tutorials - LogoCreator

  Welcome to The Logo Creator's logo design tutorials section. Here, you'll learn some key tips and tricks for creating custom logos with the software. You'll also learn some great design techniques that are not readily apparant when you first launch The Logo Creator.

Quick menu:

› Update your software
› Creating a transparent Gif
› The built in "Shapes" font
› Importing your own images

Update your software - instantly!

The first thing you should do after downloading your logo design software is to update it.We've added some new design features to The Logo Creator since we packaged it up for download.

To update:

· Select the "window" menu from within the software.

· Choose "Check for internet updates". This will update your software instantly to the most current version.

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How to create a transparent-backed logo design (transparent Gif for the web):

There are two alternatives:

i) select "Transparent PNG" fom the "Export" menu. no matter what background color you selected, it will now be transparent! This is great for programs that can view Png files (like Photoshop, Fireworks, Appleworks and the built in paint program found in Windows).

ii) Create a transparent Gif for your site.

· Choose a background color for your logo design that closely matches the web page that the logo will eventually be put on.

· Select "Custom Export" fom the "Export" menu.

· Click the "tGIF" button for transparent GIF.

· Use the eyedropper to select the background color.

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Using the built in Shapes font:

There is an embedded font called "shapes".

Pull down the 2nd font menu to select The Logo Creator's built in fonts. (The top menu contains your computers system fonts and any other fonts you download from the net).

Once you have this 'shapes font' selected, use your keyboard and type in the following to see what shapes appear. Create multiple logo design shapes by altering the gradients and various colors and outlines of the shapes!

c is a circle

By using various gradients (select "Color Attributes" after setting your shape) a multitude of different shapes can be made. Instant logo design shapes!
o is an oval
s is a square (S for curved corners)
r is a rectangle (R for curved corners)
t and T are right triangles
y and Y are isosceles triangles
The number 1 for the hand-drawn stars from grade-school (try it out with outline)
! for the same star, but a solid center
2 for 20 pointed star
3 to 9 for that many pointed star
shift + 3 to 9 for more acutely pointed stars
@ for sharper 20 pointed star
- (the minus sign) for horizontal line (making it rotatable will allow generation of angled lines)
I (that's the "pipe" character) for vertical line (making it rotatable will allow generation of angled lines)
b for bicycle chain link (increase character spacing)

With the shapes font - you can instantly have scalable shapes!

Use the "Text Attributes" button to increase or decrease the size of the shapes!

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Importing your own images:

You can customize each and every logo with your own artwork (or from clipart and photo services that you find on the net).

Pull down the "logo element" menu (it has changed to "modify" if you've updated your software) and select "New Logo Element". (read this the same as "import").

Select an image on your hard drive! Jpegs, Gifs, Bmp files, Tif images and PNG files are all fair game.

When importing a picture or any other image to use with a Logo Creator template, make sure to click on the image (to select it) and then use the "Send to Back" menu command . This will move your image behind the text and other objects.


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