How to Create a Logo inPhotoshop
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word‘CocaCola’ or KFC or even Google?
You see the Google homepage fill with its blue and yellow
and red colors. That is the power of logos.
A great logo tells a story. Designing a logo is the first stepin building a business.
Here, in this tutorial, you will learn how to design a simplelogo.
At first, open a new document. Select the appropriate width
and height for your design. Then, create the effect that you
want. You can use the ‘Pen’ tool to create our shapes. Now
create a new layer.
Name it Shape 1. Select the pen tool, select ‘shape’ in the
tool properties at the top. Choose the color for filling. It is
useful to switch on the grid while drawing. Go to View>
Show> Grid to do that.
For the second shape, instead of drawing it from scratch, we can
simply duplicate the Shape 1 layer and flip it horizontally. Select
the current shape in the layers window on the right.
Right click on it and select ‘Duplicate Layer’. Name the new layer
Shape 2 as you like. Now select the duplicate layer and go to
Edit> Transform Path> Flip Horizontal.
Drag it over to the right so that it overlaps the first shape
perfectly.
Next, make one of the shape layers slightly darker in color to
give the impression of depth. Doubleclick on the Shape 2
thumbnail in the Layers window. The color selection panel
should popup.
Choose the color a bit darker this time. While you are at it, drag
the Shape 1 layer on top of the Shape 2 layer in the Layers
window as well, in such a way that Shape 2 appears to be
behind Shape 1.
Duplicate the Shape 1 layer as described above. Name it as
‘Shadow Layer’ and change the color of this new layer. Go to
Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur. Choose a radius that suits your
image.
Now drag the Shadow Layer underneath Shape 1 in the
Layers window. Right click on Shadow Layer and select
‘Create Clipping Mask.’ Your image logo should now have thenice shadow effect. If a logo needs text, then you can follow
the next steps. If not, that ends the process.
Once you have selected the font, go to the ‘Type’ tool in the
toolbox and add your text with the necessary font size. Place the
text on the logo. For a bit of extra effect, add a drop shadow tothe text.
Rightclick on the text layer, select ‘Blending Options and choose
‘Drop Shadow.’ Make necessary adjustments for your image. You
can add a ‘Background Gradient’ to give our logo a bit ofdramatic flair.
Click the ‘Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer’ button at the
bottom of the Layers Window and choose ‘Gradient.’
Select ‘Radial’ under Style and make sure to check the
‘Reverse’ option at the bottom. Now, double click on the
gradient color in the window and play around with the colors
and settings for a while until you are satisfied.
Lastly, drag your gradient layer below all the other layers in
the Layers window. Your logo is now complete.
Hopefully, this tutorial has helped you get the idea of how to
create a logo design in Photoshop. Hopefully, you can nowmake a logo design on your own with confidence.
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