This tutorial has been created as a continuation on the shatter tutorial, and covers the techniques used to create the simple logo and text that appeared on my final rendition:
If you would like to know how to create the background used in this tutorial, please read the shatter tutorial before proceeding.
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Step 1.)
1.) Open a new document, or a pre-existing document. I'm using a 500 x 500. Fill the background with black.
Step 2.)
Create a new layer.Now get out the () elliptical marquee tool and make a selection like this in the center of the canvas:
Now hold down the ALT key on your keyboard (you'll notice a little - 'minus' symbol next to the cross hair to indicate deselect mode) and deselect a portion of the oval like so:
Step 3.)
Set your foreground color to: # and your background color to: #
Get out the Gradient fill tool () and set it up like so:
Fill the selection with this gradient form top to bottom so you have something like this:
Press CTRL + D on your keyboard to deselect this area.
Step 4.)
Press CTRL + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer. Go to Edit->Transform->Flip Vertically.
Now press 'V' on your keyboard to get out the move tool and reposition the copy a little bit. You can also press CTRL + T to resize it a bit. I've made mine a little smaller here:
Optionally get out the Rectangular Marquee tool () and make a selection similar to this, and tap DELETE on your keyboard to remove some of the selection, as l've done here:
Step 5.)
Next press CTRL + E on your keyboard with the top-most layer selected/active to merge these two layers together.
Now press CTRL + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer.
Click once on the original layer underneath the duplicate we have just made:
Here we'll add the "glow". Go to Filter->Blur->Radial Blur, and apply these settings:
Result:
Now go to Filter->Add Noise and apply these settings:
Next go to Filter->Blur->Radial Blur and apply these settings:
Now change the blending mode of this layer to "Luminosity".
Now press CTRL + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer, and make it a little brighter. Result:
Step 6.)
Double click the top-most layer again (the one without the blur) and apply the following blending options to this layer: Inner Glow
Bevel and Emboss
Satin
Stroke:
Change the blending mode of this layer to "hard light"
Result:
Now press CTRL + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer, and change the blending mode to "overlay" to give it a little bit of a highlight:
Result:
Step 7.)
Now we'll add the text to this create. Set your foreground color to white #FFFFFF get out the text tool, and select a font that you like. Here l'm using a font called Bitsumishi with a size of 35pt, you can download it for free here.
Here's how my text looks after positioning it near the center of the canvas with the move tool:
Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options: Outer Glow:
Bevel and Emboss
Gradient Overlay:
Stroke:
Result:
After tinkering around a bit with the colors and opacity of a few of the layers, here is what l ended up with:
) elliptical marquee tool and make a selection like this in the center of the canvas: 
) and set it up like so: 
) and make a selection similar to this, and tap DELETE on your keyboard to remove some of the selection, as l've done here: 
