Steel Cased Logo
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By tanmay goswami
Published on 07/3/2006
In this tutorial, we will learn about creating a steel cased logo.
Steel Cased Logo
1. Create a white colored circle.
2. Duplicate the layer by pressing control+J.
3. Right click on its layer name. Select blending options and click on color overlay. Change the color to black.
4. As shown in the figure, draw a circle with the help of Elliptical Marquee tool.
5. Now, press delete.
6. Keep the selection active and do 2 things :-
a. Press shift+control+n to have a new layer. Select dark grey as foreground and black as background color. Fill the selection with gradient tool.
b. Press control+d to deselect. Press 'D' to change the foreground and background colors to default black and white. Again right click on the layer name in layer pallate, select blending options and click on stroke. Select gradient as fill type and add 3 point stroke in the layer.
2. Duplicate the layer by pressing control+J.
3. Right click on its layer name. Select blending options and click on color overlay. Change the color to black.
4. As shown in the figure, draw a circle with the help of Elliptical Marquee tool.
5. Now, press delete.
6. Keep the selection active and do 2 things :-
a. Press shift+control+n to have a new layer. Select dark grey as foreground and black as background color. Fill the selection with gradient tool.
b. Press control+d to deselect. Press 'D' to change the foreground and background colors to default black and white. Again right click on the layer name in layer pallate, select blending options and click on stroke. Select gradient as fill type and add 3 point stroke in the layer.
Steel Cased Logo
7. Click on the black circle layer to activate it. Use high featherd brush to erase the portions as shown in the figure.
8. Now do these things :-
a. Give 3 pixel light grey color storke to the base (white color) layer.
b. Control click on the layer which we filled with gradient to select it. Select white as foreground color. Create another layer and fill the selection with with foreground to transperent gradient.
9. Finally, add some text in it. Our logo is ready :-)
8. Now do these things :-
a. Give 3 pixel light grey color storke to the base (white color) layer.
b. Control click on the layer which we filled with gradient to select it. Select white as foreground color. Create another layer and fill the selection with with foreground to transperent gradient.
9. Finally, add some text in it. Our logo is ready :-)