When someone purchases one of our logo templates or business cards from our website Pixellogo.com, we provide them with a print-ready PDF that they can take straight to their local printer. Sometimes this is all that our customers need. Other times, our customers want to make small changes to the original .ai files themselves and then, save this new .ai file as a print-ready PDF but they don't know how. This tutorial was created with these customers in mind and it will teach you how to create a print-ready PDF in Illustrator. Step 1: Save as... With the file that you want to have printed ope

Earlier this week, I wrote about bleed, explaining what it is and why it needs to be added to your files before sending them to print (click here to view that post). Now that you know what bleed is, I want to show you how to add bleed to your files in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. How do you add bleed to files in Illustrator? Setting bleed in Illustrator is much easier than it is in Photoshop. Adobe Illustrator is set up in such a way that you can set your document’s bleed at the very beginning when you are creating a new file. For this tutorial, we are going to create a fi

Our clients often ask us how to change the color or text of a logo template that they have purchased from us at Pixellogo.com. Today, I am going to teach you how you can modify your logo design in Adobe Illustrator. Changing the color or text in your logo template is actually quite fun and relatively straightforward. You will be surprised at just how much you can do yourself. Step 1 - Changing the colour of an element in your logo design Open Adobe Illustrator as well as the vector file (either .ai or .eps) of your logo design. For this tutorial, I will be using one of our logo designs pic

Circles are an endless source of fun in design. You can use them to make simple patterns, you can use them in your logo designs or on your business cards as well as so much more. All it takes is a little experimentation and you will see that the possibilities are endless. Today, I am going to show you just how easy it is to create these interesting circular designs. I am going to show you how to make simple circular shapes with the rotate tool and then, how you can take your simple circular designs one step further by adding gradients and transparency. Step 1: Creating a simple circular desi

Have you ever tried to create a gradient brush out of an object with a gradient? Have you ever been frustrated by the fact that Illustrator doesn't allow you to do this? Today, I will teach you a work-around to this problem. I am going to teach you how to create a custom gradient brush that can be used in all of your designs. This is a beginners tutorial however, this technique is very powerful and useful for everyone including anyone from junior designers to a skilled professionals. This gradient brush trick can be used for your next logo design, your next stationery design or your business

Today, I am going to show you how to create a beautiful background design in Photoshop. This is an intermediate Photoshop tutorial that will teach you how to make a custom brush. You can use this type of background design on your website as well as on your business cards. Below is the flower design that we are going to create: Step 1: The setup Open Photoshop and create a new document that is 1200px by 900px. Fill the background layer with with 90% gray (#252525). Create a new blank layer on top of this grey layer. Step 2: Creating your custom brush Make sure that black is set as your

Today, I want to show you how to create a beautiful flower that you can use in your logo design, business cards or stationery. This tutorial will also introduce you to three very valuable Illustrator tools: the Blend Tool, the Rotate Tool  and Transparency. Below is the flower design that we are going to create: Step 1: Create the flower petal outline Using the pen tool, create a stroke path in the shape of one side of a flower petal. Make sure that your fill is empty and set your stoke colour to a dark red colour (#BE1E2D). There are two ways to create the other side of the flower pe

Today, I am going to teach you how to add a metallic look to your designs. This is a beginners Photoshop tutorial and it will cover some basic Photoshop techniques. After completing this tutorial, you will be comfortable using the custom symbols tool as well as adding layer styles to a symbol or even text.  You can use this technique to add metallic elements to your logo design, business cards or even your stationery design. Level: Beginner Required: Photoshop CS Here is a picture of the metallic symbol that we are going to create: Step 1: Creating your background Create a new document

Learning how to use a new software application can be an incredible task. It can take several weeks to months before you are comfortable with your new software. Personally, I think that the best way to learn all about a new software application is by jumping right in and starting to work on simple projects. Over the next few months, I will teach you a few important Adobe Illustrator techniques that will help you get started as a designer while also allowing you to become comfortable with the Adobe Illustrator software application. Today, I am going to teach you how to create a Delicious icon.

A regular question that we get from our clients is if the name and colors can be changed on our logo templates. Short answer is, of course, yes. We also provide full details in the Pixellogo Frequently Asked Questions page on this link. Specifically, all text, names, and colors can be changed on all Pixellogo logo templates, even on the Pixellogo free logos. Additionally, our clients can also change the layout, font style, as well as modify the design structure itself. Though advanced graphic design experience is needed for modifying the design structure of our logo templates, but the point