Create Rainbow Logos With Warped Text

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Create Rainbow Logos withWarped GridsFabio on Apr 9th 2008 with 121 comments

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This tutorial is another users request. Its an easy technique, but Im sure you will be able touse it in all sorts of designs. Its very versatile. In this case, I used this technique for a logo, butI could use it to create grids with light effects as well.

Step 1

Create a new document and fill the background with black. After that create a new layer. Withthe Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) create a rectangular selection like the image below. Afterthat fill the selection with black again.

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Step 2

Go to Filter>Stylize>Tiles. Use 10 for the Number of Tiles, and 1% for the Maximum Offset.


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Step 3


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Go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. Use 90 degrees for the Angle and a distance of 60 pixels.

Step 4

With the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) select the bottom of the grid and delete it, so it wonthave that faded- out look.


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Step 5


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Go to Edit>Transform>Warp. Then select Flag.

Step 6Double-click on the layer to open the Layer Style Dialog Box. Select the Gradient Overlay.Change the Blend Mode to Multiply and use Linear for the Style and 0 degree angle.

For the colors use red, yellow, green, and cyan.


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Step 7

Add the text now and we have our first version of the logo.


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Step 8

Repeat the Steps 1 to 4. Then instead of using Warp, lets use Perspective and Distort.

Start using Perspective. Move the vertices to the center and create the perspective. After that,select Distort just to make some adjustments.


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Step 9

Repeat Step 6 again and add a Gradient Overlay to the symbol.

Step 10

With the grid in perspective, we can apply the warp again and test different styles, below I showsome variations.


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Conclusion

This is a very quick and at the same time very useful technique. You can use it to create grids.Below I show an example of a grid Ive created using it. Also you can create the effect without

the grid but only with the gradient. There are lots of possibilities. Its all about playing with thetools.


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By FabioI am a Brazilian designer living in Porto Alegre (south of Brazil). In 2003, I founded a webdesign studio called ZEE, with Fabiano Meneghetti, an architect and friend of mine. It's a smallstudio now, with 4 people working basically with web.


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