you're being sarcastic. I thought you were the one who said that uses photoshop to make logos better
Right...but if the logo was vector prior to Photoshop 'enhancement'...once you hit 'save as' (whatever) it becomes raster based...and can only be scaled to a certain size. So, you haven't had a client complain yet?...or are you only doing logos for website design? Because in print, that would almost be unacceptable. (There are a few exceptions.)
Hello? Hello? *taptaptaptap* Is this thing on?
Sorry, it appears this sarcasm broadcaster isn't working. Please retune to another channel, where the intended mockery of my post will come through loud and clear ...
Cheers!
Jim
I much prefer Paint on my P100 with Windows 95, the quality is brilliant and I have found any good printer prefers a logo at 250x250 in a 256 colour GIF format.
And I'm not really a fan of Comic Sans that's why I use Papyrus.
I design logos for a living...
I think of a logo as having a "life" of its own, regardless of its intended use (low res for the internet or high res for printing). I always start by sketching the idea on paper. I then recreate it with the drawing tools in Illustrator CS3. I work in black and white, and add color as the final step. If there is something to be added to the design, such as a scanned image, I work on that part in Photoshop CS3, converting it to a bitmapped shape that I can import into Illustrator, where I "trace" it. Once it is traced, it becomes a vector image, and a vector graphic is what I usually strive to end up with. Vector images are scalable to any size, in perfect resolution, and always have a transparent background. Colors are easily separated for printing commercially. And it can be used for practically any purpose, in any medium.
I think of a logo as having a "life" of its own, regardless of its intended use (low res for the internet or high res for printing). I always start by sketching the idea on paper. I then recreate it with the drawing tools in Illustrator CS3. I work in black and white, and add color as the final step. If there is something to be added to the design, such as a scanned image, I work on that part in Photoshop CS3, converting it to a bitmapped shape that I can import into Illustrator, where I "trace" it. Once it is traced, it becomes a vector image, and a vector graphic is what I usually strive to end up with. Vector images are scalable to any size, in perfect resolution, and always have a transparent background. Colors are easily separated for printing commercially. And it can be used for practically any purpose, in any medium.
That's not making logos better, that's making logos tacky (and no offense, but often used by people who don't know how to make good logos and add craptastic effects trying to compensate)
Edit: Oh, sorry, you're being sarcastic. I thought you were the one who said that uses photoshop to make logos better
"Comic Sans" should of been a dead giveaway, haha.