Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... in Avatar/Graphics Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19326529 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:14:45 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:14:45 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19486929 Jason Levine : I like the top variation. Could you make a version that just says "Shooting For A Cause" instead of "We're Shooting For A Cause"? Just wondering how that would look. (Probably not as good since the URL is right below it, but worth looking at.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19486929 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:23:06 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485766 caffeinator : Ok, here's what you'd asked about, and another variation I thought up.

And, you're welcome...it's for a good cause after all. :)
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485766 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:08:44 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485517 Jason Levine : I agree, but I can't quite figure out what it needs just yet. One more change, though. Let's move "Support a Children's Charity" and "Buy a calendar" before "Shooting For A Cause" and "Shootingforacause.com". People aren't going to know what "Shooting For A Cause" is, but they'll know (in a general sense) what "supporting a children's charity" is.

Thanks for your help so far.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485517 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:30:50 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485471 caffeinator : Alrighty, here's the edits.

Is there anything more you'd want on the banner?
It seems a tad plain...not that that's bad. :)

-CaFF
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485471 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:22:35 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485083 Jason Levine : Those look great, thanks. Let's try it with the text.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19485083 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:19:51 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19484856 caffeinator : Ok, I did these up to see if it's what you'd want before I redo the text for the new phrases. They are just text layers in PS, so no biggie to change...I'd just already made the GIF.

I upped the color on the banner's camera so it shows up better with the darker text compared to the big version's text.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19484856 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:38:59 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19484190 Jason Levine : Looks good. Two minor issues, though. In the logo, the camera is clearly identified as a Canon. I'm not sure whether that would cause any legal issues, so would it be possible to strip the word "Canon" (and any other possibly Canon identifying names) from the image?

Also, could you keep the web button's image white and make the text black, it will probably fit in better with most websites.

Actually, now that I think of it, I have another idea for a web button. Now sure how good you are at "morphing" text, but perhaps we could have the button initially say "Shooting For A Cause", then have that phrase morph into "Support A Children's Charity" and then finally to "Buy A Calendar". The sayings are simple, but how it changes between them is eye catching. If morphing isn't possible, then use some other transition that leaves the overall camera background in place.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19484190 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:47:52 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19476924 caffeinator : Oops, sorry for being tardy here... :(

Here's something, I'll have to work on it more and make a smaller sized one.

-CaFF
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19476924 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:28:28 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19455660 Jason Levine : caffeinator,

Can you make that logo say "Shooting For A Cause" and then say "Kalendars For Kids" in some animated fashion? Also, can it be resized to 468x60 and 234x60 , and 90 pixels tall (as narrow as possible)?

Thanks.

EDIT: Forget that last one. Let's just stick with the two standard sizes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19455660 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:15:39 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19387863 Jason Levine : I'll figure out some sizes/text and get back to you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19387863 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:05:17 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19385275 Jason Levine : Yup. I think I like caffeinator's camera best.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19385275 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:47:39 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19382516 caffeinator : Yeah, I can do that. Just give me the size(s) and some text that you'd want on it.

-CaFF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19382516 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:36:27 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19381993 ErthBndAngel : Wow, there have been some amazing contributions to this this request. Especially considering the near lack of direction we were initially able to provide. I love both johnqpublic's filmstrip along with caffeinator's camera. Have we made a final decision on this yet. Any chance to open it up to a quick poll over at the DI forum since it's going to continue to represent this project.
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It's fun to play around with stuff eh?

Thx man,

-CaFF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19355255 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:59:56 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19355230 marcelle19 : Nice image, CaFF...I played with it for a bit, but decided not to post it, in case I screwed it up too much...added a bevel and a rainbow gradient with different blendings, but then I just threw it away... :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19355230 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:42:20 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19354428 caffeinator :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

I'm actually liking the middle one, but I wonder if we could simplify it. Just have it be the side view of the camera with the "Shooting For A Cause" banner coming out of it. Maybe even find a way to work in some more color.
How's this one?

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19354428 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:08:53 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19354141 caffeinator : Sure, no problem.

I'd done darker ones based on the website theme as it is. I can add color pretty easy as most of these were formerly colored.

Oh, here's a logo-esque one I just thought up.

I wish I could make better text-on-a-path stuff, but having PS7..it's about impossible. Somewhere I have Extensis Photographics, but it isn't installed at the moment.

Odd, this is a .PNG, but the transparency isn't showing unless you view the full size image..

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19354141 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:23:41 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19353796 Jason Levine : I'm actually liking the middle one, but I wonder if we could simplify it. Just have it be the side view of the camera with the "Shooting For A Cause" banner coming out of it. Maybe even find a way to work in some more color.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19353796 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:26:40 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19353203 caffeinator : Here's a go at the camera-back idea, and another couple ideas I had.

-CaFF
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19353203 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:51:28 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19352233 JohnQPublic : I thought about the camera lens for one of the "o", but I think it would be more of a distraction and difficult to read next to the other one. If there was an "o" by itself, I think it would've fit in.

So, I threw in a filmstrip. I'm not exactly thrilled with it, but maybe it'll give you something to start with.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19352233 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:54:58 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19348669 marcelle19 : Here's something...gif, jpeg, png, and the psd for those more talented in vector graphics than myself.
SHOOTINGforA···.psd.zip 577,570 bytes  
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19348669 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:10:01 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19348542 Gooiool :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

The main idea that I had in mind was having the lens of the camera work as one of the o's in "Shooting".

