Well, this is mah first time using photoshop for a month, and I do believe it's..... somewhat good. Anyway, I tried to recreate an ODST-style logo. Tell me what you think and Plz CnC Anyway, it has a BG b/c it was posted on the website, so I just did the simple thing..
You need to try and seperate the icons from the motion blurred versions. A good way of doing this could be higlighting the icons themselves (magic wand outside of them, then select -> inverse?) and then expanding the selection by say a pixel or two, then going onto your motion blur layer and erasing that section. That would leave a pixel gap between the icons and the blurs. The only other way i can think would be to add a shadow or highlight around the icons, just to make them stand above the blur. This would add a good deal of depth, and make for a pretty good looking icon. With the text, the white glow is a bit too violent, and the colour makes it seem out of place. Have you tried the text with the same textured effect as the icon?
Well, I have, but I didn't want it to blend w/ it. I'll see what I can do w/ the other part and thnx for the CnC ^+^