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Make a Professional Logo


Step 1. Open up a new document in Photoshop and make it around 400px x 400px and create a new layout.

Step 2. Now click on the Ellipse Tool (Click U) in the toolbar and make shore its set to fill pixel up the top and then make a circle in the middle of your document like I have done below.

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Step 3. Then select the Rectangular Marquee Tool (Click M) and cut the circle exactly in half.

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Step 4. Now once you have don't that click on the Elliptical Marquee Tool and start to cut peace's out of the half circle like I have done below.

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Step 5. Once you have gotten the exact shape of the logo you would like to use. Copy and paste this shape and go under the pull down menu Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal and lay it right up against the other shape with exactly 1px like I have done.

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Step 6. Then go into your layers pallet, select the top shape layer and then hit the keys Ctrl + E to merge the two shapes together. Now right click this layer and click Blending Options…

Step 7. We will start with adding a drop shadow and work our way threw the setting. So just enter the exact setting I have added in the image below.

Drop Shadow:

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Inner Glow:

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Gradient Overlay:

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With the part in the overlay were it says click here just follow these seeing under it.

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Then for the last area activate Stoke and do the following.

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And now just click on the OK button and you're finished; now you should have a very nice and professional logo for your own company identity. Also below is a shot of what your logos texture should look like if its not the same please take a look back threw the tutorial and make shore you didn't miss anything.

Make a Professional Logo Tutorial: Final Result



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