Working on the lens Ideal ...[att=1][att=2]
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19348542 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:23:12 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345765 JohnQPublic :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

The main idea that I had in mind was having the lens of the camera work as one of the o's in "Shooting".
Ding dong. Fourboxers found the thread I was referring to. The lens looks a little like a stereo speaker, but I built that one from scratch using nothing more than the circle tool in Photoshop. I'm sure I could cobble together something a little more refined today. I was a Photoshop newbie.

»Logo Help]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345765 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:58:14 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345608 JohnQPublic :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

The main idea that I had in mind was having the lens of the camera work as one of the o's in "Shooting".
I did something like that eons ago for a friend of tmpchaos (I think it was) and it turned out really well I think. I think I remember getting my premium membership here donated to me by a guy named KingOfPants as a result of that work. I'll have to dig through the archives to see if I can find it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345608 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:31:46 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345534 Jason Levine : Yes, we're going to work with CafePress. I'm open to color schemes. The current Shooting For A Cause website (»www.shootingforacause.com/) has a black background, but that's easily changed. The main idea that I had in mind was having the lens of the camera work as one of the o's in "Shooting".

You could also post in this thread to get some opinions from other folks: »Shooting For A Cause: The Categories and some updates]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345534 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:19:43 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345413 JohnQPublic :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

We should probably start with the logo itself. That should be print-worthy as I plan on putting it on the calendars. This also means it should probably have a white background. (Or, at least, not stick out like a sore thumb on a white background.) I'm not sure as to the size. Probably something that can be easily read in print, yet can also scale down.
I recommend starting with the logo and site layout as well. No point in putting the cart (buttons) before the horse (web site/logo).

I vaguely remember seeing your intention to use CaféPress. Is that correct? If so, they generally recommend transparent PNG for uploading purposes. I think they also have standard templates to work with.

But as for your logo and web site, what sort of colors and/or theme are you thinking about? If there is a thread someone else here on DSL Reports about Shooting for a Cause to give us a feel, that would be great too. Thanks.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345413 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:51:38 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345349 Jason Levine : We're looking for a little of both. We would like a logo that we could use for this and any future Shooting For A Cause project. In addition, we would like a web button that people could put on their websites to advertise the calendars.

We should probably start with the logo itself. That should be print-worthy as I plan on putting it on the calendars. This also means it should probably have a white background. (Or, at least, not stick out like a sore thumb on a white background.) I'm not sure as to the size. Probably something that can be easily read in print, yet can also scale down.

As for the web button, MacroMan posted this handy list of sizes in the other thread: »banner-sizes.kahi.cz/ I think the Square Button, Micro Button, Button 1, and Button 2 sizes look best. If pressed to choose 2, I would choose Micro Button and Button 2.

Does that narrow things down a bit?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345349 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:38:18 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345307 Gooiool : :)without more direction I really don't know where to go ...

button
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19345307 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:32:12 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19344788 JohnQPublic :
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

Anyone else have any logo ideas?
I would be happy to devote a few hours to this project. However, are you looking for a logo for the web site or some simple buttons to link to the web site? I'm a bit unsure after reading the other thread. For some standard button/banner sizes, take a look at the following URL:

»www.enchantedwebsites.com/ew_mar···ers.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19344788 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:56:55 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19344711 caffeinator : I don't know if I'll have time today to experiement, but here's some nice and Public Domain clipart to play with.

Cameras
»www.wpclipart.com/camera/

Camera Icons (32x32 - Good for the smaller button sizes.)
»www.wpclipart.com/small_icons/camera/

Children
»www.wpclipart.com/people/children/

More Kid stuff
»www.wpclipart.com/cartoon/kids/

A lot of mostly cartoonish faces.
»www.wpclipart.com/people/faces/

I'm looking through my copy of the Open Clip Art Library as well, it's huge though...over 8,500 images, mostly .SVG.

(eesh)

Skol,

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19329130 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:32:28 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328987 Jason Levine : Just took your camera image and modified it a bit.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328987 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:08:51 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328547 CCat : Like I said it was a quickie just to get the basic idea across. As far as the pic in the viewfinder anything can be put in there. The cartoon kids happened to be the first one I came across.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328547 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:43:33 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328270 Jason Levine : I'm not sure about that one. The realistic camera combined with the cartoon-y kids just strikes me as odd. Thanks for the attempt though. Maybe another type of photo in the viewfinder?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19328270 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:00:37 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19327010 CCat : Thats why I just posted a quickie. See what direction they're heading.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19327010 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:56:22 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19326529 marcelle19 : I'll have to check this one out. Thanks, tt. :)

Upon reflection, I'll have to wait and see what type of subject matter is put up, as I haven't a clue. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19326529 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:31:13 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19325578 CCat : Just a rough basic thought I had.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19325578 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:51:32 EDT Re: A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19323322 Jason Levine : Thanks for posting this, tiggerstales.

Some more information on the project can be found at »www.shootingforacause.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19323322 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:05:05 EDT A logo request, for anyone who might be interested... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19321829 tiggerstales : Please see this thread for more info:
»Is there an artist in the house: Shooting for a Cause

This is a project being put together by the DI forum. All the proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go to the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, so your work would be for a very good cause.
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