November 20, 2008
Demand vector files for your logo!
Graphics come in many file formats! There are raster files and there are vector files. For your logo, the logo design company should deliver your logo as a vector file.
Are they doing so? Insist!
But first let us understand, what difference does it make.
The raster format is a rough equivalent of "this point here should be black, this should be a shade of green, the next point will be dark green and like". However the vector files talks in terms of shapes like lines and curves. So how does it matter?
The raster file formats do not allow you to enlarge graphics for printing purposes. When you hire a logo design firm, they will deliver your graphics in an electronic format. Many logo design companies will take your money, produce a logo and send it to you in a raster format. That might seem fine as you integrate the design into your website and throughout your online business.
However, when you decide to bring your logo into the "real world," you will be very upset. Your raster logo design might look fine on a web page, but you will never be able to effectively bring it to life offline, as in a big poster. If you try to pump it up to the necessary resolution, the result will be distorted beyond recognition. It will be unusable.
Vector file formats are different. You can enlarge a vector graphic to any size without showing any distortion whatsoever. In other words, it will convert perfectly for printing or any other use.
Many of the "other logo design companies and freelancers" supply their customers with files in a raster format. That might be a byproduct of laziness, an indication of an unwillingness to go the "extra mile," or evidence that they don't really understand how important a great logo design really is to a business' overall well-being.
Others will hold out the possibility of getting the vector format files for an additional fee, almost like a form of logo blackmail.
We don't play games.
We send vectors. We send them to all of our logo design clients - even our Budget Package includes delivery of the vectors. When we complete your amazing logo design, you will receive it so you can use it however you'd like. You may have planned to use your logo design on the web, but we are not just selling cheap "web logos." We go deeper. Our original logo design artistry is the kind of material you can (and will want to) put anywhere and everywhere.
Why settle for second best when you are talking about the very symbol of your enterprise? You deserve the best from top to bottom. The best designers, the best team, the best experience, the best artwork and, yes, the best file format.
Your finished logo design will be ready to copyright, trademark and use as you see fit-both online and offline. We make sure of that by supplying vector graphics with all of our packages.
Don't accept mere rasters. Demand vectors!
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