mystmaster23 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 http://www.nutrarc.com/skin/frontend/default/nutrarc/images/logo.gif This is just a basic logo.. anyone know what program these people likely use to make professional logos like this? I particularly like the font/text.. is there a good program out there that can do make these easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Hum Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 MS Paint ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nub Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Adobe Illustrator or some other vector graphics program is the professional way of method of making logos. You can also do raster graphics with photoshop or such, but it won't scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted July 31, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2011 Photoshop ($) Gimp (Free) Paint.net (Free) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Syanide Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 To a knowledgeable person, that logo can be recreated in about 5 minutes using Adobe Illustrator or other vector graphic programs like Inkscape. The thing about making a logo, or any other graphic work actually isn't purely technical though, no program will popout a nice logo if you don't have any ideas to start with or a sense about some general aesthetics. Depending on your financial situation, I'd recommend getting either Illustrator or Inkscape and trying to find your way around them, if you're interested in doing graphic design. If not, try to make up some ideas and pay other people to deal with the work, or outsource it completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +xWhiplash Subscriber² Posted July 31, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted July 31, 2011 What I did to come up with my logo (I spent a year or two trying to use a blank Photoshop document to make a good one) is to draw it on paper first. Then use a program and trace the outline of the drawing and you have a nice logo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Syanide Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah, unless you are very visual with your work and know exactly what you want, sketching it first is a great idea. Because you're much faster with pen and paper, you can throw different ideas around, when you're happy just transfer that (and I mean recreate it) in the program. I wouldn't use Photoshop tho, unless you're making some cartoony image for your personal website, you will need to scale the logo sooner or later, and you need a vector graphics program for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ajua Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 http://www.nutrarc.com/skin/frontend/default/nutrarc/images/logo.gif This is just a basic logo.. anyone know what program these people likely use to make professional logos like this? I particularly like the font/text.. is there a good program out there that can do make these easily? You can use Inkscape and Paint.NET. Both are free and produce professional results in no time. This considering you already know you way around graphics applications. If you don't, it's not that difficult though. I would suggest to look for sources of inspiration, but don't try to copy any in particular. Take what you like from many and keep it in your head only. Then, start by drawing it on paper, even if you suck, like me, at drawing stuff. After that, choose a font that show something about your logo or name, like "modern", "casual", "serious", "funny", etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +longgonebn Subscriber² Posted July 31, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted July 31, 2011 Making logo's you would want to make them in Vector formats, so they can be scaled. Most professionals will pay for the product to do so and that would be Adobe Illustrator. Free would be Inkscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kizzaaa Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Good topic. Adobe Illustrator or some other vector graphics program is the professional way of method of making logos. You can also do raster graphics with photoshop or such, but it won't scale. What do you mean it won't scale? As in the image cannot resize accurately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nub Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Good topic. What do you mean it won't scale? As in the image cannot resize accurately? It'll be blurry if you try to enlarge it. If you wanted to do any print you can't just take a web logo and print it or it'll look like crap because its just doesn't have enough detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Billus Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Illustrator. Make a logo once, scales like a pro. Easy to learn and if you need help, their are several free guides on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nvllsvm Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Inkscape is a free vector editor that I find pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Copernic Reporter Posted July 31, 2011 Reporter Share Posted July 31, 2011 The hard way: Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint.Net, Inkscape etc... The easy way: AAA Logo, Sothink Logo Maker, LogoSmartz, The Logo Creator, Quick LogoDesigner, Logo Design Studio, LogoMaker.... http://www.aaa-logo.com/ http://www.thelogocreator.com/ http://www.logosmartz.com/ http://www.sothink.com/product/logo-maker/ http://www.summitsoftlogodesign.com/ http://www.studio-v5.com/greenbox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mystmaster23 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 adobe illustrator eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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http://www.nutrarc.com/skin/frontend/default/nutrarc/images/logo.gif
This is just a basic logo.. anyone know what program these people likely use to make professional logos like this?
I particularly like the font/text.. is there a good program out there that can do make these easily?
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