Learn how to add a new logo to a construction worker's helmet in Photoshop by following a step-by-step process involving various tools like the clone stamp and color picker. This guide provides a detailed overview of how to swap logos, adjust shapes and colors, and finally, export your edited image.
Key Insights
- The article outlines a clear process to modify an existing image of a construction worker, specifically by replacing the logo on his helmet with a custom logo, using Photoshop.
- Key steps include using the clone stamp tool to create a blank canvas on the helmet, opening and isolating the desired logo from a separate file, adjusting the logo's size and color to match the helmet, and finally, placing the logo perfectly within the helmet's surface.
- The completion of the process involves exporting the edited image as a JPEG file, which can then be saved and used in different applications or shared.
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In this video, we're going to be adding our construction worker, Foto, to Phase 10 Banner 2. Let's begin. Before we export this and add it to the frame, let's make one more change by adding the logo to his helmet.
To do this, let's zoom in. And what we're going to do is remove the current logo that he has on his helmet, and instead put in a Phase 10 construction logo. To do this, let's select the construction worker color and create a new layer from it so that we have a copy in case we need to make changes in the future.
With this image selected, let's now go to the Clone Stamp tool so that we can leave just a blue circle in the middle. We'll go over to the left and select the Clone Stamp tool. Zooming in even further, we'll reduce the size of our Clone Stamp tool by going to the options bar and adjusting it to about 7 pixels.
Here, we can define where we want to pull pixels from by holding ALT, and we just want to cover up what looks like a Space Needle. Hit ALT, and we'll start filling in the space.
The goal right now is to add enough pixels to cover up the Space Needle, allowing us to add our own logo.
I've mostly covered it up, and while it still looks a little worn, it appears relatively natural. Now, it's time to import our logo. To do this, we'll open our Photoshop file with the logo.
We'll go to File, Open, and we'll open up our phase 10 construction logo PSD file. For this logo, we'll only take the 'P', so we'll select the rectangle, ellipse, and ellipse 2. Highlighting each of the three, we'll hit CTRL C and then go into our 'Construction Worker Adjusted' file. We'll then hit CTRL V to paste, and let's zoom out.
Next, we need to change the size of our 'P'. To do this, we'll hit CTRL T to transform it, and let's shrink it down while holding Shift to maintain the aspect ratio. Let's move the 'P' closer to the helmet, zoom in, and shrink it a little more while holding Shift.
Next, we want the circle around the 'P' to match the same blue color as the helmet.
To do this, we'll select Ellipse 2, the circle around the 'P', and with it highlighted, we'll change the fill color in the properties. Go to the color picker, hover over the blue, and click OK. We've now changed the color, and we're ready to place it into the blue circle.
We'll close this, and with all three layers highlighted, we'll hit CTRL T to transform them. We'll continue shrinking it down while holding Shift, and then place it in the center.
Next, we'll transform it by rotating and repositioning it in the middle.
If we click outside the layers panel, we'll see that the 'P' is centered nicely.
Next, let's make one more change. Instead of the dark 'P', let's make it a white 'P', similar to the Space Needle.
So, we'll select the rectangle and Ellipse 2, holding CTRL, and change the fill of these two by first using the shapes tool, then going to the options bar and selecting the fill.
We'll then choose an off-white color from the color picker, and click OK. Let's click outside the layers panel, and we can see that we have a nice white 'P' with the blue circle right in front of the circle on his helmet.
When we zoom out, we can see that he's a Phase 10 construction employee.
Nicely done. Let's hit CTRL S to save our work and zoom out.
Now, we're ready to export.
To export this, we'll go to File > Export > Export As. For this image, we'll select JPEG as our format, and we can leave the image at,000 pixels, then click Export All.
We'll title this 'Construction Worker Adjusted JPEG' and click Save.
We'll be saving this work as our midterm project, so be sure to upload this file to the platform.
Finally, let's go back to PTC Banner 2, and import this image. To do this, we'll click on the frame from our center diamonds, click the center frame, then go to properties, click Inset Image, Place from Local Disk, Embedded, and select our 'Construction Worker Adjusted JPEG', then click Place.
We can see that he's now placed here. Let's save our work, and in the next video, we'll adjust him within the frame. See you there!