Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create a simple, but dynamic logo.
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Press Ctrl or Cmd + N to create a new document.
You can make it any size and resolution you want.
I'll make its width: 1920 pixels, its height 1080 pixels and its resolution: 150 pixels per inch.
The color mode is RGB and 8 bits per channel.
Click the custom tab and pick white for the background color.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool and Type Picker.
Pick any font you like.
I'll make its size 250 points, but feel free to choose whatever size you want.
Make the aliasing Smooth and centered alignment.
If the color box isn't black, click it and when the color picker opens, pick black.
Click on your document and type out your text.
To adjust the overall spacing between the characters, known as "tracking", highlight
the text and press and hold Alt or Option and the right or left arrow key on your keyboard.
To adjust the spacing between just two characters, place your cursor between those characters
and repeat the same hot keys.
Open your Move Tool and drag the text to the center.
We'll angle it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T to open the Transform Tool.
At the top, type into the Angle field the direction you want your logo's solid drop shadow to be.
I'll type in 45 degrees.
If your text is cut off just drag it inside.
Then, press Enter or Return.
We'll make multiple copies of it by pressing and holding Alt or Option and the Down arrow on your keyboard.
Each copy is repositioning the text down one pixel at a time.
Make sure the shadow doesn't get cut off.
It ll take over a hundred copies to build up the depth of your solid drop shadow.
If you want more depth, I ll show you a quick way to add them in a minute.
Scroll to the bottom and Shift-click the bottom copy to make it and all the copies above it active.
We'll merge them together by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + E.
Drag the solid drop shadow layer below our text layer.
Double-click the text layer to highlight the text.
Check your foreground and background colors.
If they aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Invert them by pressing "x", or by clicking this icon.
White should be our foreground color.
Then, press Enter or Return or click the checkmark at the top.
To re-angle our image back, Shift-click the solid drop shadow to make it active as well
and open the Transform Tool.
In the Angle field, type in the angle that's the opposite of we typed in earlier.
Since I originally typed in 45 degrees, I'll now type in minus 45 degrees.
After you type in your angle, press Enter or Return.
To increase the drop shadow's depth, click that layer and make a copy of it.
If your design has the drop shadow below the text, drag it below the other drop shadow
and make sure the two are aligned.
To get rid of the black fringe above the text, make the top layer active and press the Up
arrow on your keyboard once to move the text up one pixel.
Make the top shadow active and Shift-click the lower one to make it active, as well.
Then, merge the two layers.
If you want to italicize your logo, Shift-click the top layer to make it active as well and open your Transform Tool.
Go to the top, middle anchor point.
Press and hold Ctrl or Cmd.
When you see this icon, drag it to the right or left.
You could also drag it down or up to compress or expand its height.
Then, drag it to the center.
Next, we'll add subtext to the design.
It could be your company s motto or anything else you d like.
Click the drop shadow layer.
The subtitle will automatically be placed above it.
Open your Type Tool and Type Picker.
Pick any font you like.
Reduce its size to fit inside your logo.
You can always adjust it later.
Click on the lower part of the solid drop shadow
Adjust the characters spacing and type out your text.
Place your cursor to the right of it and drag it into position.
To italicize it, click the Move Tool and open your Transform Tool.
As before, press and hold Ctrl or Cmd as you drag the top, middle anchor point.
Next, we'll create the background shape.
Click the background to make it active.
Click the new Layer icon to make a new layer above it.
I'll open the Ellipse Tool, but feel free to choose any shape you want.
Choose "Shape" and click the Fill s color box.
Click this icon to open the Color Picker.
Pick a color you want for the inside of the shape.
I'll pick a rich, bright red.
Click the Stroke icon and pick black.
Notice, whatever color you pick jump to the first color in the color swatches.
I'll make the stroke 70 pixels wide but pick any amount you want.
Open the Stroke Options and click the solid line.
Open the Align options.
These icons represent the position of the stroke relative to its path.
Click the bottom one, which places the stroke outside the path.
The "Caps" options represent the appearance of both ends of a path.
For elliptical or circular shapes, this option is irrelevant since there are no sharp ends.
The "Corners" options represent the appearance of the stroke at corner points.
Once again, if you re using an elliptical or circular shape as I am, it doesn t matter
which option is checked.
Click the gear icon.
For my shape, I'll tick unconstrained, since I want to make an elliptical shape, not a circle.
Checking "From Center" will draw the shape from the center of where you click your document.
Go to the center of your document and drag out the shape.
Then, release.
If you're using CC 2019 or later and want to reshape it, press Alt or Option as you drag it in or out.
If you re using an earlier version, press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it.
To angle the shape, when your see this icon, rotate it to an angle you like.
To enlarge or reduce its size, just drag it out or in.
Then, press Enter or Return.
To reposition it, drag it.
Continue to resize it and reposition it using your Transform Tool.
Lastly, we'll add a thin outline between the inside color and the black stroke.
To do this, make a copy of the background shape and click the shape icon.
Click the Stroke icon and click a white swatch.
It'll jump the first swatch and appear as the stroke color.
Drag the stroke s slider to the left to reduce its thickness until you like the way your logo looks.
To save your logo, scroll down your Layers panel and click the eyeball icon to hide the background.
Go to Image and Trim.
Tick "Transparent Pixels" and make sure everything is checked under "Trim Away".
Go to File.
If you're using a version earlier than CC 2021, click "Save As".
For CC 2021 or later, click "Save a Copy".
We'll save it the "Desktop" to find it quickly.
Name the file and save it as png.
A png file is a higher-quality compression format than a jpg and unlike a jpeg, it can
save transparent qualities of an image.
Then, click "Save".
When you see this window, I generally tick "Large file size" with no "Interlacing".
The interlaced option is pretty much obsolete today.
It's to let someone with a slow internet connection like Dial-Up begin to see the picture quickly.
Also, interlaced images are a bit bigger in file size.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!