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Contemporary Photoshop Logo

Feb 25, 2009 Logo Design, Photoshop

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Description

In this tutorial we will be creating a Logo with some cool effects and a
professional final look.

Objectives

• Layer Opacities and Styles
• Text Effects
• Blending Options
• Text Reflection

Final Result:

Step 1:

Create a new document 439×153 pixels, fill the background with Black #000000 and
write your text, in my example “Company Name”
(i used the font “Helvetica” for the text).

Step 2:

Let´s put some colour to the text. Fill the word “Company” with #FF9600 and “Name”
with #6B6B6B.

Step 3:

Now we are going to create the reflection. This is done by duplicating the text
layer and going to Edit>Transform>Flip Vertical

Step 4:

Now rasterize the layer (Layer>Rasterize>Text), take the Rectangular
Marque Tool
and select the half part of the layer like this:

Step 5:

Now press Alt+Ctrl+D and write 25 in the box, then press the Delete buttom two
times, Ctrl+D to deselect the layer and change the opacity to 60% (you can play
with this number if you like), you will have the reflection like this:

Step 6:

Select the Text Tool and write the slogan, in my example “your slogan goes here”,
i used the Trebuchet MS font and with a space between each leater to make it
looks better, like this:

Step 7:

Now let´s create a new layer (Ctrl+N) on the top of the text layer (not the
reflection one, the Company Name layer), and let´s select the Elpitical Marquee
Tool. Press D and X to use the White colour and draw an eliptical selection on
the text like this:

Step 8:

Then fill that selection with White (Alt+Backspace), you will have something
like this:

Step 9:

Then press Ctrl+G on the white selection layer to get this:

Step 10:

Then change the opacity to 20% (you can play with this number too), you will get
this:

Step 11:

Finally you can add some symbol to your Logo, i added an orange parrot on the
last “e” of the word Name (i used the Personaliced Shapes to add the parrot),
and finally you will get this:

Conclusion

Well I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, if you have any questions be sure to leave a comment below!

Tags: effects, ice, Logo, photoshop