Create a Vector Graphic

clodola · 05-06-2014 02:51PM #1

Any Advice on software , tutorials or approach (How to do);

What I am trying to do

I want to create a Company Logo using a Vector Graphic so we can scale it to any size without lossless in resolution.

Approach

I can create the image fairly easily as a raster image , so far I have come across two options

1. Create a Raster image and use a tracing tool to map out the objects points and create a Vector Graphic
Issues

o I loose quality , colour , shading , sharpness, it is rendered blurred
o If I re-scale the image it does not scale without image losing its clarity , I presume this is down to the tracing tool doing an approximation of object points

2. To create the Image as a Vector graphic from the start

o I am looking up how to do this but so far I have not found any good tutorials
o I am confused how you save it as SVG file? How do you tell the software you want to use SVG toolset, to create a SVG file / Project
o Everything I come across is Conversion tools from Raster Image to Vector graphic

Software

• Adobe illustrator is the industry standard but its too $$$ for me to get
• Gimp
• Inkscape
• Microsoft Expression Design