[cdennisxlx2]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

I don't know if it's in the current FIRST logo guidelines (they seem to randomly change every few months...), but in at least one of the previous ones it had the "acceptable" background colors, and as well which version of the FIRST logo you have to use. For example, on certain orange backgrounds, you were only allowed to use a specific black-and-white version of the FIRST logo, since they thought the red did not contrast enough with the orange.

The .eps files FIRST provides may be vector files, but they are great for web design. The .jpeg files posted have a lot of JPEG noise in them, and it's a trivial task to open a .eps in Illustrator and export it to a .png or *shudder* .gif to use on your website. Things like logos and graphics should never be done in .jpg format, as .jpg is much better suited for regular photographs. If you don't have Illustrator, go down to the Arts department at your school, as most schools have at least one copy of Photoshop and Illustrator on some computer somewhere in the school.

FIRST does not have certain bg requirements with the exception of the color logos, they have a specific black and white logo that can be used on "color" backgrounds.

and also the jpgs that FIRST gives i have never encountered noise on, but yes vector images work fine for web design but they work better for printed work, since they can be re-sized with out degradation they are typically used more for print. And also i agree about the jpgs should not be used for graphics, lol

and those images of FIRST violating their own logo usage rights are pretty funny but lets not forget they do own all rights to it and can use it anyway they see fit, lol