Software used in logo design creation

There are 2 primary applications which are used in logo design creation. Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw. Illustrator is by far the most popular of the two. CorelDraw was the first Windows-based vector drawing application on the market. Some lesser-know applications used in the drawing are Xara, based in the United Kingdom, and Deneba Canvas, based in Germany.

Example of a gradient mesh drawn in Adobe Illustrator

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