Nick 1733 Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Alright, since so many people are asking. This is how to make a logo look right on your 3D helmet.Using PhotoshopStep 1: Pick the logo you want on the helmet, make it about 200 pixels (the largest part)Step 2: Make sure it's only the logo, clear out the background.Step 3: Rotate the canvas 20 degrees counter-clockwise [image/Rotate Canvas/Arbitrary].Step 4: Open a new canvas that is 800x800 pixels, make the background the same color as the helmet you will be putting the logo on.Step 5: Copy and paste the rotated logo into the new canvas and place it in the top left hand corner like so...Step 6: Flatten the image.Step 7: Spherize the image [Filter/Distort/Spherize] and put it at 72%...Note - You might have to undo the spherize and flatten image and move the logo around and keep flattening and spherizing it until it looks right to you.Step 8: Use the lasso tool to select the logo, cut it and then paste it onto your helmet which should already have the colors you want.Note - Make sure you re-size the 'cut' logo so it looks right on the helmet.Step 9: Erase the extra background color that covers up details of the helmet and that goes over the egde of the helmet.Your final image should look something like this: MLB, NBA, NFL & NHL Font Packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twi Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Thanks Nick! That looks really cool and pretty simple to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie010 Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Hey, that's pretty cool. I just tried it out and these are excellent pointers, Nick. Works fine, looks great. Thanks for that tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Football-Fan Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Nick:Thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate you taking the initiative to put this together for all of us. It is very unselfish and generous of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewharrington Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 a thing i do with illustrator that it not quite "spherical" but it gets the job done and gets the point across is to use free distort and bend the upper left corner in a little and maybe the lower right out a little, just experiment until it has a little more perspective. I still don't have a website, but I have a dribbble now! http://dribbble.com/andyharry [The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy or opinions of adidas and/or its brands.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAO Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 thanks a lot nick. indeed very generous of you. Behance Network || ianbakar.com || Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 excellent work. maybe we could satrt a tutorial section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 nick, your tutorials make me so horny.really, nice job. LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeh-see Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 maybe we could satrt a tutorial section? I second that notion. A tutorial stick would be incredible.~UJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeh-see Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 nick, your tutorials make me so horny. Um, , OK.~UJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mings Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 nick, your tutorials make me so horny.really, nice job. damnit joel, quit cheating on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 nick, your tutorials make me so horny. Um, , OK.~UJ you too? LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick 1733 Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 Thanks guys, I thought of it when I saw the Broncos official 3D helemt and the logo was just tilted and slapped on the helmet, it looks terrible. So since I learned Photoshop years before Illustrator I knew about the spherize feature and thought that it might work.Then if you want it vectorized, you'll have to trace it manually in Illustrator. MLB, NBA, NFL & NHL Font Packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Thanks guys, I thought of it when I saw the Broncos official 3D helemt and the logo was just tilted and slapped on the helmet, it looks terrible. So since I learned Photoshop years before Illustrator I knew about the spherize feature and thought that it might work.Then if you want it vectorized, you'll have to trace it manually in Illustrator. you should be able to 'spherize' it manually in illustrator using the envelope distort function with a tighter (8x8 or more) grid setting.in theory. LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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