By Lisa Swanson
http://www.macnet2.com
By far, The Logo Creator is the most unique application from the Laughingbird
Software stable. And it’s a great design. For the graphic designer, or the amateur
working on personal projects or lending a hand at work, Logo Creator delivers.
Logo Creator does exactly as its name implies. Creating great logos has never
been easier. A professional designer can use Logo Creator to build custom logos
quickly and easily, while amateurs can tinker with logos that can compete with
the pros.
You can use The Logo Creator’s great selection of assorted graphics, great
fonts, and easy to use interface to build a terrific looking logo, or you can
import custom graphics and text you create elsewhere. It takes just a few minutes
to learn and once you know how it works you spend the rest of your time experimenting
and exploring. I created a series of logos and showed them to a professional
graphic designer and his response was surprising, he said he wasn’t aware that
I had any training in design. I hadn’t, but Logo Creator is so flexible that
I was able to put together good design elements with a lot of trail and error.
Best Features
Each logo 'set ' comes with over 25 customizable templates that you will get
you started in seconds. As you experiment with your logo you’ll love the 64
levels of undo. I found myself using this feature a lot.
Logo Creator’s graphics are PNG Transparent, and you can import PNG formats
as well. Of course, you can export your logos as PNG’s or JPEG, TIFF, GIF,
and more. 
If you are in need of a good tagline but find yourself stuck you’ll love the
Tagline/slogan generator. I was able to create some awfully clever taglines
without a lot of work.
Special Effects can be applied instantly. Drop shadows, gloss, emboss, and
more make your logos stand out. With 64 levels of undo you can try them all
and just step back to previous one when you need to.
Working with The Logo Creator
Logo Creator is incredibly easy to use. I wanted to try and use this app without
reading a single thing about it, and I did. The interface is very intuitive.
Navigating around the interface is fast, and fun. You feel creative when you
are working with it, and the results are outstanding. Anyone can design with
Logo Creator, and with the expansion pack you gets dozens of additional elements
to work with that give you even more flexibility.
The Logo Creator is a real bargain for $29.95. If you get paid for designing
logos, banners, or brochures it pays for itself many times over with the very
first project.
The Bottom Line
The Logo Creator is a must-have application for those that want to design but
don’t have the talent and or knowledge, or those with the talent and knowledge
who need to work fast. With a little practice you can create some stunning
designs for logos, web pages, banners, brochures, and more.
If you want to earn money on the side designing for local businesses or if
work in a company that needs some professional design done and can’t afford
to hire a pro you can become the hero of the company by volunteering your services.
This is one powerful app for $29.95. While many professional designers might
want to turn their nose up at this package they would be doing themselves a
disservice. I’m not saying that Logo Creator will take the place of pro-level
apps like Illustrator and Freehand, but the times that professionals need to
put something together quickly there isn’t anything better than The Logo Creator.
Pros:
Easy to use
Pro level results
Inexpensive
Flexible
Importing your own elements.
Cons
Price might be too low to be considered usable by pros (but they should check
it out none the less!)
Would like to see more expansion packs
Needs more special effects |
