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#1 2007-05-29 4:12 pm
- tonester
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Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
I have a client who has their logo on their building and its Chrome.
I have produced a brushed steel effect here:
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/839/ … ogozy1.jpg
What they really want is a flat Chrome effect. I used ALien Skin Eye Candy 5 for the Brushed metal effect.
does anyone know if there's a good chrome filter, something that will produce a flat chrome effect?
TIA
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#2 2007-05-29 5:44 pm
- Aqua OS X
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Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
Honestly, I would first try to talk that client out of a pseudo-chrome logo. Or, at the very least, I would talk them into a chrome logo as well as a one or two color logo. Stuff like this costs more to print and it looks bad when it's on something like fax.
That said, can you link us to an example of something you would like to replicate?
In my humble opinion, photoshop and filters are the wrong way to go about this. Most seasoned designers would agree that those things are logo graphics no-no's.
I would do this in Illustrator so you have something that is scalable and editable for future use. Moreover, I would illustrate the chrome effect by hand using a combination of gradients and layers.
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#3 2007-05-29 8:25 pm
Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
Yeah, what Aqua said.
At the very least, you could have the "brushed metal" version of the logo for full color applications, and a simple black and white logo for things like faxes. It could be a black box the same size as the brushed metal box that you have already, with the client name reversed out.
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#4 2007-05-29 10:11 pm
Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
If they do insist on chrome, it's the sort of effect that generally looks better if you do it by hand rather than using plugins. More control can help in these cases.
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#5 2007-05-30 3:43 am
- Jonski
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Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
There's plenty of ways to achieve a chrome look in Photoshop without using a third party filter. One common way is to use a gradient and then mess around with the curves adjustments.
But it's not going to look great on a flat area like on that logo. Plus, a company called Blacksmiths somehow doesn't shout 'chrome' to me.
But what do I know? 
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#6 2007-05-30 3:56 am
- tonester
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Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
HI, I know what you are all saying. TO be honest, they only want it right-now on the web. They currently have it in Foil Block on their letterheads but they do have it as a chrome mirrored sheet on their building.
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#7 2007-05-30 8:14 am
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Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
Do it in Illustrator and export a jpg for the web. If you think they will want you to repurpose it later, you will be VERY glad you did.
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#8 2007-05-30 8:27 am
- tonester
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Re: Chrome Effect on logos / flat areas
very true. thanks very much
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