motohawk Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I need some pointers... my friend is opening a shop that does high performance diesels. It is going to be called Smokin' Diesel Performance. I am trying to learn how to make a logo in PS7, but I need some help. I want to use a picture of his truck, with some cool flames in the background and the shops name under the truck. How do I go about doing that? Any help would be really welcomed. Here is a picture of the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 have you ever used photoshop before? i dont know what kind of quality hes looking for, but it would be much less time consuming to just hire someone to do it. there are a lot of considerations when it comes to creating a professional logo for a business, inclusing what the logo will be used for, ie. web, print etc. you may be able to pull it off if hes just using it for web purposes, but if he needs it for print, you need to make sure your working in a high resolution, in CMYK color mode, not RGB web colors, and be sure to make the document bigger than youll ever need it printed, because photoshop cant create vector images, so if you enlarge the final product to print, it will distort and lose image quality severely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 oh yea, flames can be tricky. i had never attempted to make realistic flames til just recently when someone from here asked if i could help with graphics for his dragster. here is my first go at it: not perfect, but you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Brooke's right, flames can be really tough to get looking "real" but can be done. Brooke did a hell of a job on the pic above I threw something together using default formats in Macromedia Fireworks, the flames and font are both pre-loaded designs, nothing fancy on my part. You'll probably notice they look very similar to the pic in my sig I figured I could throw something together and maybe we can work together to get what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motohawk Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 (edited) That is killer... I have only really done resizing of pictures and a bit of text logos. Is there somewhere online for tutorials? I catch on really fast so learning should go well, but I just need a few pointers. Your flames are awesome. Thanks Brooke. And there is another name he is looking at and it is Dynamic Diesel Performance.. What sounds better? Edited June 20, 2005 by motohawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 hey doll, heres a list of fire tutorials http://www.good-tutorials.com/search.php?offset=0&q=fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motohawk Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 OK... I have this, but I cant get the truck to look right. I used the lasso tool and copied and pasted it and it looks like crap. Why does it look that way??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 because it selects based on color. try using the magnetic lasso tool and tracing slowly around the truck by hand. if you click and hold the lasso tool, a menu should show up with more tools, one will have the lasso and a magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 oh, and your fire letters look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motohawk Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 That was the magnetic lasso. it is weird that when I paste it, it looks like crap. I winder if I need to make a new layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 naa doesnt need to be on a new layer. could be a problem with the resolution of the photo vs the resolution of the document youre working on, though, i doubt it. but really, you dont need to copy/paste. just use the move tool and drag the truck from the photo to the document youre working on. are you resizing the truck once you have it in the document youre working on? that may be it too. if you are resizing it, be sure to hold down the shift key as you drag to resize. that will keep it from distorting by keeping in proportion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motohawk Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 No matter what I do, it still looks like crap. This sucks. How do you make the truck transparent so I can put it over the logo and still read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboybanshee Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 If photoshop is anything like fireworks, you have different layers to your project. One layer would be your truck and the other layer your text. You should be able to arrange the layers to where the text is in front of the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUK Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 i`m no photo shop pro, but i got mad skills with PAINT!, notice the blue green, realistic flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris642 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 im proud of myself, i learned how to make fire text witht hat site!! if you want me to do it for you just tell me what you want it to say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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