Photoshop Tutorial: How to make a Chrome Logo from Scratch

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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 the

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sleek custom chrome logo make a new

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document by pressing control n on

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Windows or command n on a Mac make the

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width 1550 pixels the height 870 pixels

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and the resolution 150 pixels per inch

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let's start by making the background

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first go to view and make sure Snap is

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checked if it isn't just click on it

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click new guide and type in fifty

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percent in the vertical orientation then

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click OK or press Enter or return this

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makes a vertical guide in the center of

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your document if you don't see it press

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ctrl or command H go back to view and

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new guide this time tick horizontal and

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type in fifty percent we now have the

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exact center of the document open your

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gradient tool and click the radial

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gradient icon click the gradient bar to

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open the gradient editor click the

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black-white preset and click the lower

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left stop click the color box and type

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in be 33 times this creates seventy

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percent gray then click OK or press

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Enter or return click the lower right

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stop the color box and type in ten

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percent for brightness this creates a

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very dark gray press Enter or return

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twice to close the color picker and the

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gradient editor go to the center of the

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guidelines and hold down shift as you

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drag the gradient line to the right edge

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of your documents let's give your

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background some color click the

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adjustment layer icon and click

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hue/saturation

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check colorize and pick a hue you like

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to your background from mine I'll type

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in 236 click the new layer icon to make

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a new layer let's name it starburst if

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your foreground and background colors

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are black and white respectively invert

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them by either clicking this curved

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double-arrow icon or by pressing X on

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your keyboard open your shape tools and

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click the polygon tool choose pixels if

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you're working on version cs5 or earlier

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the pixel icon is here click the gear

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icon and check star indent the sides by

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99 percent and type in 100 for the sides

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go to the center of the guidelines and

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drag out the starboard shape until it

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goes past the edges of your documents

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rotate it slightly so the top of your

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starburst is vertical with the guideline

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then release your mouse or pen change

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the blend mode to difference click the

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new layer icon to make a new layer

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invert the foreground and background

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colors and open your custom shape tool

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open your shapes and click the small

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gear icon on the right to open your list

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of custom shape presets click small list

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and click the gear icon again choose

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shapes click OK to replace the existing

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preset in the window with the new shape

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preset scroll down and click diamond

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click the gear icon at the top tick

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unconstrained and check from Center go

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to the center and drag out a diamond

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approximately this size and shape reduce

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the opacity to forty percent and make a

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copy of it by

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and ctrl J on Windows or command J on a

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Mac we're going to reduce the size of

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this copy to do this open your transform

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tool by pressing ctrl or command T click

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the chain-link icon this links the

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percentage in the width and the height

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in the width field type in 90 notice the

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height also changed to ninety percent

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then press Enter or return increase the

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copies opacity to fifty percent make a

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copy of it and open your transform tool

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this time don't click the chain-link we

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want to change the width but keep the

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height as is reduce the width to forty

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percent then press Enter or return

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double-click the largest diamond shape

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this makes it active and opens its layer

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style window click outer glow click the

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color box and pick white increase the

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opacity to 100% and make the size 117

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pixels then click OK let's group the

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diamond shape layers into a folder to do

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this shift-click on the top shape which

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highlights all of them and press ctrl or

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command G if you decide you want to

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modify the size later just open your

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transform tool hold down shift and drag

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the corners in or out to compress or

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expand the shape go to a side hold down

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shift and drag it in or out this applies

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to the top and bottom as well let's name

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the folder diamond shapes we can hide

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the guidelines now press ctrl or command

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H we're ready to set our text open your

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horizontal type tool and click the

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foreground color in brightness

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type in seventy percent this will be the

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underlying shade we choose for the font

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because the chrome effect works best

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starting with medium gray I'm using a

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font called Nero if you'd like to use it

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I provided its link in the video

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description or project files if you're

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not sure how to install fonts watch my

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tutorial showing how to do it I provided

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that link as well for this font I'll

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make the size 183 points none for the

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anti alias and center alignment click on

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your document and type out your text we

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need to increase the space or kerning

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between the characters a bit we're doing

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this because the text will ultimately

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have outer bevels this will require more

