Tutorial Your first logo
How to create your own custom logo in 5 easy steps!
Tutorial by Marc Sylvester
www.thelogocreator.com
Making a terrific looking logo for your business in minutes is easy. Spend a few hours with the software and you'll be designing logos like the pros! ...If you ARE a professional designer or logo design company, you'll be impressed with the ease of use and flexibility of The Logo Creator!
You can even sell the logos you create! Start a brand new business on the net
| Step One: | | | Start off by selecting a logo set from the pull down menu and selecting your desired template. This will be your 'jump off' point. There are many different sets to choose from. You'll find more logo sets (like the Corporate sets 2 and 3, the Hollywood logo set or the Cartoon pak from The Logo Creator website | |
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| | Once you've got your logo on screen, you can modify it by moving all of the elements around, choosing different logo text, colorizing or adding a gradient to the logo objects and text, changing the font (there are over 50 built in fonts! And, you can use your own fonts that you've downloaded and installed off the net!), adding subtle drop shadows or outlining the text.
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| Each logo set comes with its own object library (swooshes, orbs and other logo elements like cartoon characters and mascots) The more logo sets you have, the more objects you'll have to use between them. |
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| Clicking on an object element (an image) will bring up the 'element setter'. Here, you can change the selected object (see the top two panel images to the right). Choose "Set Image" to change your selected object, or "Add New Image" to add one of the new objects to your logo. | | | | | Or, clicking any text element will bring up the Text element setter (as reflected in the 3rd panel above). Here, you can create and duplicate your text. And, there's a built in Slogan and Tagline generator that you can use to generate your company slogan! Over 500 to choose from. Every logo needs a slogan or tagline! You can even import your own images, clipart, or photos to further customize your logo! Just pull down the FILE menu and select 'Import'! | | | Step Four: | | Export your final logo in various formats! Jpeg, PNG and transparent Gif for the web, or export as a 300dpi TIF or BMP image for print purposes!
Other formats; PNG, PDF and PNG with transparency (alpha channel!) for use in Photoshop or Fireworks. Here are a few examples of the logo we've been working on modified a few different ways: That's it! It's easy to create your own logo.
All you need is a jump off point, and a little creativity. Dozens of logos can be made from just one template. You can also use The Logo Creator to create web page headers, titles for your Movies, and business cards! | |
