I am in the promotional advertising business, selling products like pens, shirts, keychains...basically, anything you can think of I can sell and put your business name on it. There are times when I have to use an outside vendor if a customer wants a product I don't have. Typically these vendors will have their art requirements, which usually is a size. For example, i can sell a certain pen and they will tell me my graphics have to fit withing 2x.05 inches. So this is why I started using corel. To be able to send art over for printing. 99% of the art work will be bold typeset, with just a company name, maybe the customers name, and their phone number...no frills just text...ocasionally I may sell a product and the customer has to have a logo on it. I do business with a lot of realtors and they always need a logo. So i would need to pull their logo from their website, or the web..well say coldwell banker for an example. I would also need to change this logo to black for printing purposes, unless i am doing a full color product which is rare. So my question is, is coreldraw efficient for these purposes? Are there any resources anybody can point me to to help me figure out these processes.
I understand that graphic designers spend alot of time honing in on their skill. I know its not an overnight process. I am not trying to be a graphic designer, I just want to be able to : size text to fit in specific measurments, pull logos and clean up, save and export in a format that is best for printing. Any info on this will be greatly appreciated.
CorelDraw can certainly do what you're doing. What I'd suggest is finding a "vector" version of these logos. SVG, AI,CDR, EPS, & PDF are most common. BrandsOfTheWorld.com is a good source. You can also do a search for the logo and specifically for a pdf. i.e. google.com type in the company name then under advanced search change file type to pdf. Open the pdf and zoom in. You can usually tell if the logo is vector. If it's pixelated then it's not vector. Try another pdf. Once you find one that might be vector save it to your desktop. Import the pdf, taking note what page the logo was on, and just import that page with text to curves. Delete everything but the logo and BAM!
thanks for the answer myron...yes this will work for most...and i will use these methods for sure..but some of my customers are small indie ma and pa shops..i might go to their facebook and find their logos..im thinking if its low quality re drawing may be the only option?
agreed. Sounds like you have a grip on it. Good luck.