How can I make a professional logo like this?
 

http://www.nutrarc.com/skin/frontend...mages/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?

Photoshop :winkwink:

In my opinion, you would want to make it in illustrator. I was taught to never create text in photoshop. If you send out that ps file to print, you can possibly have blurring in the text. You can make the shape you need easily in illustrator as well as the text and you wont have to worry about running into that issue.

If you dont have illustrator you can download inkscape from http://inkscape.org/ which is free and pretty similar.

You can download gimp from http://gimp.org for a free alternatve to photoshop, best of luck.

Good point

Im gonna throw this up as I am not sure your eperience with illustrator or other vector programs. This is a nice reference on how to use the pen tool, which you would want to use, along with the circle shape tool to make that shape in the logo you posted.

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials...hensive-guide/

heck the pen tool exercise at the bottom of the page.

Best of luck!

I've done a lot of print jobs in PhotoShop and never had the problem. The most important thing is making sure you use the correct color code for black so it doesn't look grey.

This is slightly off topic but what do you guys think about using paint.net for making logos.

Im not saying you cant make it in Photoshop. Its less of a hassle to use illustrator though in my personal opinion. I don't know bhow well the op knows photoshop or illustrator, but in photoshop, you need to make sure you ave the proper ppi, smoothing, anti aliasing set up, etc.

In illustrator, you can just type out the text and the resolution is set up at 300, doesnt render the type as dots like ps does, etc. One can say ou have to worry about sending fonts etc but you can save a copy thats broken into outlines to solve that option.

Either one will work but I think Illustrator is a safer bet. Just my personal preference though.

Use illustrator for logos. That way if you need to enlarge it for a huge banner, you can do so.

I agree - in theory with using Illustrator ... but the problem I found with this, is that most "professional" print shops don't even know what to do with a .ai file ... sad but true

I found the best way to make everybody happy, was to do the artwork in Photoshop at 600 dpi .... yes it makes for a large file weight, but at 600 dpi full-page (8 x 10) you can still enlarge it to banner/poster size without enough degradation to be a concern.

And if you are going to have a print shop print your fliers/cards/etc., converting them to a .PDF file will save you the most aggravation in the end.

If you are doing a set size graphic such as a business card or a flier, or even a T-Shirt transfer ... then 300 dpi is more than enough ...

But for a logo, if there is even a 2% chance that one day you may want a banner sized graphic, be safe and render it in 600 dpi.

I usually make my design then save it as an eps. I then break any text into outlines and save a copy as something like "logo_ol.eps" and give that to the printer. If the printer can open a psd they should be able to open up a eps or a pdf.

If you absolutely have to you can save an eps as a layered psd via illustrator. if you need to make it larger you can just edit the size in illustrator and resave a copy as a psd in the desired size, automatically set at 300. Doing it this way, you dont have to save it at 600 dpi etc.

To be honest, I am a photoshop guy more than an illustrator guy. I can't draw freehand for crap and my freehand pen tool work sucks (awesome at tracing with it though lmfao). I can honestly tell you as a designer since 03 that every working day I have to open and use ps to get my work done, and most of the print work / ai stuff is left for the print designer. That being said I still go to illustrator if I am forced to do print design for the type.I save pshop for web work or the non vector stuff(images, filter created art, etc)

again, you can do it both ways but I think Illustrator is a safer bet when creating a logo, but thats just me.

You ask about a PROFESSIONAL logo.
You don't know what tools a professional would use to design a logo, so if you want what you asked for, a PROFESSIONAL logo, you should use VISA.

I'm guessing that you haven't studied color psychology and related fields that a professional logo artist or graphics designer would be constantly reading about in Professional Graphics magazine or whatever it's called.

If you want a nice amateur logo, others have made good suggestions on tools. Just understand that those tools don't have the knowledge or skill to design something professional any more than you do, so your design will likely be too complex or too simple. That's ok. I just thought I'd mention it since you said you wanted a professional logo.

Sorry to hear that mate... Get well soon yeah?

Use Illustrator if you can spend some money or Inkscape which is free.

Use Illustrator. What you say really is a wrong mindset ;)

Just because smoking didn't give you lung cancer yet doesn't mean it's not unhealthy. Unless you are 100% sure you will never use a logo for big print jobs, you can use Photoshop. But even then Illustrator is recommended.

http://www.99designs.com is made for this.

If you have to ask these questions, then you shouldn't be trying to make logos.

oh my, alot of you have know clue and are just confusing things! that logo (or any for that matter) should be drawn in illustrator or another vector app, when printing it should be saved as a vectored eps, which in illustrator is a standard .eps file. That way you could blow the logo up 1000 times to billboard size and the edging would be perfect, no blurring/pixelation and so on.

It can be done in photoshop aswell, but to futureproof it you need to understand paths and layers well, so it can be re-produced in any format/size. Also you need to understand dpi qualities and so on which you don't need to worry about in illustrator.

But in answer to your question, it should be done in illustrator or similar.

Make sure the black is made up in the color palette as c=100 m=100 y=100 k=100, you more than likely had it set to 0/0/0/100, this will give a 1 pass black when printed resulting in a washed out black, full cmyk black is rich and dark. If you are doing one or two colour prints then there are dozens of pantone blacks to choose from within the colour palettes, hope it helps!

Illustrator.

This sounds good,,,,Bump:thumbsup

you can't....................

the correct answer is Illustrator

but your question said "easily", which sounds like you have no respect for the fact that professional design takes skill and talent and knowledge, the software is just a tool

Offer someone here about $10 or so on Paypal or Paxum and they will have a logo sent to your Email in under 10 minutes.

photo shop.

i use MS paint.. it is the most advanced tool out there, aside from youself from the aspect of your original question... :thumbsup




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