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The answer is to create your logo artwork as vector rather than raster graphics. You can then use this artwork directly for print work, or export raster artwork at the size you need for web graphics. While Photoshop has some vector support, if you have Creative Suite, Illustrator is the tool for the job. If you don't, then Inkscape (which is free) is worth ...

e100's advice is spot on. A vector application such as Illustrator is the best tool for logo design, whether you start on paper and scan it in, or work directly within the program. This isn't the whole story, however. Scalability doesn't just involve vectors; the detail in a logo must also be adjusted for the size of the finished artwork. Just as with ...

In inkscape, you count on sort of Potrace(an excelent tracer, free) embedded there. Just go to top Path menu, vectorize. I've played quite with its settings, and while you won't get total control you can reduce it to quite an accurate result and few nodes. But you need to play a lot with the settings till you find the right ones for you. It worked for me for ...

In addition to Adobe Illustrator which is clearly the gold-standard of commercial vector graphics tools, you should give some consideration to Inkscape. Inkscape is a vector drawing tool that would be an excellent chose for building scalable logo art. Inkscape is also free and runs on lots of platforms including both Windows and Mac. The key attribute of ...

If you go to the Accessibility control panel, you can enable a zoom mode that blows up whatever is being displayed. Using this, you can detect subpixel antialiasing because it shows up as color fringes when magnified. I tried this out and found that, yes, the Retina MacBook Pro does still use sub-pixel antialiasing (when LCD font smoothing is on). Somewhat ...

A Retina display is a screen with a high pixel density. Apple's marketing material defines it like so: The pixel density is so high, your eyes can’t discern individual pixels. But at a technical level, the Retina displays on the iPhone, iPod, iPad and MacBook Pro are exactly double the pixel density of the non-Retina models. This is because scaling to ...

The most straightforward way is to open the file in Illustrator, copy, then paste into a Photoshop document. Choose "Shape Layer" in the dialog. Less directly, you could place the file as a Smart Object (or use File > Open as Smart Object), double-click the thumbnail in the Layers Panel to open in Illustrator, then copy and paste. If you don't ...

No, they are not vector. They are raster and remain raster. However, upon output, the raster effects are generated to match the resolution of the output device in conjunction with the Document Raster Effects Settings as well as any scaling which may take place upon output. Make certain the Document Raster Effects Setting (in the Effects menu) is set ...

I have not launched Illustrator in a while, but there's one general solution: copy your shape shrink/expand it make a flow transition of shape and color between first and second shapes color first shape fully opaque white and second fully transparent white tweak intermediate shapes count and/or colors there's your inner/outer glow :)

Never rely on any print provider to do anything other than spit out your file as it currently exists. I would never trust that something will be output in a specific manner to ensure it is as I expect. If you have to provide instructions or notes on how to output, then it's a recipe for error. If you place a 25ppi image in Indesign it never gets "upsampled" ...

Import the Illustrator file into Photoshop as a Smart Object File > Open As Smart Object.\ Use Image > Resize with "Resample" turned on to change the width to 100cm. Be prepared to wait a long time, depending on your RAM and scratch disk (operation may fail if your system isn't up to it). Image > Mode > Greyscale Image > Mode > Bitmap Save ...

There's not really a problem including raster images provided you know the final output. Raster images, inside a vector app or not, always have the same limitations in terms of scaling. Placing a raster image into a vector app does not make it resolution independent. With that in mind, it's really your call. If you need infinite scalability, then you ...

In Photoshop CS4, use File → Place and select the EPS file. This will place the EPS as a resolution independent smart object on a new layer. As a note: not all of the Twitter EPS files worked when I tried them in CS4 on Mac just now, one threw an error. Not sure if that was just an example you used or not.

are they all in one document? if so, you could create multiple artboards and place each object in it's own artboard. then do file / export, choose format:png and check the box for "use artboards". this will export each artboard to it's own png file. or you can try exporting layers directly using this script (I have not tested it).

At this order of resolution (meant as in ppi) one can drop subpixel rendering altogether without making much of a difference (difference will be almost unnoticable if at all visible). I think even hinting could be dropped and almost no harm will be done. So much pixels on an inch of length implies rather “printwise” mindset instead of traditional ...

Yes, it is. We sometimes use the term here. Vectorization is a valid term, but it's often reserved for when talking about tools (like live trace in Adobe Illustrator) that approximate vectors from a raster image automatically. It's not so often used for the process of adapting, re-creating, re-drawing or re-interpreting a raster image as vectors, since ...

If you don't want to use a similar font, you could do the following in Photoshop: Grab the magic wand tool W. Bring the Tolerance down to 15 or lower Select the body of the "i" Ctrl + J (Cmd + J for Mac) to duplicate that layer The dot of the "i" would be easy Grab the Elliptical Marquee tool Move your mouse to the center of the dot Hold Alt + Shift ...

I see two options: Trace it with the pen tool(this is a faster option but it might not be exact{unless you are really good with pen tool} and you don't end up with a lossless file) Do some research, find the font, and recreate it. ( Takes longer than option 1, but you end up with a completely lossless file that you can do anything you want with.)

You're simply resizing a raster image without any interpolation. Another way to put it is that you are 'stretching the pixels'. Not sure what the better term is, but 'vector' doesn't make much sense in this context. As for your workflow, it makes sense. In theory, you should be able to stretch the image to any size you want in your page layout software ...

I use Photoshop to create logo's, if you use the correct tools within Photoshop I don't see any problem - you can create vectors so you would be able to scale them no problem. You can obviously use Illustrator as others have suggested, but just use what you're comfortable with. @Scott I think you were a bit blunt with your comment as you gave no ...

What Scott says is true, but since you're talking about the way it's stored within illustrator, there's one thing worth adding. Within Illustrator, a vector shape with a Photoshop effect applied is stored as a vector shape, plus data about the effect that needs to be applied to it - not as pixels like a rasterised shape or a layer in photoshop. When you ...

Your eye focuses on things as you look around. If you think of your eye as a camera and look at something backlit your eye will adjust for the contrast and as you look between the brightest and darkest areas it will compensate. Also as you look at things the eye will adjust depth of field. In your illustrations try playing with blurring some edges and ...

Honestly, if you're willing to do the work, just re-create the text in Illustrator. In Photoshop, assuming you haven't rasterized your text layers or your layer effects (convert to layers), then resizing these text layers will be done in vector format, and the layer effects will be updated accordingly, after the resizing is completed. I do this all the ...

You can have multiples strokes with different colors and transparency in Adobe Illustrator. Simply create multiples strokes with different opacity values, set the blending mode that fits and progressively increase the weight of the stroke. If you want an outer glow make sure the fill is in top of the stack in the Appereance palette. If you want a inner glow ...

First, prime your image to make the job of the raster-to-vector conversion utilities/ algorithms easier Scan your image as Black and White, and then as Grey Scale (sometimes one works better than the other). Scan at the highest resolution you can manage 600dpi or 1200dpi, if your computer can handle it. Use Image > Adjustments > Levels to correct for ...

Illustrator has a feature called live trace. It sounds like it would be perfect for your case. Place the source image. With the source image selected: Object > Live Trace > Make. OR Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. Set tracing options, and then click Trace. You can then convert the tracing to paths.

I frequently have similar situations where I'm given some drawing -usually graphite pen drawings (sketchy, hairy lines sigh)- where drawing with the pen tool gets really tedious up to annoying. I found my digital tablet to be very effective for tackling this situations. Even though I end up tracing the original image again, I do tend to have it done in ...