Comments on: I have to digitally design a logo for a tee-shirt. Help?

By: Vince M

Vince M — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:27:59 +0000

Go ahead and finish the work on paper, if that is a comfortable media for you. When done, you can scan it or have it scanned at a local copyshop. Have it saved as a .pdf.

Once scanned, it IS digital.

The next step depends on how it is to be printed. If you plan to give the digital file to a commercial shirt printer, they can do what is needed to print it.

If you plan to print it yourself, using an iron-on transfer, be sure to have the image inverted so it appears backwards on the monitor and in the print. You can easily do this or have this done when it is scanned.
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By: chlorina2006

chlorina2006 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:01:59 +0000

PhotoShop is the industry standard for designers and has a high learning curve. If you haven’t used it before, I wouldn’t recommend starting with PhotoShop.

If your design is simple with geometric shapes that don’t require a lot of manipulation, Microsoft PowerPoint may be an easier option. It has a pallet of basic shapes, fills, levels of transparency, alignment tools, and text that can be inserted as text or manipulated as word art. It too has a learning curve but it’s not as steep as the Adobe products, and is probably included with your MS Office software. You can also save as a pdf document.
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Graphics artist for 30+ years

By: Gorgoroth

Gorgoroth — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:46:59 +0000

Photoshop works very very well, I use to do stuff like that. And you can save it as a pdf
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