| In this Tutorial, I will show you how to create this
circular Logo below. |
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| 1.) Let's begin by creating a new file.
Go to File > New. Make it 400X 400 pixels on a white
background. |
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| 2.) Press D on the keyboard
to set the default Foreground color to black. |
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| 3.) Select the Text tool from
the tool palette. |
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| 4.) In the options bar (located top of
program) select font style to Arial Black, 60pt and Smooth,
then click on the work area to activate the blinking curser. |
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| 5.) Now, click the Warped Text
button. |
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| 6.) When the Style Pop-up menu appears,
click the down arrow and select the Arc setting, check
Horizontal and move the Bend slider
all the way to the right to +100%. Hit OK. |
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| 7.) Type your text, and then select the
Move tool to position it on the work area. |
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| Type should now look like this: |
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| 8.) Next, Go to Layer
> Duplicate Layer followed by Edit
> Transform > Rotate 180. Use
the Move tool to position text. |
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| Text should now appear as below. |
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| 9.) Select the Text
tool. Change font size to 48pt. then click on the work area to activate
the blinking curser. Repeat Step 5, 6
and 7. |
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| Note: You can use the Free Transform
tool here if needed to balance the bottom of text to the imaginary
centerline if needed. (Ctrl+T) to
select, rotate accordingly then click the Move tool
to apply. |
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| 10.) Select the Text
tool. Change font size to 24pt. then click on the work area to activate
the blinking curser. Repeat Step 5, 6
and 7, however, this time drag the slider all the way
to the left to -100%. |
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| There you go... Logo template is now in place. |
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| Bonus Freebie |
| Now, to apply the effects used in the logo, You may download
this psd file Here. |
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| Open in Photoshop and double-click on any style
listed under one of the Text layers. This will bring
up the Styles palette. Simply click on the New
Style button. A dialog box will appear. Just hit OK
to close, then hit Cancel to close the Styles palette.
Repeat this procedure once under each Text layer. |
| Now, go to Window > Show Styles.
In the Layers palette, click on one of the text layers
to apply an effect to and click on one of the last four buttons in the
Style button palette until you get the desired effect
applied to text. |
Thanks for reading.
