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Originally Posted by Nicolet
PLease elaborate some more. This is the first I've heard of vector files
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A logo can mean many things to different people. For corporations, bigger companies, they will pay thousands of dollars for the right image, brand, identity. They will have many revisions, versions for all their marketing needs. A logo for the web, a logo for print, mostly EPS, Illustrator files. High Res vector images. These are images that consist of vector lines that are scaleable. You can have the same image and resize it to whatever size you want it from a small stamp to a large billboard without losing quality.
From that vector image, they will create web type images (photoshop) JPG, PNG, GIF. These are flat files (raster) that do not scale very well. If you have a small image it would look terrible if you make it bigger. It will get pixelized (blurry). The same will happen if you make them smaller.
If you require a logo only for a website, it really doesn't matter. If you are planning to print flyers, business cards, posters, etc. While a vector image is NOT mandatory it would be recommended because of the quality. If you are using a small inkjet or laser printer from home. The quality is so low it doesn't make much difference. Some print vendors that do digital printing would be able to work with a raster image but it would have to be the right size for them to work with.
Hope this helps and I played around with the logo I posted earlier a little more.
Just trying to give you some ideas on what I would do with it if it were my website.
