Design Studio

1. Create a 200 x 200 canvas with a white background.

2. Click on your custom shape tool. Choose the polygon tool. Type in 5 sides. After you’ve done that, click on the arrow pointing downwards:

Fill in the same information as the screenshot above.

3. Draw out your star onto your canvas. You can use any color you’d like for the star because it will be covered up by gradient we will add to it later:

4. Now we are going to add a gradient to the shape. Click on layer > layer style > gradient overlay. Fill in the same information as below:

Note: To customize your gradient. Click on the gradient (if it’s on default there should be a black to white gradient there). See the squares on each end of the gradient? Change the first square (circled in red in the screenshot below) to: #FFFE82 (double click on the square for the Color Picker to appear). For the last square, add in the color #FFF000)

This is what the black square changes to after.

5. We are now going to add a border to this shape. Click Layer > Layer Style > Stroke… Change the property to:

- Color: Orange (#FF8400)

This is what you should have so far:

6. Create the exact same star shape in a new layer above this one. Make sure it is smaller than your first star. To duplicate the layer, right click on your star layer’s name/text, then select ‘duplicate layer…’

To resize: Hold down CTRL and T at the same time. Click on one of the corners and drag inwards to make it smaller. (If you’re having problems, double check to make sure you are working in the right layer).

Next, delete the stroke (layer style) that is in this layer.

7. Now we need to add a gradient to this star. Click on Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay. The gradient properties are the same as the first star. The only thing you need to change are the colors. Click on the gradient and change the colors (remember the 2 squares?) to #FFE400 and #FFFFFF

8. Create a new layer and place it above all of your current layers. Using your text tool, type out the text you’d like to place in your logo using the font color #FF8400.

And here is the final result…

Begin with a 500 by 110 pixel document, with a black background.

Add text in white (#FFFFFF) (I used Arial, 36 pt.) Also notice how I erased the dot on the “i”. This isn’t 100% necessary, but it adds a nice edge in the following steps.

Now add a crown, (Custom Shape Tool, Shape Toggle, “Objects”) I then colored the crown in a nice gold tone. (#DFBC42)

Then place another smaller crown for the “dot” of the “i”. (Notice that the smaller crown has been duplicated, Gaussian blurred at 4.0, and merged with its original)

Now add an underline to the text (use a 1 pixel white line). Then thin the edges of the line, by selecting your “Elliptical Marquee Tool”, and setting the ‘feather’ option to 40 pixels. Then move the selected area near the edge of the line. Press ‘delete’. Part of the edges will disappear. Try to make your underline appear like so.

Now add a hue/saturation layer. Use the following settings.

Then merge the Hue/Saturation layer to the underline layer. (So the effects will be isolated to the underline layer)

Now return to the large crown layer.

Duplicate it, and Gaussian Blur the duplicate at 4.0 pixels. Then nudge the layer to the right three times.

Now return to the original text layer. Duplicate it, and Gaussian Blur the duplicate at 4.0 pixels.

Now add crowns at the sides of the underline like so:

Finally add some text for a small slogan below your underline. (I used 12 point white Arial)

First start off with a 500 by 110 pixel document. Select the gradient tool, and set your foreground color to a light gray (#cccccc) and your background color to a darker gray (#999999).

Drag your gradient from the upper left corner to the lower right corner. You should end up with something like this:

Create a new layer, (Ctrl+N) and switch the foreground colors, (the “x” key) Then select your rounded rectangle tool. (You should right-click on the rectangle tool) Then draw a large rounded rectangle in the center on the canvas. It should look mostly like this:

Now we make the rectangle more attractive. Right-click on the layer with your rounded rectangle, and select “Blending Options”

Apply these settings:

You should now have an image of this sort:

Now add a new layer, (Ctrl+N), and create another rounded rectangle (using a darker gray #999999), only smaller this time:

We should also make this inner rectangle more attractive:

Again, right click on the layer, and click “blending options”

Apply the following settings:

This should be your look as of now:

Lets add some text: I chose white, Arial, 36 pt. font.

Now we can spice up the text:

Once again, right-click the layer, and select “Blending Options”

Use these settings:

This should be the final outcome of it all. Enjoy the chrome pipes!

1. First, create a 500 by 500 pixel document, with a black background.

2. Then create a lens flare. (Filter, Render, Lens Flare) Use the following settings…

3. Shear the layer with the following settings…

You should now have something that looks like this...

4. Now duplicate the layer four three times. (right click the layer, then “duplicate layer”)

5. Rotate the first duplicate to a different point. (Edit, Transform, Rotate 180º )

6. Rotate the other duplications to different points (Edit, Transform, Rotate 90º CW) and (Edit, Transform, Rotate 90º CCW)

Make sure you don’t repeat any rotations.

After this, set all of your layers to soft light.

You should have this as an outcome:

7. Now we can change the color, create a hue/saturation layer, and use the following settings…

You should get something like this…

8. Now add some text, I used 52 pt. Eurostile Font. With my blue as, (#3C8594)

9. Duplicate the text layer twice, and place your original text on top of all of your layers.

10. On your first duplicate, apply a Gaussian Blur using a 4.0 setting. (Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur)

11. On your second duplicate, apply a motion blur. (Filter, Blur, Motion Blur)

Use these settings:

You should end up with something like this…