Reduser Logo (contest?)

[Ace]

Some more ideas..

 

[mikkowilson]

Man those are nice! I especially like the last one.

I feel the "brushed" texture on the iris should be broken up between pieces - the brushes continuing over the gaps looks a little strange as it wouldn't be made from one piece.
... then again, there is no iris in RED!

Also, on a technical note: The CF texture is hard to read on some LCD monitors.

- Mikko

 

[Ace]

Man those are nice! I especially like the last one.

I feel the "brushed" texture on the iris should be broken up between pieces - the brushes continuing over the gaps looks a little strange as it wouldn't be made from one piece.
... then again, there is no iris in RED!

Also, on a technical note: The CF texture is hard to read on some LCD monitors.

- Mikko

Thanks Mikko. I thought lenses had apertures? The CF I agree might be too much. Heres an alternative ive mocked up which seems more appropriate to the forum:.. Someone pass the Redahol.

 

[Häakon]

I like the designs, Ace! But you KNOW I'm not gonna let you get away with grammar like that! Off to the bastille!!

EDIT: Lol, nice save... ;-)

 

[PaulClements]

ITC Machine

http://www.fonthaus.com/products/fonts/view.cfm/sku/MI202163

Seems to be horizontally scaled about 250%

Martin

Here's an interesting fact about use of fonts in logo's... If you alter the shape of the font from the original then you don't need to actually own the copyright to use that font because it has been modified and is classed as a new font. That said they are pretty cheap nowadays anyway so it's fairly irrelevent. But if for example you were handed an entire font foundry on disk and put them on your computer and then proceeded to make logos left right and centre you'd only have to modify the font's shape ever so slightly in order not to fork out for any of the fonts and it's perfectly legal... naff all to do with cameras though so I'll shut up!

 

[mikkowilson]

I thought lenses had apertures?

Yeah they do, though (at least for now) RED is known for the camera, not the glass.

- Mikko

 

[Ace]

I like the designs, Ace! But you KNOW I'm not gonna let you get away with grammar like that! Off to the bastille!!

Fixed!

 

[Ace]

Yeah they do, though (at least for now) RED is known for the camera, not the glass.

- Mikko

Sure but i feel it could be important to retain the juxtaposition of traditional cinematography with the new digital medium. It makes a good contrast that grounds the digital side a little. I don't know, gives a bit of legitimacy to the word "digital cinema".

 

[Chris Gearhart]

I like you're logo, Ace.

 

[Jeremy Hughes]

Ace, your logos are great!

This is mine:

And "The vertical anamorphic version":

Jarred, if you just want the REDUSER text, just ask. (I say that as if I won)

 

[Jarred Land]

wow... good work guys.. keep them coming. Ive already seen a few i would take.

 

[Jaime Vallés]

I think this is my favorite so far. I like that it doesn't have the color red in it. We don't need it to hit people over the head with a hammer.

 

[Jaime Vallés]

That said, I really like the simplicity of this one as well.

 

[PaulClements]

Here's my attempt - It's pretty simple really, although took alot longer to make than one might actually think, it wasn't just a copy and paste job! The Red background of the RED is the sphere of the red logo and the two words of course use the logo's from RED and DVXUSER combined. Personally I think it's important to keep a sense of identity and continuity between any "USER" website, and therefore it just seems a natural logo to use. Anything else wouldn't quite seem right in my opinion - Some might argue that's a bit boring but if the look and feel of the forums are to remain then I don't see why the identity in the logo shouldn't either.

This version is a compressed 128 color GIF with transparencies for background images at 5.72kb to be friendly on download speeds:

This is a demonstration of it on a black background and on the site at the moment:

 

[PaulClements]

Slightly modified - The slant beneath the D has been antialiased and the grey gradient of the USER text is a bit smoother with less interlacing going on. Also a little notch of grey above the R has been lightened... what can I say I'm a bit of a perfectionist

Also it's 256 color transparent gif with 100% diffusion

- only 8.156k

 

[Jarred Land]

nice paul.. a little history in there

 

[Jaime Vallés]

- only 6.07K

Shouldn't it be "Only 4K"??

 

[mikkowilson]

Does mine look better with or without the RED-Glow?

- Mikko

 

[Jannard]

Ace is the place...

Jim

 

[Tonaci Tran]

Nice work Ace. The carbon fiber compliments the RED ONE's asthetics. IMO, I think that having the "Digital Cinema Community" in red would be perfect.