1. Another logo

2. Getting started Defaults OK, Name the document Wildlife.
Open the Layers panel and re-name the single layer Background

3. Missing Magic wand and quick Selection…oops Photoshop issue
If no Quick Select, Magic Wand, add them
Edit>toolbar
Choose Magic Wand and Quick Select

4. Deselect the Background layer

5. Add another layer
Use the Create New Layer tool to create an empty layer named Logo Elements: Drag On top of Background
Lock Logo Elements: and select Background layer

6. Creating the Main Ellipse Shape
We’re going to create a main ellipse and then copy and paste it on top of the original ellipse: That will give us two identical ellipses.
Select the Ellipse Tool (be sure you selected the Background Layer )
Width: 6.19”
Height: 6.26”
Fill: black
Stroke: none

7. Ellipse…
Select your ellipse then Edit>Copy and Edit>Paste in front
The copied version will be on top, as shown below. To verify this, hide/show the top Layer:
Lock Logo Elements: and select Background layer

8. Naming Name the top ellipse Outer Ellipse Name the other one Text Path
If you can’t tell which ellipse is which, click the blue dot in the Layers panel: The selected object will be obvious:
Move the Text Path layer above the Outer Ellipse

9. Resize Text Path ellipse
What tool?
Select the Text path layer
Click the blue dot to select the content in the Text Path

10. Resize…Use 5.3” x 5.3” as the new width and height:
Dimensions; Text path
Resize…Use 5.3” x 5.3” as the new width and height:

11. Type on a path
Hide the Outer Ellipse layer to make it easier to work on the Text Path ellipse
Type “The American Society for Wildlife Advancement”
Use Trebuchet ms, 24 pts

12. Color the text red What tool lets us color text? Ours to be red:
With the text selected, double-click the Fill tool (to color text) and enter #CC2957 as the color value, a light red
Here is the Color Picker where you enter the hex values

13. Drag Unhide the outer ellipse
Drag text ellipse on top of outer ellipse
Center (align)the ellipses:

14. Adding another Text Path (Ellipse)
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Add another ellipse
5.3 x 5.3
Fill color can be anything
Name its layer as PA text

15. Select PA Text Choose Type on a path
Type Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in yellow, Trebuchet
Place the text on the bottom of the ellipse:
Drag the PA Text layer inside the main ellipse:

16. Center all
Select them all
Use Align palette

17. One more ellipse Going to put inside the text layers Pale blue
Create ellipse 5.0 by 5.0
Cyan blue
Align, as usual
Effect>Stylize>Feather; position it

18. Add :
trees, rocks, clouds
Make sure clouds are behind all else

19. Add colors
Use swatches color library
Choose nature>landscape.

20. Recolor the outer ellipse
Select it
Click in the Landscape panel on the color you want. I chose a dark green; the last one in the second row

21. Color the blue area Select the Fill tool:
. Click the blue ellipse to select it
Select the Fill tool:
Choose a lighter green: Choose the color that is third from the right
Note: Layers don’t select OBJECTS; they select layers so they can be moved. To select art, click the tiny circles

22. Type: all same colors Make all the text be the same Remember contrast!
Click and shift click on the two text’s on paths
Select (see below)
Select layers with text
Use Fill to color them

23. Add black stroke
Select outer ellipse
Select Stroke black, 8 points:

24. Final
Select all
Group
Crop and done