Program for making logos?

Im new to the galciv 2 community and i want to start making race logos. Any suggestions on what programs i should use?
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I would recommend adobe photoshop as all images are required to be .png formate with alpha channel transparency background. As for image sizes ill have to get back to you on that when Im at home, unless some other modders can answer that for you.
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Any goo image editing software will do it for you, as long as it can export as PNG (which most, if not all, can). Adobe Photoshop is a good package and is what I use, but if you're looking for something free, try The GIMP. It is a bit confusing but very powerful and above all, free .

Race logos themselves need to be size 128x128 and in the PNG format. Hope this helps.

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Thanks for giving out the data for the image sizes Macmatt. Another program worth looking into would be adobe illustrator. I compile most of my logos in that program as vector are extremly clean looking as would befit a logo design. In fact I'm almost positive that is what the Dev's used to create their logos having created them in illustrator and then exporting them to another program so as to convert the base AI/Swf file to .png format. Another good point about this program is that its basic shape tools are a boon for anyone who isn't that amazing at art as they can simplify things quite a bit as well as insuring correct proportions.
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CorelDRAW! is what I use. It is cheaper than Illustrator and the suite also comes with Paint. The combination is very powerful. I use Draw, which is vector, for the initial design, then bring it into Paint if I want to add any special effects.
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I compile most of my logos in that program as vector are extremly clean looking as would befit a logo design. In fact I'm almost positive that is what the Dev's used to create their logos having created them in illustrator and then exporting them to another program so as to convert the base AI/Swf file to .png format.


Corel, actually. At least I belive that's Mormegil's program of choice.
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Ah makes sense, there kyro. Im not that good at drawing so i use the gradient mesh tool with illustrator, makes shading a breeze, but as I can image your artists are probably better at that then me as my training is focused on web media as opposed to illustration.