Versus Inspired Photoshop Logo Tutorial
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create a rounded logo, inspired by the Versus cable network. We will use gradients and layer style to create this logo in Photoshop. This tutorial is great for all Photoshop users from beginners to intermediates.
This is what you will get when you are finished:
Start off with a new 500×500 pixel document with a background color of black
Now select red(#ff0000) as your foreground color. Create a new layer, then using the Elliptical Marquee, tool draw a perfect circle by holding the shift key while drawing.
Now press alt+backspace to fill the area with red.
Now apply the following layer style to this layer.
Bevel:
Contour:
Gradient Overlay:
Then apply the style and your image should look like this:
Now create a new layer and draw another perfect circle inside the other circle and fill it with black (#000000)
Now we will create another new layer, and draw another smaller circle inside our black circle and fill it with red (#ff0000). Your image should look similar to the one below.
Now using the Elliptical Marquee tool again, create a smaller circle inside the red (do not create a new layer this time) one and press the delete button to remove the inner part of the circle.
Now you can deselect. We need to use the Elliptical Marquee tool again and select the lower right corner area of the circle and delete it.
Now create a smaller circle where we just deleted one, and fill it with red. You will want to use the arrow keys to position the dot before you deselect it.
Now we will add our text. Create a new layer and select the Text Tool. Click on the Layer and type the first letter, I will use a T. The font I am using is 235pt Add City Boy, you can download it here. Position your letter so part of it is overlapping with the edge of the circle.
Now create another layer and add the other letter for your text the same way you did before.
Now we will merge the two text layers with the circle layer. Select all three layers by press ctrl and clicking them, then press ctrl + e to merge the layers. Here is a before and after.
Now select your newly merged layer and apply the following Layer Styles by right clicking the layer and select blending options.
Apply the style and your images should like the one below.
Now create a new layer. CTRL + Click on the layer with the black circle to make a selection like it on the new layer.
Now reset your colors so that black is the background and white is the foreground. Select the gradient tool, select “Foreground to transparent” as your color.
Fill circle with the gradient by clicking outside the circle and dragging inward (like the arrow in the picture below).
Now deselect the circle and draw a new larger one offset like below.
Now delete the selection and our results should look like this:
Now you can leave the logo like that if you want, but I decided to add a little bit more to it. First Select all of the layers (except the background) in the layers panel by CTRL + Clicking them. Then on the menu in Photoshop go to Edit > Transform > Perspective .
Now move the points so they look like this:
Then apply the style and you are finished! I hope you liked this tutorial, feel free to leave suggestions for my future tutorials.
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on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:13 am
Good for beginners
give beginners a good grip around photoshop basic stuff 
on June 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
i like it. its easy
on July 20th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
realy liked it, nice tutorial
on July 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
very nice tutorial
i love you co much
on July 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
so not co
on August 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
very easy…and very nice lookin’!
Thanx!
on September 12th, 2007 at 8:40 am
i dont understand how to get the gloss :/
on September 21st, 2007 at 2:24 pm
hudo!
on October 6th, 2007 at 4:55 am
im a beginner in photoshop
this is coooooolllll
i learned a lot about photoshop
Thanks!!
on November 14th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
thanks, this will come in very handy for my little video clips… check em’ out at http://www.youtube.com/mewes82.
on January 24th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Really superb,
I am working as a designer in a company. My boss is really impressed lot in this design. As he don’t know i took it from here.
Thank you check here
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on February 9th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Pretty good tutorial, I like it. Thanks
on February 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Excellent tutorial - the effects are great and can be used for many different themes - Thanks for your help!
on February 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Nice logo effect. If you have more tutorials you’re welcome to submit them to tutorial-effect.net
on March 7th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Great job, helped me get a grip on PS basics, thanks!
on March 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
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on April 24th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
This is a GREAT tutorial, for any level. The step by step, with every step detailed in words (unlike other tutorials that just give a short summary in each step what to do) is excellent.
I especially like the ENLARGED screenshots. Other tutorials here just have the small ones, and sometimes it’s hard to discern what value to put (e.g. is that an 8 or 3).
One small nitpick is the gradient thumbnail:
http://teamtutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/versus-inspired-photoshop-tutorial-17.jpg
It has an incorrect value for one of the tab stops the color is listed as FFFF00, but should be FF0000. Otherwise you get yellow and not red.
Keep up the good work John!
And shame on you Daniel for taking credit for someone else’s work
on October 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
This looks great. The best things in life really are for free. Starting now, I’ll send on a link when I’m done.
Rexus
on October 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
One tip for newbies…
I when trying to delete from the first red circle the delete button returned an error message that the selection was not “directly editable” for whatever reasons.
Instead select your eraser tool; at least thats what worked for me.
Rexus
on October 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
I’m not going to post the finished rendition in case my additional design tweaks get copied. Sorry to be so mean but the client comes first. This tutorial is so great I’m sure lots of designers are using it as it is.
Rexus