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Forum Archive 2023 => dMw's Community Centre => Community Archive => Photography, Art and Design => Topic started by: smilodon on December 09, 2003, 11:25:22 AM

Title: Business Logo
Post by: smilodon on December 09, 2003, 11:25:22 AM
A good friend of mine is trying to have a business logo produced on headed paper etc. However it seems that he needs to provide the original artwork (on a disk). Sadly there is no original artwork, only some scribblings on a piece of paper.

So my question is - What software should I buy (or if it's freeware get) in order to produce said piece of artwork?

Photoshop etc are mindnumbingly expensive, so are there any alternatives I could try. I have used 'The Gimp' but it's way too fiddly to use.

Any advice on siftware choice would be appreciated.  :)
Title: Business Logo
Post by: Zok on December 09, 2003, 11:29:09 AM
i use paintshop pro for most everything
you used to be able to download it for a 30 day trial
try here
http://www.jasc.com/download_4.asp (http://www.jasc.com/download_4.asp)?
Title: Business Logo
Post by: DuVeL on December 09, 2003, 12:06:57 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Zok@Dec 9 2003, 11:29 AM
i use paintshop pro for most everything
you used to be able to download it for a 30 day trial
try here
http://www.jasc.com/download_4.asp (http://www.jasc.com/download_4.asp)?
I'm with Zok, I use Paintshop Pro  at work for 3D pictures and so but also for lots of other stuff.
Title: Business Logo
Post by: Swoop on December 09, 2003, 01:35:54 PM
Well for company logos i reccomend using Illustrator (adobe)

Vector based makes it possibly to scale in any size without loss of detail in any way :D :D :D :D
Title: Business Logo
Post by: Anonymous on December 09, 2003, 01:51:13 PM
I use Ulead PhotoImpact and have done for years - Free download of 30 day trial available here (http://www.ulead.co.uk/pi/trial.htm).

You can use vector objects within the proprietry file format (.ufo) and can then save that file to just about any image format you want (including Photoshop .psd)
Title: Business Logo
Post by: smilodon on December 10, 2003, 12:15:51 AM
Thanks I have a grab at the 30 day trial. Any professional designers could quote for the work if they wanted as I'll no doubt make a complete hash of it.