(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hi, today I'll be showing you how to make an avatar like +tA. Krunch's used to be.


Here is what we'll be creating:


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Step 1
To start off, create a new document of the dimensions 100px by 100px. Set your background color to #2f64a8, and then press Ctrl + Backspace (or Command+Delete on a Mac) to fill the “Background” layer with it.

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Step 2
Now we will add that nice gradient lighting effect that this icon uses. However, since we want to be able to reuse this effect for all of the other CS4 icons, we need a way to add this lighting effect “indestructively”. To do this, first create a new layer above the background layer, fill it with #808080, and set its blending mode to Overlay. As you can see, this didn’t change the background color at all, and that’s because the color is a perfect medium-gray.

To add the lighting effects, make sure that your new gray layer is selected, and go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. Enter these settings:

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And that will give you this:

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Step 3
That’s it for the background! Now on to the text. Take the Text Tool (T), click anywhere in the document, and type in a capital P and a lowercase s (or whatever you want). Set the font to Myriad Pro, the size to 72pt, and the color to #28201d. To center the text to the background, press Ctrl + A (Command+Delete on a Mac)to select everything, get the Move Tool (V), and press the “Align Vertical Centers” and “n Centers” width=”647″ heighAlign Horizontal Centers” in the menu:

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That should give you this:

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Step 4
For the final step, we will ad some subtle layer effects to the text. To do this, right-click on the text layer and click on Blending Options. Use these settings:

Inner Shadow

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Bevel and Emboss


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That’s it!


Here is our image:

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How to Create the Other Icons
Creating the rest of the CS4 icons is rather straight-forward. There are really only two steps the you need to take, and I have listed them below:

Step 1
Select your background layer, and set your foreground color to the color of the new icon. I am creating the Adobe Illustrator icon, so I will choose #ec8e24. Press Alt + Backspace to fill the background layer with that color. Here’s what I have:

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Step 2
Now we just need to change the text to fit the new program’s name. In my case, this is Ai. Just take the Text Tool (T), click on your text, delete the original text, and type in the new text. Then you are done! Here is the Illustrator icon:

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Now that you know how to recreate the icons, you can create any of them that you want, including custom ones. Below are the icons that I have created, each followed by the background color I used for that icon.

Adobe Flash CS4:

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Color Code: #c13636

Adobe DreamWeaver CS4:
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Color Code:#a9c244

Adobe After Effects CS4:

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Color Code:#939cb3

Adobe Premier Pro CS4:

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Color Code:#ad89b6

Adobe InDesign CS4:

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Color Code:#aa5378

Adobe Lightroom CS4:

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Color Code:#778894



Well that's all I got for now.

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Very Easy and helpful . +Repped and Thanked.

I Did it , very easy and looks clean.
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wow that sucks for him lol, nice tutorial though.

you forgot adobe bridge

Moondog, please can you give a tut on how to make ur dripping text?

Just a splatter brush.

Please may you get me that brush ? - If its a download??

It's not a brush, it's a plugin.

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It isn't a brush.

Ah, ok, still should make a tutorial its awesome