Computer Tips From A Computer Guy

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:05 AM PDT

Previously, I wrote about a free online service called LogoMaker that lets you create and design your own logo online. However, making a good looking text logo is easy using Photoshop. In this tutorial we will apply duplicated layers, opacity and some rasterizing techniques to create a text that looks like the one below.

Begin with an empty Photoshop document. Create a new layer and create a text on the document using the Text tool. In your background layer create the text by clicking on the Text Tool of Photoshop then click and drag it in your background layer to your desired size. You can also select the font, size, and colour of the text that you want to use.

After creating your text, duplicate the layer that you have created. You can do his by selecting your type layer the press CTRL+J or right click on your type layer and select duplicate layer.

Duplicate the layer again so we can use it for a "gloss" effect later. Let us call this the "gloss" layer.

Next, hide the duplicate layer by clicking the eye icon beside the text layer. Click on the original layer then create a stroke on the text object. To do this, open the Effects menu then select Stroke. This will create a red stroke on your text; change the color to white then click ok.

Click on the Drop Shadow option then increase the size to 10 pixels then reduce the opacity to 60% then click OK. It will create a somehow bigger text size at the background giving the text an embossed or lifted effect.

Turn your gloss layer back on then double click the gloss type layer then change the color to white.

Right click the duplicated "gloss" layer then select Rasterize Type.

After that click on the elliptical marquee tool then draw a selection across the text then drop down the selection to the bottom of the text.

After making the selection hit the delete key to delete the selection. Press CTRL+D to deselect the selection then reduce the opacity of your gloss layer to 30 %. You will see the gloss effect on the TEXT LOGO.