Photoshop Creative Issue

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Create a dark shadow


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To darken the inner sections of the
logo, eg the inside of the rocket,
start with the inside section of the flame,
select its shape layer and select the Inner
Shadow layer style. Change the settings to;
Blend Mode: Multiply, Color: black, Opacity: 21,
Distance: 14px, Choke: 15% and Size 38px.

Outer Box Blur glow


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First duplicate the entire rocket and
flame shapes, merge them together
and move behind the shape layers. Next, add
an outer glow and amend the settings to
Blend Mode: Soft Light, Opacity: 40%, set
Color to white, Spread: 20%, and Size: 3px.
Finally, go Filter>Blur>Box Blur and change
the Radius to 30px.

A glowing key line


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Add an Outer Glow to all the shape
layers you added an inner shadow to
and amend the following settings to create a
soft glow: Blend Mode: Soft Light, Opacity:
60%, set Color to a light orange, Spread: 10%,
and Size: 50px.

Enhance the glow


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To make the
glows really pop,
create a new layer,
change its blend mode to
Overlay and make a
selection around the front
part of the rocket. Grab a
white soft brush and
change its Opacity to 40%,
then start to brush
around the edges of the
rocket. Repeat for the rest
of the front shapes.

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Glow with inner shadow


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After applying the gradients, add a
white glowing key line around the
foreground shapes, for instance, the front
section of the rocket, stars, etc. To do this,
select Inner Shadow from layer styles and
change the Blend Mode to Screen and Color
to white, Distance: 8px, Choke: 2%, Size: 10px,
and check Use Global Light.

Expert edit


Black layer


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Only darken the inside shapes
of the logo, eg the inside of the
T. Firstly create a new layer above the T
shape, fill with black, set Opacity: 70%.

Create a selection


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Start by creating a selection
around the inside of the T shape.
To select a shape layer, simply Cmd/right-
click on its layer’s thumbnail.

Add a mask


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Now click the Add Layer Mask
button located at the bottom of the
Layers panel and create a mask over the
new black layer.

Brush to erase


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With the mask thumbnail
selected, ensure the Foreground
colour is set to black and use the Brush
Tool to erase any black fill you don’t need.

Enhance the shadows

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