Re: [Audacity-devel] Spending $$$ on graphics, T-shirts

[Dominic M. <do...@mi...>]

Update:

Harvey says he can't do the Audacity logo in Illustrator, because
the bevels and blurred drop shadows can only be done in Photoshop
(or another bitmap program).

I agree.  If we have a vector logo it will have to be stylized
and it will not look the same.  I'd prefer a bitmapped logo that's
at such a high resolution that we can scale it as large as we want
without worrying about pixelation.

Options:

1. Pay Harvey Lubin $150 to make a new bitmapped logo at 16x the size
    (4x horizontally and vertically).

2. Make Harvey Lubin an offer of a little less money plus more
    prominent advertising of his company on our website.

3. Find someone else to do a large bitmap version of the Audacity
    logo.  Daniel's friend John offered to do it for $130, but I don't
    think there's much point in paying someone else unless they'll do
    it substantially cheaper, like $50 or less.  The advantage of going
    with Harvey Lubin is that we _know_ he knows how to do it.  The
    results are guaranteed.

4. Find someone else to do a stylized vector logo.  I don't have a
    problem not going with Harvey in this case, since we're looking
    for something essentially different.  But I'm wary of paying
    something as high as $150 unless we have some sort of guarantee
    that we're going to like it.  I'd feel more comfortable with
    an Audacity user who'd be willing to do it for free, or paying
    a pro like Harvey who has a large online portfolio that we can
    look at before hiring.

One last thought to ponder:  We have more than $550.  We can afford
the $150.  The T-shirts are a separate issue, since they can pay
for themselves.

I'd like to hear from more people on the list.  What do you think?

- Dominic