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afiera
Joined: 26 Jul 2010
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 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:45 am Post subject: Best Technique to Turn a Photo into a Logo |
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I apologize in advance for asking stupid questions. I'm an inDesigner and am completely new to photoshop.
I have an image of a flower (white moonflower) that I'd like to turn into my logo. I want it to end up as kind of a line drawing (transparent in the petals) with some shading/fade and have a subtle electric glow to it. I've tried tracing around it with the pen tool and then change the layer styles but I think it looks really amateurish/cartoony. Because I'm so new, I don't really know what kind of possibilities there or or techniques to look up. It'd be super great if I could find a tutorial on just converting the photo into this kind of look as opposed from tracing and painting since this is not my strong suit.
Any suggestions on techniques I should research?
Again, sorry for my noobishness. I would really appreciate any help. |
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Auieos
Joined: 29 Jan 2010
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My suggestion is use vector which means use Illustrator not Photoshop. Otherwise 'vexel tutorial' is what you should search if your doing it in Photoshop.
If you have Illustrator it can 'Live Trace' the flower and it does it for you, no need to trace. |
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afiera
Joined: 26 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate the response.
I'll work on getting to know Illustrator. |
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Patrick
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Auieos
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:32 am Post subject: |
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No worries, I hope the transitions go smoothly. |
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