Mac Vector Software
Recently, I had to produce a quick logo that would scale and adapt to all sorts of applications and resolutions. I know I’m not a logo designer (check out logoholic) but that’s besides the point as this was just a way to illustrate the gist of a future identity for a start-up. When it gets a budget, it will be done properly. No matter what, I knew not to open my pixel inspired, raster king software a.k.a. Pixelmator that can now export to Flickr, Facebook and Picasa right from the menu—by the way… No this was a job for vector man.
The process made me realise how little alternatives there are on the Mac for such endeavour. Sure you can get the almighty Abobe Illustrator but hardly a candidate for amateur exploration… Enters X11, open source vector initiative—inkscape. Just outstanding in power as long as you have enabled the X11 option really a xQuartz environment (since 10.5 release) to your OSX and are able to call up this Unix level graphic/client-server environment.
Another alternative, fairly priced at +/- $70 is Vector Designer. That’s the one I ended up using as I preferred the simplicity of its interface. While my logo might not win any awards, it does not crack or pixellate when it is stretched for impact or shrunk for business cards! ADDED: LogoDesign Studio Pro.
