Logo Design Software
There are many different types of software available for graphic design
work, which can be used for a logo design.
First lets discuss the two types of digital imaging.
The first one is a bitmap image system that you are probably most
familiar with. This system of storing digital images is very simple.
It is a "pixilated" version of the image. Basically it is
a visual image divided by thousands of different colored dots and
each dot has its own color and coordinates. It is a very memory consuming
system, and off course the more dots you have stored in your image,
the bigger and more detailed it will become.
The second option is a vector based system. This system uses "shapes"
to store an image.
Imagine a red square and its four points. The field between these
points is filled with red; instead of memorizing every pixel in the
square it only memorizes 4 pixels (points of the shape) and assigns
red to a field in between those coordinates. It is much more efficient
in regards to memory.
There are big differences between these two systems. Some things you
can do in one but can't do in another.
The real difference between these types of graphics is not in aesthetics
but in application.
For example the "bitmap" (pixilated) system is used to
capture and store digital photographs.
As soon as you start dealing with hundreds of different shades and
shapes, it becomes impossible to convert all those blends and gradients
into different shapes and store it as a vector file. One thing to
remember is the bigger the size of your image, the more dots it
will have to save, and the larger file will become.
What if you want to create and save your logo design? You will need
it on almost everything; you will need it for your business card,
and on your billboard. That's when vector graphics become handy.
You may have noticed that when you are working with any "bitmap"
image it is very hard to enlarge it or even to minimize it without
disturbing the quality of the image This is because the system has
to compromise some pixels when you rescale the image. Vector based
images do not have the same problem. You can scale it up and down
without any disturbance of the quality of the image and the size
will remain the same!
For your logo design project, it is essential to have a vector based
image.
Common file types for a bitmap image are: bmp, tiff, gif, jpeg,
psd…
Common file types for a vector image are: ai, cdr, eps…
Bitmap images are commonly used because practically every home computer
has programs to open and view them.
To view a vector based image you need to have special software.
Some file types such as ai, cdr can only be opened in Corel Draw,
Adobe Illustrator or another vector based program which is not commonly
used by a home user. Some vector types are becoming more popular
on the Internet because of their file size. One such the example
is Flash.
Vector graphics are also the basis of any 3D program, and in turn
it is catching on to the mainstream market.
Excerpt from: www.logobee.com
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