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room around each character to prevent

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them from overlapping each other to

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increase the kerning click between two

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characters and hold down alt or option

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as you press the right arrow key on your

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keyboard a few times to Center your line

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of text click your move tool press ctrl

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or command a to select it and click the

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align horizontal centers icon and the

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align vertical centers icon to deselect

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it press ctrl or command D click the FX

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icon and choose bevel and emboss the

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style is inner bevel and the technique

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is smooth slide the depth all the way to

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the right the direction is up and make

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the size 30 pixels soften it 5 pixels

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then click OK before we make our text

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into chrome let's convert it into a

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smart object so if we decide to make

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changes to our text later we can make

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the changes without having to repeat all

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the steps click the icon at the top

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right of the layers panel and click

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convert to smart object you know it's a

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smart object when you see this icon

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click the adjustment layer icon

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and choose curves click the clip to

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layer icon if you are using an earlier

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version of Photoshop and don't see this

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icon to clip it press ctrl alt G on

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Windows or command option G on a Mac

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clipping the adjustment layer restricts

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it to affect just the one layer beneath

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it if we didn't clip it the adjustment

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layer would affect all the layers below

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it in the layers panel the key to making

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our text look more like chrome is to

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apply a set of modified double bell

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curves each set of curves should look

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like a hill a valley and another Hill to

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enhance the chrome effect make a copy of

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the adjustment layer notice our entire

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image is being affected by the

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adjustment layer because we didn't clip

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it yet so click the clip to layer icon

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next we'll give the chrome text to

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slight inner glow around the edges make

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your text active and click the FX icon

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click inner glow and click the color box

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pick white and click OK make the choke

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ten percent and the size 7 pixels next

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we'll give out chrome text a tint of

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color make the top layer active and

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click the adjustment layer icon choose

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hue/saturation click the clip to layer

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icon and check colorize I'll type in 249

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to give it a tint of blue the next few

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steps will be to create this gradient on

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the bottom click the new layer icon to

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make a new layer ctrl click or command

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click on the thumbnail of your logo type

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to make a selection of its shape go to

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select modify and contract contract it 3

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pixels

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go back to select modify and feather

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feather it to pixels click the

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adjustment layer icon and choose

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gradient the gradient fill window will

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open notice it created a layer mask of

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the contracted selection that we made a

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few moments ago make sure the style is

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linear and the angle is 90 degrees click

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the gradient bar to open the gradient

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editor click the black-white preset and

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click the lower right stop type in

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between twenty to fifty percent for the

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location this moves the white color down

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on the gradient click OK and click ok on

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the gradient fill reduce the opacity to

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seventy percent and change the blend

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mode to multiply next we'll add color to

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the gradient go to the hue/saturation

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adjustment layer and hold down alt or

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option as you drag a copy of it above

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the gradient fill to clip it press ctrl

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all g on windows or command option G on

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a Mac make your logo type active and

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double-click effects to open the layer

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style window click bevel & emboss and

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check contour make the style outer bevel

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and the size 16 pixels open gloss

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contour and click the double hill

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contour called ring double then click OK

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next we'll add the drop shadow

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ctrl-click or command click on your logo

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type to make a selection of its shape

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ctrl-click or command click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer below the

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active layer go to select modify and

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feather feather it 7 pixels then click

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OK make sure black is your foreground

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color and fill the selection with black

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by pressing Alt Delete on Windows or

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option delete on a Mac

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you can't see the black layer because

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it's underneath our logo type deselect

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it by pressing ctrl or command D open

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your transform tool and click the

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chain-link to link the width and the

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height in either field type in

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ninety-three percent then press Enter or

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return to move it straight down press

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the down arrow key on your keyboard

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until you're happy with its location

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make the opacity forty percent the last

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step is to add a lens flare scroll to

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the top of your layers panel and make

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the top layer active above it will make

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a composite snapshot of your entire logo

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to do this press ctrl shift alt E on

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Windows or command shift option e on a

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Mac go to filter render and lens flare

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make the brightness seventy percent and

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the lens type 105 millimeter Prime drag

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the lens flare to a location on a bright

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section of your logo type then click OK

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this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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thanks for watching