Barcode with Logo (QR Code)

How to make your own QR code barcode with a logo in it.

QR codes might be useful for putting on websites, business cards, clothing, buildings with coloured bricks or cunningly place windows to form a giant QR code?

Method in brief:
Use a QR code generator with error correction set as high as possible.
Draw a logo on the barcode, relying on error correction to make up for the lost data.


Or The full story:

You will need.......
Paint / Paint Shop Pro / Gimp / Photoshop (pretty much any drawing software will do).
An internet connection (but if you are reading this I guess that one should not be a problem).

Step 1: Generate the Barcode

Go to the Raco QR code generator.

Add the message you want to be included in the barcode.

Set error correction to H (~30% of codewords can be restored).

Generate the barcode.

Save the barcode: Right click on the barcode image and save as….

Comments

[eligreen]

Wow, this is really awesome. Cool. I gonna change my barcode tattoo. By the way, I think these barcode images posted above can not be read, right?



http://www.barcodelib.com/barcode_software/qrcode.html

[hardwarehank]

Using this for bitcoin private key overlays. I did some (image)magick, and came up with this:

# Generate some valid bitcoin private keys
# Then, put them into qrencode:
qrencode -o /tmp/test.png -s 50 -l H -m 6 Shv3ceecGvTCc3to7YMr8M
# Overlay images:
composite coin.png test.png cointest.png

Result:

[bodoalbstadt]

Wow, it works ;-)
Thanks for these informations

[Sarah White]

I've tried lots of online qr code generators and they work well. But, most of them have no information about setting qr code barcode size.

Fortunately, an article on http://www.onbarcode.com/qr_code/qr_code_size_setting.html describes the details.

And the information about C# qr code size setting is still provided.
http://www.onbarcode.com/qr_code/csharp_qr_code_size_setting.html
Those articles are really helpful.

[Dean AAron]

Nice share~It's really easy to use.
The use of QR codes makes it tremendously convenient for people to have a direct and fast connection to social media. In my spare time, I do love to use online tools to generate and scan QR codes. That's really awesome.
These are my favorite QR code generatosr~have a try~
http://generator.onbarcode.com/online-qr-code-barcode-generator.aspx
http://www.onbarcode.com/software/barcode_generator.html

[alltootechnical]

It worked!

[el-haber]

something freaky - we have made a QR-PR-campaign last year
about public-Government partizipation Project.
Using QR-Tags to lead to our "mogdy" webspace, intended to be
signed on every lamppost.
Indeed with great effort but stunning resonance.

[JetCityOrange]

The QRdvark QR generator lets you create QR barcodes that include UPC, ISBN-13, and other standard barcode data within a QR. http://www.QRdvark.com/qr-generator/

[taodih]

Nice idea , kinda cool to have a special barcode like that =D

Also a note on the "fuzzyness". When resizing , If you have the option to chose "nearest neighbor" or "perserve hard egdes", you can remove it.

[n1LWeb]

Great idea. Works like a charm. Thanks.