I wanted to redo my header image for a long time and I finally got some time to finish the task. Though it was not a complete redo, the changes were made to be compatible with web 2.0 standards.
I did this using Adobe Photoshop CS, with a couple of tutorials that I had in my hand. Creating it is easy after you have finalized with the font and style. It took a longer time for me to finalize the design and after that it was just the procedure of following the tutorial to come up with the final image with gradient look and mirrored shadow image at the bottom. I also introduced a very light Gaussian blur at the back of the text.
How to create your own web 2.0 Logo?
This video will explain everything in a step by step manner.
Maybe you can download this video and keep it for reference while you work on Photoshop. Check out the easy way to download any video on net.Icon Image:Icons are the ones which are used to mark a site by a symbol. The web 2.0 logo is not complete without an appropriate Icon Image. The icon image that I had earlier didn’t have symbolic meaning in it, so I thought of redoing the Icon Image also. As I was creating my header, I was flipping and rotating the characters using free transform and finally I settled with this new Icon. It’s just the capital ‘L’ and small ‘b’ upside down with ‘b’ inside ‘L’. It also looks like 97 (Quite innovative, huh?).
I was thinking of this image before but I settled with 97.
Learn how to create Icon Image for your site from any Image.
While searching for some good video tutorial on Photoshop, I found this one also. This explains how to create a 3D glass looking ball with a shadow image.
Get a Web 2.0 Logo for Free:
If you don’t have adobe Photoshop or have not worked on Photoshop before and if you want a simple web 2.0 header image for your website, then contact me and I would be happy to do it for FREE!!! All you have to do is when you change the header image in your blog, write a post about that you have redone your header image and link to this post.
Update: If you are looking for Web 2.0 Icons, check “Places Where You Can Get Free Icons For All Seasons And Reasons”
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Nice Post
Thanks for sharing.
Here’s a tutorial on how you could create a Web 2.0 Logo with GIMP:
http://tysonc.net/tutorials/making-a-web-20-logo-in-gimp/
Try this, and it’s really easy.
@Shankar, Good one… As I always use Photoshop, I never tried GIMP…will try it out sometime…
Nice post, informative.
@ byte,
thanks for sharing, even i prefer photoshop to anything else.
it makes it quite easy to manage even intricate details.
great post, real informative.
Thanks, will be helpful to me someday
Nice tutorial:)
I am a new blogger, but I also learnt to use Gimp and have made my logo in Gimp. Gimp is real lightweight program.
Read this on Alleba website 2 weeks ago while searching for similar things…here is the direct link
http://www.alleba.com/blog/2006/09/26/photoshop-tutorial-how-to-make-a-web-20-style-logo/
Pretty nice tutorial .
What on Earth is a Web 2.0 logo, and how is it special from any other sort of logo? And what exactly is a web 2.0 ’standard’?
thnx alot, really wanted to created my icon image!