It is very easy to make your own, professional logo in Paint. When I say Paint I mean Microsoft Paint. OK now, let's begin.

First off you need a background. I will take this one for example. You can use it if you want to.



Now we need to make a color. Double click on one of the colors at the bottom of the page. Click on "Custom Colors" and make a color that fits good with your background. Once your done, continue on.

Now, you need to make a text. First off, search Google for a cool font. Then, install it
on your computer. Now that your ready, read this.

Select the "Text" option under the panel to the right. Make a square that covers the whole background. Select the bottom "Picture" on the right side after you have made the square. (See where the cursor is in the picture below.) This will make it so there won't be a white background where the text is.



Now, change the font size to something big, that covers the logo. To do that, click on "View" then on "Text Toolbar". Also, change the font to the one you installed and to the color you made. Then. type in the text of your site. EX: If your site was www.popcan.com, type in Pop Can. Once your done, click away to see the finished Logo, or, almost finished.



Once your done, add some other picture with it, or something else. Mine was a rushed draft, so that is why there are not many things. Also, you can try to add shadows in it. The more you experiment with Paint, the better you get.

lmao, good tutorial for sucha bad little program, well done, ive been lauguing for two whole minutes now.

nice tutorial, although it isnt a real logo, you would need a logo for that (logo as in some kind of image, for example the astahost 'H'). and if you would want that, you can't just take something from the internet, it has to be personal, and i would never tell someone to make something like that in paint.
secondly, you're not really using paint either, just the text function

conclusion:
the title is: making a logo in paint, which isnt correct - not making a logo, not in paint. but still, it IS a nice tutorial

Nice tutorial, but making a logo in Paint may not be the best option availiable

Something like this would be a better option to make professional looking things. I myself use photoshop, and find it the best for making things look shiny

Good tutorial for a beginner, well done.

Not everyone has experience in computers, let alone designing graphics on the computer.
Tutorials like this really makes beginner computer users feel less aprehensive(sp) about learning such a fun activity.

VG

But the background wasnt done in paint so it doesnt count

best program to make logo's would be a vector-based drawing-tool, like illustrator.

the reason is simple: once you drew yourself a logo, you can resize it to any size without losing quality. if your company gets really big and you want to make billboards and stuff, it's no problem at all...

I agree with Friso. You're basically just copying stuff from the net. You grab a photo and paste it in. You grab a cool font and paste it in. A logo would most likely be something special, something that will burn deep into someone's mind without that certain someone thinking "Hey I've seen this font before somewhere..." but more like "Hey wow this is so original!". If i would go with your tutorial I would most rather put lots of different fonts together and make each individual letter different. But other than that, this is a great tutorial for beginning designers. It's a great starting point for Adobe Photoshop users. Once you're done doing what you would do you could play around with the tools here and there and form a cool image!

While I find Photoshop to be the ultimate tool for making logos, I think with proper use Paint can be similarly versatile... especially for a person not that computer savvy. Maybe Gates should change the name of Paint to "Photoshop lite"...

My sentiments exactly. It's for people who basically have no time (read inclination ) to learn photoshop or maybe they just can't afford it. Photoshop is way above paint. MS Paint is a program that I usually use for making some doodles or just a funny looking pic to use as an avatar in Yahoo messenger. But other than that it's only for kids who are new to computers.