Question about resources to design packaging for chocolates

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Permalink Reply by Duffy Sheardown on February 10, 2010 at 3:19am

Hi Geetha,
I did all my initial design work on Excel and then found a grahic design house to tweek it and so on. They added a lot of design ideas that really helped without straying too far from my design brief so I was pleased with the result.
Duffy

Permalink Reply by Dirke on February 10, 2010 at 2:36pm

I would be more than willing to help since my wife and I both work in graphic design and print, aside from me making chocolates on the side. If not as Duffy said there are a lot of great software apps out there. I wouldn't use excel from a print perspective I would recommend, Photoshop, Indesign or Illustrator but you should really know how to use them for the full spectrum and power that they have. Professionally I work in graphic design software and all I do all day is design and trouble/fix shoot designers work. Using off the shelf software or software not for design can be costly at the print stage if not done correctly, just an FYI as most print shops use standards like I mentioned for software.

Let me know if I can provide assistance or guidance.

Permalink Reply by Geetha Panchapakesan on February 11, 2010 at 9:24pm

Thank you Dirk and Duffy for your responses. Dirke, I might take you up on that offer. I'm thinking through the business's general identity and will reach out to you as my vision is crystallized. Thanks again.