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Swirl Text Logo

This tutorial is a result of a few filters and tricks. Useful for creating a unique logo for your website..

Start a new document and fill the background with black.

Im using a dark black to blue gradient.

Use the type tool to create your text in white. Then CTRL+CLICK on your text layer to make a selection of the text.

Press CTRL+D to reset your colors to black and white.

Now Create a new layer, then go to Filter » Render » Clouds.
Press CTRL+F once to reapply the filter.

Now HIDE the original text layer so you only have the new clouds layer showing.

Press CTRL+D to deselect.

Now go to Filter » Sharpen » Unsharp Mask.

Amount » 500%. Radius: 4px. Threshold: 8 levels

Now go to Filter » Stylize » Wind
Method: Wind. Direction: from the right

Now do the above again, this time Direction from the left.

Now CTRL+CLICK on the original text layer to load the original text's selection.(the one that is hidden. just ctrl+click it, do not show it).

Now go to Select » Modify » Contract. Enter 5 pixel.(this depends on how big your text is, for the size im using here, i need 5 pixels).

Now go to Select » Feather enter 3 pixels.

Then go to Select » Inverse

Now go to Filter » Stylize » wind
Method: Stagger. Direction: From the Right

Repeat the above step, but this time, direction: From the Left.

Now go to Filter » Distort » Twirl.
Set angle to around 350 (or any amount to your liking).

Now CTRL+D to deselect.

Now to add some colors to your image, just go to Image » Adjustments » Color Balance. and play around with the sliders on different Tone Balance.

Another thing you can do is Show the original text layer and set its blending mode to Exclusion, and move it on top of the effects layer.

Here is mine, also after changing the background color.

Here is another version after adding some drop shadow to the effects layer:

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User Comments

mehdi Dec/24/2009 04:45very nice work please explain more it help new photoshop lover
bespoke software development Dec/09/2009 22:05Nice post, Keep up the good work, Thanks for bringing this up
memo Dec/01/2009 07:27your lesson is great thank you very much
missi Nov/21/2009 08:04i dont understand this freaken shit
wareze Nov/07/2009 08:01after i hit inverse and try to go the filter it don't let me select u suck
SilentlyFallen Oct/22/2009 04:28If you can't do this tutorial, then you need to quit trying to use Photoshop because you obviously suck at it. I did this tutorial with no problems at all and have very little experience using the software. Try to stop whining so much about not being able to do it because you're to stupid. Great tutorial by the way :)
mandito Sep/17/2009 07:16fuck my life
TiLY Sep/15/2009 06:33sErioUsLY wTf iS ThIS......U nEeD tO TeaCh BettER cauSe iM helLa LOst KUz u DnT KnW How TO teaCH THis SHYt RIghT!! I cNt eVEbn Get TO Tha SElEcT
nathan Sep/15/2009 05:57wOW HoW fCkN paTheTIc
SAM Aug/08/2009 14:05WHAT THE FUCK??? YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO TEACHE
Ramkrishna Jun/22/09 00:01fun and easy ... keep it up dude
Hal'do Jun/17/09 20:11Can you picturise the chancing color please??
jesenia Jun/6/09 08:11how can i change the background color??
Googleina May/15/09 23:41Its hard i dont understand whot i can do:(
mlomy May/12/09 22:22its hard and its not the best
Ques2nble Apr/6/09 09:14will you please show me the color balance I can't get the right color....
major singh Apr/3/09 23:02that is great artistic work '
VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GGGG Mar/23/09 04:35i like this guy...who sharing his ideal...
vali Mar/8/09 04:47vvv
XAVIER Feb/1/09 20:30DUDE U GUYS NEED TO MAKE BETTER TUTORIALS CAUSE U SAY THINGS AND U ESPECT US TO KNOW HOW TO DO EVERYTHIING I DONT KNOW IF ANY ONE THOUGH U THIS BUT WHEN UR TEACHING SOMETHING ASUME THE PERSON U R TALKING TO KNOWS NOTHING DONT ASUME THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO WHAT U KNOW CAUSE WE DONT JUST TRYING TO GIVE U SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISISM
raz0r Dec/6/08 20:25pretty good
anu Nov/26/08 16:44this is good
nancy Nov/22/08 01:41its not that bad
Phoenix Oct/18/08 19:18i cant click on select and modify Select->Modify->Contract bad tutorial
ok Oct/13/08 21:50its easy to follow, up until the last step is just garbage, it would be a complete tutorial if you gave some color examples or some presets. you did so well up until the part where we had to inverse it, you did not say to reselect the clouded layer first, because the original layer was not able to filter. then after that the tut went down hill and when it came to the colors it died, modify those parts and your good.
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