Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create this custom,
dynamic, emblem up your initials or name.
Make a new document by pressing Ctrl + N
on a PC or Cmd + N on a Mac
Make the size 1280 by 720 pixels
with a resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
If your foreground and background colors
aren't black and white, press "d" on your keyboard.
Invert them by pressing "x". Now,
white is your foreground color. Open you're Gradient Tool
and choose Radial Gradient. Go to the center
and drag a line to the right edge. Go to
Filter and Filter Gallery. Open the "Distort" folder
and choose "Glass". Make the Distortion:
11... the Smoothness: 1...
the Texture: Frosted and the Scaling:
100%. Then, click OK. Now that we have the background,
we're ready to make the first shape of your emblem. Open your Polygon Tool
and choose, "Shape". Make sure
your "Fill" is empty and make the "Stroke"
black... and the Size 30 points.
Make the "Sides" 3.
Now, drag out a triangle.
Press and hold "Shift" to snap the triangle 90 degrees.
Make it approximately this size
and then release your mouse or pen. We need to flip the shape vertically.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + T to open your Transform tool.
Go to a corner and press and hold "Shift"
as you rotate it until it snaps in place. To reposition it,
click inside the Transform and move it. Then, press Enter or Return.
To hide the path, press Ctrl
or Cmd + H. Go to
Layer ...Rasterize...and Shape. Double-click on the shape
to open its Layer Style window. Click
"Bevel and Emboss". Keep the Style: Inner Bevel...
the Technique: Chisel Hard... the Direction:
Down and the Size: 16 pixels.
Uncheck "Global Light" and make the Angle
90 degrees and the Altitude: 0.
Click the color box and pick a light color you like.
I'll type in A E F
F C B. Then, click OK.
Check "Contour"
and click OK. Next,
we'll fill in the inside of the shape with a gradient color
that's a richer version of the color you just picked.
Ctrll-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail
of the shape to make a selection of it. Press "Q"
on your keyboard to make the selection into a quickmask.
Open your Paint Bucket Tool, go
anywhere outside the triangle and click down with your mouse or pen
3 times to ensure that all of the outside quick mask is completely deleted.
The inside quickmask remains intact.
Press "Q" to revert the quickmask
back into a selection. Invert it by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd +Shift + I. Click on the new layer icon
to make a new layer. Click on the layer mask icon
to make a layer mask of the selection next to the
empty layer. Click on the empty layer to make it active.
Fill it temporarily with white. Since
white is the foreground color, press
Alt or Opt + Delete.
Double-click it to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Gradient Overlay" and the gradient bar.
This opens the Gradient Editor. Click the lower left stop
and the color box. Pick a light to medium color.
I'll type in 8 0 F
8 B 6. Click OK. Click on the lower right stop,
the color box and this time,
pick a richer, darker version of the color you picked.
I'll type in 1 C 5 7
1 C. Then, close the Color Picker
and the Gradient Editor. Reduce the Scale
to 50% and click OK.
Next, we'll add the text. Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and choose a font. I'm using "Unlearned
2 BRK". I provided its link in the video description or project files.
If you're not sure how to install fonts, watch my tutorial
on how to do it. I provided that link, as well.
I'll use a point size of 190...
Sharp... and Center Alignment.
Click on the color box and pick black.
Then, click OK. Go to the center
and type out your text. If you want to increase or decrease the space between
characters,
click to the left of the character you'd like to slide over
and press Alt or Opt plus the right or left arrow key on your keyboard.
Let's warp its shape. Click on the "warp text" icon
and choose "Arch".
Change the "Bend" to 25%.
Then, click OK. To reposition it,
open your Move Tool and move it.
Next, we'll fill the inside of the text with white,
but first, we need to "rasterize" it.
Go to Layer...Rasterize...and Type.
Make the foreground color white. Press "d" on your keyboard
and then "x" to invert the colors.
Open your Paint Bucket Tool and click inside
each of the characters to fill them with white.
Next, let's add a radial design behind the text
on the inside of the inverted pyramid.
Click on the thumbnail of the white layer to make it active.
Open your Custom Shape Tool and open your list of shape
presets. Choose
"Symbols" and click OK to see just the Symbol shapes
in the thumbnail window. Scroll to the bottom
and click on this symbol. The name of it is:
"Registration Target 2". Click on the gear symbol
and tick "Define Proportions" and check
"From Center". Click on the bottom, inside point
and drag up until it clears past the top of the inverted pyramid.
Then, release your mouse or pen. To hide the paths,
press Ctrl or Cmd + H.
To confine the shape to the inside of the inverted pyramid,
go to the layer mask and press and hold Alt
or Opt as you drag a copy of it next to the radial shape.
We'll reduce its opacity, but first make the radial shape
active and then reduce the opacity to 20%.
Next, we'll create a bold, outline border
around the entire emblem. Ctrl-click
or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of the text to make a selection of its shape.
go to the layer mask and press Ctrl or Cmd + Shift
to add its selection. Lastly,
go to the triangle shape and repeat the keystrokes
to add its selection. Invert the selection
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + I.
Press "Q" to make the selection into a quickmask.
To completely fill in the quickmask, open your Paint Bucket Tool
and click anywhere on the quickmask 3 times
to completely fill it in. Press "Q"
again to make it back into a selection
and then invert it.
Click on the new layer icon to make a new layer.
Go to Edit and Stroke.
Make the Stroke 4 pixels... the color is white
and the Location is Outside.
To delete the selection, press Ctrl or Cmd + D
Double-click on the thumbnail of the outline layer to open its Layer Style
window.
Click "Outer Glow". Click on the color box
and pick black. Click OK
and change the Blend Mode to "Normal".
Make the Opacity 100%
and the Spread 100%. Make the Size
10 pixels and click OK.
The last step is to make an outer glow around the emblem.
Make a new layer
and hide the background. We'll make a "composite snapshot" of the image on your
screen
by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on a PC
or Cmd + Shift + Opt + E on a Mac.
Make the background visible and click on the
"fx" icon. Choose "Outer Glow"
and click on the color box.
Pick white and click OK.
Change the Blend Mode to "Normal" and make the Opacity
50%. Make the Noise 10%
and the Size 80 pixels. Then click OK.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!