How do I get a sharp image of my logo?

Hello lorileach.

Can you point us to your logo?
I'd like to take a look at the pages you're speaking of.

Ah.

I see.

Looks like the HOME page logo is correct.
The sub page logos are grainy.

You have apparently tried to "shrink" the logo using HTML.
If I click on one of the subpages in your URL above, I notice the logos are small and grainy. Yet when I view the actual logo in a new window - the logo is the original size:
http://specialtycropassistance.org/files/IMG_12.gif

This tells me you are forcing the logo to be smaller using the Height and Width tags in your HTML page.

Instead, export the logo from The Logo Creator to match the Height and Width. You can do this by choosing "More Export Options" from the Export menu. Then use the 'height' and 'width' box to export your logo at the correct size.

let me know if this helps!

Marc

For Word documents I routinely use PDF exports which seems to hold up very well for resizing..

If you have already reset the resolution use the "More export options" instead of just export so file options won't default to 72 DPI

Lori. have you reset the resolution yet?

If you haven't click on "Export" first line "export resolution click on the next screen insert DPI you want...now use "more export options". Choose your file format.

Setting the DPI at the beginning isn't really as important for large projects as you might think and can be changed at anytime. Your logo file will have to be converted to a vector format for your over sized printing projects. Converting to the vector file format when you have finished your work will give you the widest range of options. What is important to start with is always to make sure that images and text are sharp to begin with. By that I mean there are always points where image and text (fonts) meet their limits and are at their very sharpest. Because text fonts or images limits may vary and reach that point differently and may deteriorate the overall appearance...it is far better to export and bring it back by importing back onto the canvas to have it all . Ovoid or limit gradient coloring, shadowing and blurbing effects as much as possible, opt for duplicating the logo element and play with the opacity ... layering it to the back to get the look but look its sharpest. The default is only 72 DPI but you may want set at 300 DPI for providing file/s for vector conversion and any thing you would use your regular printer for.

Clint, you shouldn't be seeing any general program generated heavily pixeling of your work, what you are seeing may have more to do with computer hardware issues or screen resolution (display resolution) settings... screen resolution plays a role in limiting how big a graphic one can make and its overall appearance. Even the amount of memory you have on board and/or your graphic card may effect what you are seeing.

Even working on the TLC default canvas size or a custom canvas size can produce files, once they are converted to a vector format (ie:EPS, SVG, PDF, AI, DXF and EMF)that is and will be key for printing. For instance, one can print a vector logo on a sheet of printer paper,business card and then use and enlarge the same vector logo to a billboard size and keep the same crisp quality and true coloring once converted. Export .png format, then convert or have it converted to a vector graphic by a professional.

3DS , it was Clint May that revived the old thread yesterday 8/25/09 when he posted to it...the last time lorileach actually posted to the thread was 3/19/08...