If you’ve ever wondered,
“How do I go about making ministry or sermon logos?”
You’re probably interested in creative design for the church but not sure where to begin. Photoshop is one of the most versatile pieces of image-editing software out there. But when you first open Photoshop, it may seem too daunting a learning curve to mess with.
Where do you begin?
Before you click everything, get frustrated, and subsequently throw your laptop against the wall in a fit of rage, it does help to know one concept fundamental to Photoshop: Layers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e66XaKdWqoE
Interested in finding out more?
Tutorial9 is a wonderful site for more Photoshop tutorials. LifeChurch.tv’s OPEN Network & CreativeMYK are great resources where you can download pre-made, freely available .PSD (Photoshop) images. You can edit & tweak them to fit your churches needs.
What about you?
Are you a Photoshop ninja? How long have you used Photoshop, and what’s your favorite feature? Leave a comment below.
Stuart says
I love Photoshop but you’re right it can be daunting.
Before I learnt to use layers I wondered what all the fuss with them was – but then my main idea of graphic editing was done via mspaint or similar 🙂
jared says
great job man! when i started 6 years ago I was so confused by layers.. now I feel every program should work with them..
kylereed says
Andrew you are rocking these. Great job