Creating a Logo With a Cool Globe FX

Start by opening a new file. Using rectangular shape tool create a square shape.

Duplicate the layer and press Ctrl+T to transform. Move rectangle some pixels to the right and then press ENTER. Now press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer and then press Ctrl+Shift+T to transform again with previous settings.

Select all the square layers and press Ctrl+E to merge the layers.

Duplicate the merged layers as we did in previous steps.

Merge the square layers again by pressing Ctrl+E.

Press Ctrl+T to transform the squares and scale it down.

Select both the layers.

From the top bar of the photoshop select align vertical & horizontal centers.

Select squares layer. From filter menu select distort>>spherize.

Apply settings as shown.

Press Ctrl+F two times to apply the filter again with previous settings.

Press Ctrl+T to transform and scale it down.

Double click the layer to open layer style window and enable drop shadow and bevel&emboss. Apply settings as shown.

Duplicate the layer and move it down.

Press Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the layer.

Press Ctrl+T to transform. Press Ctrl key & move the bottom right transform node to the right corner.

From layer pallete enable layer mask( third icon from the bottom of the layer pallete )

Apply a linear gradient into layer mask.

Duplicate the layer to make the effect stronger.

Using line shape tool create a line.

Type your text with a nice font & color.

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