A brief history of Laughingbird Software.

I began creating custom logos for clients back in 1995 as a way to supplement my income at a graphic design agency. I soon realized that working for yourself was the only way to fly. I created custom logos for others online for nearly 6 years.

The Logo Creator was originally designed to give my logo creation services some breathing room. I was getting so busy, I needed to detour some of my clients. Rather than point them to another designer, I decided to create a machine that would help my clients design their own logos.

It soon proved so popular, I decided to stop creating custom logos and focus on the software full time.

The Logo Creator version 1.2
July 19th 2000

The Logo Creator version 1.2
officially launched on July 19th, 2000. The first, and only logo set at the time (The 'Select' Edition), sold for $99.

logos created from version 1.0

The Logo Creator version 2.0
August 2001

Using feedback from version 1.0's users ... I resigned the interface from the ground up.
This new version took The Logo Creator to new heights! It made creating logos from templates much more flexible. It was a hit. Read the review from Internet.com

The interface of version 2.0 back in August of 2001

Version 2.5 of The Logo Creator
March 2002

Improved logo design, better font management, cleaner outlines, better printing options ... and 3 new logos sets!

This marked the year we decided to put out additional logo packages. At this time they were 'add-ons' ... you needed the original engine in order to open and modify the new logo libraries.

Version 2.5 of The Logo Creator
July 20th, 2003

Version 3.0 was a radical jump in technology. The features in version 3.0 are much improved over previous versions of the software. new interface (more flexible design), rotateable text, gradient text, rendering text on a curve, greater manipulation of your own imported images and updating the software via the internet were just some of the major enhancements!

This marked the first time you could purchase an 'add on set' and use it as a stand alone product.



The interface as it looked back in July of 2003

Added two additional logo sets too! The Mascot Edition and The Corporate Edition 3 collection.

April 2004.
Version 4.0 officially launches!

We took the comments in our Laughingbird Software forum to heart! We enhanced the interface greatly. It was now much more user friendly.
AND, we added many new tutorials from the users themselves! The Laughingbird Software forum took off. That same year, the forum hit 3,000 members.

The Interface of version 4.0

Version 5.0 of The Logo Creator
February 2006

Better images and tighter programming made The Logo Creator the #1 best selling logo design software title online and at retail stores like CompUSA and Fry's Electronics!