Runnin Reb Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I was just wondering other that the obvious (AI) what software do yo guys use to create logos. Does anyone use strictly photo shop or paint or do you mostly just use AI. Just curious. I have photo shop and I want to contribute to this board (once I learn the software). I think that this is a neat place. The talent that floats around this place is unreal. I am just floored by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cynic Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I use Macromedia Freehand and Macromedia Flash along with Illustrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicfurth Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Photoshop 4.0.1, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper98 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I only use Adobe Illustrator. It is the standard for vector artwork creation. I really wouldn't recommend using raster graphic software for designing logos as there isn't the same portability of logos across different mediums that is afforded to vector graphics software. If you design it in Paint, Photoshop or whatnot someone else will have to redraw the logos in AI or Corel Draw(bleh) in order to use them in other creative applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeygator Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I always use Illustrator to create the final image, but I use Photoshop to get the image ready. If I scan in a drawing or picture, I use Illustrator first to help clear it up and then I use Illustrator to make the final image. I have used Corel & Macromedia products, but I find Adobe's to be the best for designing graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I use AI 10.0 of course, and Photoshop ... I also use PhotoSuite version 1.0 for creating website gifs. The upgrades to that software have made it worse each time, so I stick with the old version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I use Illustrator for all my real graphics. PhotoShop and AppleWorks every now and then. I use Adobe GoLive for websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I started using Illustrator a few months ago, ending years of frustration with other programs. Aside from it being the standard, I really like the results I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paynomind Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I am still in the STEEP learning curve of going from PhotoShop to Illustrator (what you called AI)I would highly reccomend Illustrator. If you are learning, Reb..I'd learn the right software to begin with, if what you really wanna do is create logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I've had a chance to play around with Illustrator--and I'd love to have it--but the price tag is too steep--so for now I'm using mostly Paint--and for my last work I used Publisher!But then I'm not as active at designing--maybe one day though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoneranger Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 You know what I'm going to say...CorelDraw! I also love Photoshop and have found that Quark has its uses (But not for logo design) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantum Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 CorelDraw and Illustrator are both great programs, although Illustrator is better for most situations. Photoshop is the program for working with raster images, but in the logo world, vector is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHRH7 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I must be a lone man here because I love freehand so much more than AI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webdav Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I'll admit to being Adobe's b*tch. We just got the CS package and it's...ahem...SUITE! Being that what I do for a living is web design, I frequently use Photoshop/ImageReady for web graphics, but also often do layouts of potential designs in Illustrator. Final HTML/PHP/etc. is done in GoLive, which I have been using since pre-1.0 release and know like the back of my hand.Workflow is usually as follows - concept in Illustrator (it's faster to build things in Illustrator for both me and my art director, who often builds the initial concepts), rebuild in Photoshop (I'm the king of all layers! ), slice up in ImageReady, output and build the tables in GoLive. Usually I don't bother with HTML output of tables from ImageReady because they tend to be kind of inflexible.I have to confide a loss in my life, recently. On November 15, 2003, Adobe killed the only SWF creation application I can stand - LiveMotion. It's timeline system was so common-sense and it died before it could reach it's true potential. Although I can now create vector animation in ImageReady, I can't use ActionScript, etc. And I can't stand Flash, it's so convoluted how it works. I'll keep using LiveMotion until it's no longer usable - at least it's OS X compatible. But I already see cracks (it doesn't work well with Illustrator CS documents.)Hopefully Adobe will revive it or let someone else take control of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I must be a lone man here because I love freehand so much more than AIbut that logo in your sig was created in Illustrator......i wonder by whom?Seriously though, i'm Illustrator's bitch, and she is my master. oh illustrator, i love you so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DartLogo Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I used paint. The, I got Photoshop and Illustrator from a friend of a friend. wow, what a difference. I'd spend the money, or at least the time, to find a copy of Illustrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozilla74 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Illustrator, Photoshop are the standards; Quark for print; and Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Flash for web. Like Webdav, I'll usually start out in Illustrator first because it's the fastest way to mock things up. Usually go back and forth between AI and PS depending on the nature of the project. For web work I'll take a PS doc into Fireworks to set up the graphics then recode the Fireworks produced HTML in dreamweaver to my liking. I like Fireworks' setup better than ImageReady. I probably use AI the most out of all those programs, especially for logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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