You're on the right lines - I only ever make logos in Illustrator. That way they can be scaled to use on anything from business cards to billboards. I used to use all sorts of programs when I was starting out - Paint Shop Pro, GIMP, Fireworks - to make logos, but they all had compromises somewhere in the workflow.

Illustrator has a learning curve, but it's worth climbing up it for logos etc.

If I only had Photoshop, I'd be working at 300dpi to a Letter-paper sized logo (minimum), saving in PSD format and exporting as GIF/PNG as needed.

HTH,

Pete.

THanks a bunch /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

I'd highly recommend using some kind of vector-editing software for logos. If you can't get Illustrator for now, go ahead and download inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org). It's free, and works well.

I have Illustrator, I just haven't been able to get the swing of it yet. Really to be honest I haven't been able to sit down and just play with it yet.

Ahhh. It really is worth it, and for logos, it's really the only way to go. I don't know if it's always included, but when I bought the creative suite, it came with a dvd with all kinds of tutorials on it. That's an easy way to get started. Also, you might try Lynda.com, which has all kinds of graphics tutorials, some for free and others with subscription.

I'll second (or third rather) that!

Sooner or later a client will come back and want the logo for a billboard, or they will want to change colors, or something else that will make your life difficult later on.