Apple logo high res. picture

zeno · January 17, 2002 2:26PM

I'm looking for an Apple-Logo picture, for example like this one...

... but at much higher resolution then that ! (maybe in EPS format?)

I would like to print a A0 poster...but so far I've been able to find only little 200x200 apple-logo gif pics, or something like that...so any help would be appreciated!

(please, I'm not looking for the old 6 color Apple logo ! thanks)

xeo · January 17, 2002 4:35PM

I looked through what I have but couldn't find an Apple logo. I have the Mac OS logo, an OS X logo and a Quicktime logo, all eps. No Apple.

ghost_user_name · January 17, 2002 5:37PM

Looks like some artistic genius like Leonis will need to get to work in Illustraror for ya.

mac write · January 18, 2002 3:06AM

In almost any app type

Option+Shift+K and you will get the Apple logo.

Then fnacy it up (in PS with layer effects).

zeno · January 18, 2002 4:32AM

Mac Write:

that is a really GREAT idea!!

Thank you!!!

Anyway, do you think it's possible to "vectorize" an ordinary picture (let's say GIF or JPG) so that I can increase its resolution/dimensions without getting the following effect ?

ghost_user_name · January 18, 2002 4:58AM

No, no, no, bitmaps and vectors and completely different by nature.

The only way to go from a bitmap to a vector it to "eyeball" it and estimate where and how you should draw your gradients.

eugene · January 18, 2002 5:51AM

I suggest using Apple Garamond or Lucida Grande if you're going to use shift-option-K...

zeno · January 18, 2002 6:49AM

[quote] I suggest using Apple Garamond or Lucida Grande if you're going to use shift-option-K... <hr></blockquote>

yeah, that's essential!

zeno · January 18, 2002 7:04AM

This logo:

looks terrific!

I was adding some PS filter effects to my "Option+Shift+K logo" trying to reproduce the logo above...but no way! That logo looks hundred-times more beautiful that mine.

How can I reach those great effects ? Do you have any idea? (I have EyeCandy4000 & procreate KPT effects)

amorya · January 18, 2002 5:46PM

There's a tutorial on how to create that exact logo in an old issue of Macformat. They showed it against a picture of a cube, and they even got the gradients nearly identical.

Amorya

nebagakid · January 18, 2002 5:52PM

can we get a link?

amorya · January 18, 2002 6:03PM

[quote]Originally posted by Nebagakid:

<strong>can we get a link?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Is that addressed to me?

If so... it's in a back issue of a magazine. I'll possibly have a look for y'all later, but I have over 100 issues of the sodding thing, so I don't promise anything!

If you want general hints, look for one of the numerous aqua tutorials on photoshop sites, and put one of those onto an apple. it should look ok that way. There's one at <a href="http://www.macdesignonline.com/tutorials/2001-jan-feb/aquabutton.html"; target="_blank">http://www.macdesignonline.com/tutorials/2001-jan-feb/aquabutton.html</a>; but I don't like the result as much as the one I remember using... wish I still had the address

Amorya

pscates · January 18, 2002 7:20PM

I'll do one this weekend in Illustrator. Actually, I've been wanting to tackle this for a while, and now I have a legitimate reason to.

Let me see what I can come up with this weekend.

zeno · January 19, 2002 10:42AM

pscates: thanks!

we are waiting....

zeno · January 20, 2002 5:07PM

[quote]There's a tutorial on how to create that exact logo in an old issue of Macformat.<hr></blockquote>

Please, can anyone find that magazine and report the steps of the tutorial on how to create that logo ? That would be REALLY appreciated !

stroszek · January 20, 2002 6:52PM

I'd look for you, but I really don't have the time.

But if I were you, I'd snoop around apple.com/pr to see what i could find.

soulcrusher · January 20, 2002 7:42PM

this may help:

<a href="http://www.iguanawebdesign.com/dbda/tutorials/aqua.htm"; target="_blank">http://www.iguanawebdesign.com/dbda/tutorials/aqua.htm</a>;

kidred · January 20, 2002 8:25PM

I gave it a go 'round, don't ask how I did it. I tried different ways and methods till I got it to look close enough, so I don't have a tutorial for it unfortunately. Hope you can use it, I might make a desktop out of it. If anyone uses it I hope for a little credit

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kidred · January 21, 2002 12:28AM

Hope it helps.

zeno · January 21, 2002 6:07AM

KidRed: you KICK ASS !

Your logo is simply AWSOME ! Really !

Now, the problem is that I cannot use the picture you posted here (however I'm really happy you did it). The reasons:

- your logo dimesions are not high enough for my A0 poster (118.8 x 84 cm -- 45 x 33 inches -- 7000 x 5000 pixel at 150dpi)

- I plan to have lots of other elements in my poster, so I would need the logo in a separate transparent layer...

That's why I would really need to "learn" how to get those effects and create the logo by myself. I know the essential concept is to use multiple layers with different transparency rate and transparent gradients and maybe the "Free Transform" feature shrinking some layers to get that 3D appearance... my main problem is that I'm not able to get the following effect (see inside the red line):

Thus, KidRed, I'll write you an email so that we can try to "deal".... like: you tell me how you did those effects and you'll get something from me...ok?

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ghost_user_name · January 21, 2002 6:14AM

I think I'd start with a 4 Megapixel camera (and perhaps even a close-up-type lens) and the side of a well lit quicksilver.

Then off to photoshop for the coloration.

But that's just me.

Jet

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