Photoshop Tutorial: Part 1 - Create a Powerful, Custom, SuperHero Emblem Logo

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create this

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powerful superhero style emblem of a

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letter from scratch this tutorial is in

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two parts in the first part I'll show

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you how to create this carbon fiber

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background and design the template for

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your emblem in part 2 i'll show you how

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to add color texture and dimension

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the first step is to make your

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foreground and background colors white

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and black respectively if they aren't

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click this icon to make them black and

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white and invert them by clicking this

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icon

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create a new document by going to file

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and new name it whatever you'd like make

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its width 1550 pixels its height 870

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pixels and the resolution 150 pixels per

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inch the color mode is RGB and 8 bits

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per channel open your list of background

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contents and click background color then

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click OK

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make a copy of the background

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ctrl J on Windows or command J on a Mac

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go to view and make sure rulers and snap

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are checked if they aren't just click on

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them go to the ruler on the left and

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drag out a guideline to the center of

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your document it'll snap in place

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because we have snapped checked if you

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don't see the guideline press ctrl or

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command H go to the ruler at the top and

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drag down another guideline to the

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center

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open your gradient tool and make sure

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your radial gradient icon is active

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click the gradient box which opens the

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gradient editor click the top left

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preset thumbnail which represents your

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foreground and background colors click

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the lower left stop and the color box

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in the brightness field type in fifty

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percent this gives us 50% gray then

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click OK on both windows

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go to the middle and press and hold

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shift as you drag the gradient line to

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the right edge of your document then

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release

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go to filter and filter gallery

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open the distort folder and click glass

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make the texture tiny lens the

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distortion 20 the smoothness one

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and the scaling fifty percent then click

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OK

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer

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open your pen tool

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and choose path if you're working on

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version cs5 or earlier the path tool is

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here

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click approximately here on your

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guideline and release click again

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approximately here this draws a straight

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path release and press and hold shift as

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you click again approximately here to

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add a 45 degree path holding shift

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adheres the path to 45 90 and 180

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degrees release and press and hold shift

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again as you click on the guideline to

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add a horizontal path release and press

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and hold shift again as you click your

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first anchor point to close the path

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right click directly on the path

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and click make selection keep the

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feather radius 0 pixels and click OK

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we'll fill the selection with black and

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since black is the background color

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press ctrl or command + delete to

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deselect it press ctrl or command D

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make a copy of it

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go to edit transform and flip horizontal

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press V to open your move tool and press

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and hold shift as you slide it across

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until it snaps to the vertical guide

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line

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merge the two shapes by pressing ctrl or

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command E

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hide the guidelines by pressing ctrl or

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command H

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double-click on an empty area

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of the shaped layer to open its layer

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style window click inner glow change the

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blend mode to normal and the opacity a

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hundred percent make a technique precise

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and the source edge make the choke a

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hundred percent and the size 45 pixels

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click stroke make the size 12 pixels and

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the position inside

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then click ok

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click off the eyeball next to the

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gradient background to hide the layer

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we're ready to add text

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open your horizontal type tool

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and choose a heavy font i'm using

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kilogram regular if you'd like to use

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this font as well i provided its link in

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the video's description or project files

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temporarily make its size a hundred

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points sharp and center alignment the

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color should be white click in the

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middle and type your character for this

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font i'm using uppercase to enlarge it

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click your move tool and open your

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transform tool by pressing ctrl or

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command t go to a corner and when you

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see a diagonal double-arrow press and

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hold alt or option + shift as you drag

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it out to reposition it go inside the

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transform and move it you'll probably

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notice it's not moving smoothly that's

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because Snap is still active go back to

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view

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and click snap to deactivate it

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continue to reposition and resize it

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don't be concerned with the areas of

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your text that's outside the background

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shape we'll take care of that next to

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accept the transform press Enter or

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return

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the text using the

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layer mask will hide areas of the text

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that extend past the background shape

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open your rectangular marquee tool

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section over the top of your character

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will fill the selection with black and

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since black is the foreground color

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press alt or option + delete then

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deselect it

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open your pencil tool and the pencil

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picker make it size approximately 70

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pixels and its hardness and opacity a

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hundred percent then press Enter or

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return

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if you don't see your pencil you

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probably have the shift key active if

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you do just press the caps lock key to

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see your pencil now draw over the bottom

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areas of your character that extend past

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the background shape click the large t

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to make your text active open the

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channels panel if you don't see it go to

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window and channels click the small

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circular icon at the bottom to make a

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selection of the image on your canvas

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open back your layers panel and click

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the new layer icon to make a new layer

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in this empty layer fill the selection

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with black then deselect it

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make the gradient background visible and

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hide the text and the original

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background shape in part 2 i'll show you

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how to transform it into a powerful

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superhero style emblem this is Marty

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from Blue Lightning TV thanks for

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watching