Simple texture and logo questions
- March 10, 2022
- 6 replies
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Hey eveyrone, I'm not having any luck trying to do what I want here. I'm not a total PS newbie, but also not good or expert level. After going through tons of videos and online articles, I still can't figure out how to do what I want.
I'm trying to make my own simple, but nice logo for my own personal use. Nothing very fancy or complicated. I used a font I found in PS, edited it a bit, took some other shapes and added them to the R, to make an RF logo. I finally figured out how to make the few shapes plus the letter R all one "object". But now I can't figure out for the life of me how to do the next simple steps.
1 I want to put the letter logo I have, which is just RF, right in the middle of a black circle (obviously I can do that, no problem, haha).
2 I would like that black circle and the RF letter logo to have a paper texure to it (can't figure out for the life of me how to get a paper texture to blend with the black circle I drew in PS, so that it keeps the black color, but just adds the texture of the paper image I found online. Everytime I keep trying this, I just covers up the black circle with the white paper color and texture. What I want is the black circle to stay black, but just take on the texture of the paper texture image I have. Same goes for the RF logo. I want it to have the same paper texture, but the color I want. Not the color of the paper image I downloaded online).
3 I would then like to deboss the RF logo INTO the black circle, so that it looks PRESSED into the black circle. I have found many tutorials and videos on how to do this, but it's always only on a full screen background. Meaning, the letters or logo they deboss, is debossed into the entire background. I don't want that, I only want the RF logo debossed into the black circle with a transparent background, so I can use JUST the black circle with the RF logo debossed into that black circle on it's own for my logo on any sites or pages of mine.
I've included some photos so you can get an idea of what I'm trying to do. The first one is my PS file I'm working with. The second is just to give you an idea of what I'm trying to do. I want to have a similar paper texture over both the black circle (but keep it black) and over the RF logo (but keep it white or whatever color I want). And have the RF be debossed INTO the black circle, all with a transparent background.
I know this is probably somewhat easy, but I just can't figure it out. I've watched so many videos and tried so many things and nothign is working. I can do the deboss technique on it's own to just the RF logo in it's own file. But when I try to do it in the Logo file, with the black circle, the deboss fx don't show up. I'm so frustrated and just need a little help. Thank you so much for your time and answers ahead of time. Best
