JDTSTLMO Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) First of all I'm an engineer and no graphics expert. I found a patent ink stamp logo on the internet and modified it a lot for a company logo (see attached). Being made to look like a hand ink stamp it's supposed to look scratched/distressed. But my new parts are crisp and clear. I need them to match. But when I try to do it by hand it looks horrible. I'm looking through ALL of the plugin's (I'm only through the C's...) to see what I can find that might do it... I looked up stamp, distressed, scratched, weathered, etc. Any help in telling me how to do it or even doing it for me would be GREATLY appreciated from my company of one! Eventually it will be rotated about 10-15 degrees to look more like it was freehand stamped. And any other input on the logo itself is welcome as I'm no artist! Thanks, Jim Taylor Maryland Heights, MO Edited December 17, 2015 by JDTSTLMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Here is a general idea you can experiment with. (Any settings I don't mention are the default value.) Starting the original image (or the new part you want to add). Apply Effects>Distort>Dents (this is to roughen the edge Scale: 2 Refraction: 50 Roughness: 10 Tension: 8 Add a new (upper) layer and fill it with black. Set the new layer's Blend Mode to Additive. In the new layer, add noise with Effects>Noise>Add Noise. Intensity: 100 Color Saturation: 0 Coverage: 1.0 Perform Effects>Blurs>Gaussian Blur Radius: 1 Use Adjustments>Auto-Level Run Red ochre's Effects>Blurs>FurBlur Angle variation: 1.0 (max. value) Curl curvature: 0.05 Run Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast Brightness: 80-100 (adjust to achieve best result) Contrast: 100 Rerun Effects>Blurs>Gaussian Blur Radius:1 (same as before). Flatten the image with Image>Flatten. That's the basic idea. Lots of variations are possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTSTLMO Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I'll try it. Thank you so much for taking the time to tell me all of that! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTSTLMO Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) I just found this and with a little fudging and blurring it worked pretty good I think. I could have never done this by hand! http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/5-dust-scratches-textures-for-photoshop-illustrator The guy shook out an old burlap bag over his scanner so all the dust and hairs fell out and then scanned it. What's the chances of finding that? Got to love the Internet! Edited December 18, 2015 by JDTSTLMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Brilliant! Thank you for sharing Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Hmm. I think I prefer mine: EDIT: The image was too large, so I had to use the thumbnail method. Edited December 18, 2015 by MJW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) I don't know anything about patent logos, but I did want to make a small mention of copy right laws. Are there any copy right laws to this logo you are trying to use? It sounds like you might want to use the logo for business reasons, so I hope this logo doesn't have copy right laws against that. Aside from that, you might like the idea of using more and/or other texture images to overlay whatever logo you try to use. Add a texture or multiple textures on a layer above the logo layer and play with blending modes and layer opacities.You can find some textures here : http://www.brusheezy.com/texturesSince they are textures intended for photoshop, you might need to install photoshop plugins to use some of them : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18128-photoshop-psd-file-plugin-newest-version-241/http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/25696-photoshop-pattern-filetype-2012-12-04/ I hope you get a good final result of what you are looking for. Edited December 18, 2015 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Well, that would be a bit ironic if the patent logo violated intellectual property rights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Well, there are some logos and seals that have requirements in order to be used, for example, the USDA Organic seal or the certified arborist logo.Those are just examples though, I realize a patent logo and a seal like the USDA Organic seal are two different things. I just didn't want to see the stamp JDTSTLMO is wanting to use to have risks. Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I wasn't expressing an opinion on whether it does or doesn't violate property rights -- I was just saying I think it would be slightly amusing if a logo intended to represent the protection of intellectual property rights violated them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDTSTLMO Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sorry once I had my logo I sent of to other things! While an argument could be made that it was substantially changed so that a copyright no longer applied; yes I did buy the rights to the original. Thanks for all the help! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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