FN-GM Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Hi, I have abit of a problem. I have attached our school crest. This is the best version the school has we cannot find for love nor money a better quality one. I am trying to polish it up in Photoshop to make it look better on a joomla site. Can anyone help or give suggestions please? Thanks
Domino Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 have you got illustrator? or 2D Design? both can vectorize bitmaps, might give you a fighting chance...
localzuk Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Another option is manually vectorising it, using a graphics tablet. But that would take a long time to do.
AngryTechnician Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Oof, I do not envy you one bit here. I was in a similar situation in my last school, though our 'best version' was a PNG that was slightly clearer than that. We needed a vector version. I tried a few vectorising programs (including Illustrator) and the results were pretty dire each time. Also tried redrawing it myself and found it very hard going. Eventually the head's PA found a professional who redrew it for us for a surprisingly modest fee - I was expecting a few hundred, I think it came to under £150. If that's an option for you I can try and find out who we used?
FN-GM Posted August 6, 2009 Author Posted August 6, 2009 I like a challenge. I take it you have i printed copy? Headed paper etc? If so could you do me a favor and take photo of it? Will help to have a higher res image to work with. Thanks, We dont the headed paper doesn't have the logo on. Ihave attached a bigger one if that helps.
p858snake Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 I would convert it to a vector and then redraw the lines so they are nice curves and such then recolor the logo. Also Inkscape (OpenSource) does a fairly good job at converting images to vectors.
dhicks Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Can anyone help or give suggestions please? Paste the bitmap (your highest resolution one, obviosuly) into Inkscape, redraw vectors in a new layer over the top of it. -- David Hicks
FN-GM Posted August 6, 2009 Author Posted August 6, 2009 Thats for the suggestions everyone, i never use image editing packages so i will be at a loss with them Cheers Also what's the name of the school? Balderstone Technology College
Oops_my_bad Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Could I ask how you got a .ac.uk domain? Are you a VI form college?
Little-Miss Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 dont worry! Sysman is here!! He is the saviour of dodgy school logos....i too have suffered this curse...and then there was Sysman, and all was good again!
Soulfish Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 I was almost struck by this when I started here in Feb. Turns out for the last several years they'd be using a copy of the logo that was in a word document. Hunting for an alternative turned up nothing, until I asked the printers that we used who still had the original EPS file! I almosted resorted to using elance.com to get us a cheap designer/graphic artist to redraw it for us. Having used the site in the past to get things done you can get some really good work at some very very competitive prices. A fair number of European, Asian and American freelancers and design firms on there
FN-GM Posted August 6, 2009 Author Posted August 6, 2009 Could I ask how you got a .ac.uk domain? Are you a VI form college? Apparently it was very hard, but the thing that did it was that the School offers adult learning classes. The website is due to be changed soon watch that space! 1
Little-Miss Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 It's amazing!! It's pretty damn close!! Looks better even!! 1
FN-GM Posted August 7, 2009 Author Posted August 7, 2009 Sysman, i love it! Pure genius! Its going to look really good! What do you drink my friend? 1
mb2k01 Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 What software package(s) did you use to do that Sysman? Looks awsome btw! 1
FN-GM Posted August 7, 2009 Author Posted August 7, 2009 I take that as you're happy with it then? A chap call J Daniels makes a nice beverage! PM me your address Zak
FN-GM Posted August 7, 2009 Author Posted August 7, 2009 I wish i had such skill. I am not very good at all at this type of thing. I tried to make the look asif snow had settled on the school logo at Christmas for a Christmas logo. It looked horrific!
Little-Miss Posted August 7, 2009 Posted August 7, 2009 Is that some sort of dead bull in the middle?! lol
FN-GM Posted August 7, 2009 Author Posted August 7, 2009 Its a hanging sheep, used allot in Rochdale crests. This is what it looks like http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/79/20080807125525!Crest_of_Milnrow.png EDIT: sysman answered it, how did you know that?
mac_shinobi Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 Its a hanging sheep, used allot in Rochdale crests. This is what it looks like http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/79/20080807125525!Crest_of_Milnrow.png EDIT: sysman answered it, how did you know that? FN-GM's own piñata lol
mac_shinobi Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 I take that as you're happy with it then? A chap call J Daniels makes a nice beverage! Mine as well that or a bear by the name of bundaberg rum
HodgeHi Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 i had to do this with one of our logos. I used flash to redraw the lines since it is somewhat easier to create the lines in Flash for me anyway. Worth a look in case of a "next time". Good work though sysman.
Sylv3r Posted August 8, 2009 Posted August 8, 2009 Right almost done. http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9938/samplefinal.png Not sure about the helmet overhang, might remove it becasue it covers one of the keys. Thoughts? I think its fantastic and its not even my logo.
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