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Help with logo design.


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As you can tell since I'm posting in the board, i am a noob to photoshop. I have been messing around with photoshop for a week now and I have done quite a bit of projects. I have mostly been following tutorials on how to achieve certain effects.

Recently my friend, a developer of a fallout new vegas mod, asked me to make a logo for his mod. He gave me a very specific idea for the logo that he wants me to make. Right now I'm having trouble with a certain part of the emblem. For this part of the logo I'm making a chrome/metallic looking oval with the words "New Frontier" written across the oval in neon/glowing/energy looking text (also blue).

So far i have finished the oval, and it looks great. But i am having trouble with the text. I have followed many tutorials on neon looking fonts, but none of them look good on top of the chrome oval. Most of the tutorials I saw were made with a dark lit backround. Every time i have tried, the neon effects don't look right on top the chrome oval.

Could someone point me in a direction of a tutorial that applies a neon effect on to a bright/reflective backround? Thank you.
 
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Hi Iphotoshopnoob

Usually the neon fx you see works great on dark surfaces because the light created by the effect is consistent and well defined, usually created by Layer>Layer Styles>Outher Glow, blend mode set to linear dodge, screen, or color dodge. "any lighten mode"

But, in the case of Neon glows, working on lighter or reflective surfaces you should work whit blend modes like multiply, darken "any other darken mode"

Hope this helps.
 
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