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I recently got CS3 and starting to play around with it. I have no past experience with photshop so its taking some time. But, I plan on making a logo. All of them are drawn out on paper and want to know if photoshop can do this. I plan on adding other details to it with the comp. just wondering which is better illustrator or photoshop for getting drawings into graphics? or any other program recommendations would be cool too.. thanks..

 

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eames

So, you hand illustrated a design and you will be scanning this image into your computer, correct?

If you need to manipulate the drawing quite a bit in your computer, Photoshop will be great for that. If you are using fonts from your computer (as opposed to your own hand drawn lettering) you will want to use Illustrator. An image in Illustrator is a VECTOR BASED image...meaning you can change the size of the image and their is NO LOSS to the quality of the image. Also, the lines will be smoother and you won't get all that jagged pixelation. Meaning, if you have a curved line, it will actually be a SMOOTH line connected between two dots as opposed to a series of little dots that form the appearance of a curved line.

Whatever you do, make sure you create a HIGH RESOLUTION image! So, scan the image with AT LEAST 300 dpi, possibly more. You can always save a copy at a lower dpi such as 72 dpi if you need your logo for a website or anything online. But if you plan to print anything at all with your logo, you MUST have a high resolution if you don't want your image to look like crap.

If you are just starting out and you get frustrated at all with learning the programs, the Adobe forums can be a great help! It can be frustrating at first to learn, but once you get the hang of it, Adobe software is very intuitive.

Hope that helps!

 

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