Color Logos

patscarr · 06-07-2004, 07:20 PM

Could someone post (or re-post) directions on how to make a color logo? Thanks.

feldon34 · 06-07-2004, 07:58 PM

Follow the steps in my walkthrough but don't worry about desaturating it or filling it with black, white, or grey, just leave the logo as-is.

patscarr · 06-07-2004, 08:09 PM

Gotchya. I'll give it a try.

Tuna · 06-10-2004, 01:33 AM

it wont let me do a png only bmp???

feldon34 · 06-10-2004, 01:47 AM

PNGs go in c:\program files\serenescreen\marine aquarium time\
BMPs go into the Aquarium by clicking Import Logo.

patscarr · 06-12-2004, 11:17 PM

You know, following Morgan's directions really has not helped me much. Sorry to say. Is it just me or are they a little unclear to someone else? I really wish Sandy would post her procedure. She has been doing wonders with the color logos.

feldon34 · 06-14-2004, 10:28 AM

My guide is not step-by-step because different source material will have different needs. Unless I get lucky and find a sharp high-res logo on the web (usually with google or at embroidery/tattoo/branding/stickers websites), I typically re-create the logo from scratch in Photoshop or Illustrator. This is not an easy task!

My preferred logo will have already been stripped down to black and white or a couple of solid colors before I get started. Then it's just a matter of resizing and applying layer effects.

The guide is not designed to deal with cartoon characters and anything particularly colorful. If you have a photo or cartoon character, your best bet is to just use the soft eraser and make the best of it. The guide is not a primer on Photoshop or cutting things out. Smoothly cutting a logo or other object out of a larger graphic or photo is something that takes months if not years to master and this ability is highly paid in Hollywood amongst other venues.

If you have suggestions on how I can make the guide more useful, please let me know.

Tiny Turtle · 06-15-2004, 01:59 AM

Morg,
Have you ever visited www.brandsoftheworld.com?

/Tiny Ruskij

patscarr · 06-15-2004, 08:11 AM

Okay, time to share.

I secretly asked Grape to make a couple logos for me and she was really very kind enough to help me out. She did one batch and sent them to me, then I asked her to make some adjustments and she did, and then I asked her to make some more adjustments and she did again. I was going to ask her to make some more adjustments but realized I was probably becoming a pain in her behind.

Anyways, here is what she did for me.

patscarr · 06-15-2004, 08:15 AM

They look great Sandy, thanks so much.

But they were still not exactly what I had in mind, so I used her work as a base and relooked at Morgan's directions and with a lot of trial and error, I finally got the hang of it. Here are mine.

feldon34 · 06-15-2004, 09:29 AM

Originally posted by Tiny Turtle
Morg,
Have you ever visited www.brandsoftheworld.com?

/Tiny Ruskij

Wow. Thanks!

feldon34 · 06-15-2004, 09:29 AM

Surely one of those has to be good enough.

I think almost any of them is a solid, useable logo.

06-07-2004, 07:20 PM	#1
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Color Logos Could someone post (or re-post) directions on how to make a color logo? Thanks. Patrick

06-07-2004, 07:58 PM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Follow the steps in my walkthrough but don't worry about desaturating it or filling it with black, white, or grey, just leave the logo as-is. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-07-2004, 08:09 PM	#3
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Gotchya. I'll give it a try. Patrick

06-10-2004, 01:47 AM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	PNGs go in c:\program files\serenescreen\marine aquarium time\ BMPs go into the Aquarium by clicking Import Logo. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-12-2004, 11:17 PM	#6
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	You know, following Morgan's directions really has not helped me much. Sorry to say. Is it just me or are they a little unclear to someone else? I really wish Sandy would post her procedure. She has been doing wonders with the color logos. Patrick

06-10-2004, 01:33 AM	#4
Tuna Registered Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 5	it wont let me do a png only bmp???

06-14-2004, 10:28 AM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	My guide is not step-by-step because different source material will have different needs. Unless I get lucky and find a sharp high-res logo on the web (usually with google or at embroidery/tattoo/branding/stickers websites), I typically re-create the logo from scratch in Photoshop or Illustrator. This is not an easy task! My preferred logo will have already been stripped down to black and white or a couple of solid colors before I get started. Then it's just a matter of resizing and applying layer effects. The guide is not designed to deal with cartoon characters and anything particularly colorful. If you have a photo or cartoon character, your best bet is to just use the soft eraser and make the best of it. The guide is not a primer on Photoshop or cutting things out. Smoothly cutting a logo or other object out of a larger graphic or photo is something that takes months if not years to master and this ability is highly paid in Hollywood amongst other venues. If you have suggestions on how I can make the guide more useful, please let me know. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

06-15-2004, 01:59 AM	#8
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Morg, Have you ever visited www.brandsoftheworld.com? /Tiny Ruskij Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

06-15-2004, 09:29 AM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Originally posted by Tiny Turtle Morg, Have you ever visited www.brandsoftheworld.com? /Tiny Ruskij Wow. Thanks! "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman