Logo - who can produce it in a professional format for me?

emmylou69

Hi Everyone,
I have designed a new logo for my business, which myself and my business partner think is perfect. So I don't need any help with designing it.

It is currently in Word or PDF, but I need it to be scalable and in a suitable format so that I can use it on my website, on business cards, on a sign, on flyers etc - and to send to magazines for adverts.

Everything I have found so far wants to design it for me - not just produce a professional version of my idea.

Does anyone have any ideas of who best to approach for this?

Thank you,
Emma

Horace

Try a graphic designer or a printer - they may be able to turn the file into an eps file which is what you will need for websites, business cards etc.

Maybe if the printer/graphic designer cannot convert the file that you have then they may have to re-draw it for you.

jexygirl

try http://www.peopleperhour.com/ or the other one like it which I can't think of the name of!

McAzrael

Draw it in Inkscape (open source and free - look it up on Sourceforge) and you can save it in .eps or .svg formats.

coldstar

You need to convert it to a VECTOR format. As its in Word or.pdf it is currently a bitmap. The conversion is best done in a program like corel draw.

You also need to be aware that commercial printers need the colours of your logo in CMYK (your bitmap is almost certainly RGB). RGB colour is fine for websites and laser/inkjet printed material but Brochures etc printed by a commercial printer need CMYK colour or the end result wont look anything like what you expect!

If your planning to do a lot of material like brochures, flyers, signs etc Corel Draw X5 would be a good investment, it takes a bit of learning but works really well for this sort of material. Not cheap but probably pay for itself the first time you do your own design and layout. I use it to make flyers, brochures, cards, large exhibition graphics etc. Just be sure you understand how to create the correct sort of files for whoever does your printing (eg .pdf files in CMYK with correct resolution, bleeds, colour profiles etc)

If your stuck PM me and I can convert your logo for free to a vector format in both CMYK and RGB colour (but the rest is up to you!)

Catherine_Johnson_2

Not quite sure what you're looking for.....is the logo you've designed a bit rough looking, or do you need it in another format for web use etc?

Did you actually produce it in word?

One of the things you could try yourself is to create the logo at a much larger size than you are actually going to need, then, when it's reduced to the correct size, it won't look so unprofessional. It should also be at a suitable resolution for litho printing (you need to be looking at about 300dpi for print).

So long as the logo is produced initially at a large enough size, when you convert to PDF the image is actually scalable (certainly scalable downwards in size). Do, though, save the PDF at a high resolution to start with.

Alternatively, it may be worth looking in the small ads of your local paper. Sometimes you might find someone working from home who could redraw your logo in a suitable format for you.

Personally, I wouldn't save as an EPS as it's very difficult for most home users to actually see the file (although EPS if fine for litho printing, you'd probably want to run a proof off at home to make sure everything is ok before going to the printer with your artwork). High resolution PDF is fine. Most people can view this and you can litho print from the file too. Obviously, for the web, you'll probably want to convert to JPEG.

emmylou69

Thank you everyone, all sorted now thanks to an extremely brilliant MSE-er who emailed me and did a great job for me.
Thanks Daniel

JuniorDesigner

My pleasure Emma, anytime!