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cajohnson33
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importing my simple logo - 10/14/2007 15:01:08
PROBLEM: I want to use my company’s logo in the website I am developing.
I have been experimenting with two web design programs, both of which are supposed to be top quality programs – (1) Adobe Dreamweaver CS3; and (2) Microsoft’s Expression Web.
The logo is very simple. It consists of two shapes (a triangle and an oval - both of which have color gradients in them) and three words. The logo is easily created in any word processing program (e.g., WordPerfect or WORD). To create the logo, I simply insert a triangle and an oval and then tinker with the gradient settings. Bingo. Done. However, I cannot import the logo into the web design software and get it to look sharp.
The web design software I am using (Dreamweaver and Expression Web) does not allow you to create these objects in the program – you have to import than from Photoshop or some other similar program. Yet whenever I try to import the logo it ends up fuzzy, unclear – not sharp or crisp whatsoever.
I have created the logo in the word processing program and then saved it as a JPEG or GIFF and every other format available, but when I import it into Photoshop or Dreamweaver or Expression Web, THE WHOLE PAGE APPEARS – THE LOGO ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE 8 ½ x 11 PAGE. Inevitably, when I try to cut it up, it turns out crappy.
The million dollar question: How do I import my logo into Dreamweaver or Expression Web and have it look as good as it does when I create it in WORD (sharp, clean and clear)???
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d a v e
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RE: importing my simple logo - 10/14/2007 16:29:10
first thing - don't post the same question in 4 places! ;)
can you post a link to the page or if not then the logo itself (say as a tiff or bmp) with an idea of what sort of background it's going on.
depending on the gradients you may be better saving as a gif, though if you get banding then a jpeg without too much compression could be the way to go. without seeing it it's hard to say.
DW/EW are web design apps, not graphic editors like PS, or fireworks. if you can do the original in Photoshop and then save for web from there.
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