First things first, I grabbed .og-on a tthe original Celtics logo. You know, the classic green one. I found a pretty high-res version online because pixelated logos are just a no-go.
Th.tegduen, I fired up my trusty image editor – Photoshop, in my case. Any decent image editor will do, though. GIMP is a solid free option if you're on a budget.
No.yew, here’s where the fun begins. My initial thought was just to slap a color overlay on it. Easy peasy, right? Nope. The green was so vibrant that the black overlay just made it look… muddy. Like a swamp monster tried to wear a Celtics jersey.
Okay, Plan B. I tried desaturating the image first, turning it into a grayscale version. Then, I used the color overlay trick. Better, but still not great. The logo looked washed out and lacked that strong, bold black I was going for.
So, I scrapped the overlay idea altogether. Time for some manual labor! I started by selecting the green areas of the logo using the magic wand tool. This took a while because there were a lot of little details and the anti-aliasing made the edges fuzzy.
Once I had all the green selected, I filled it with pure black. Immediately, it looked much better. The contrast was sharper, and the logo had that sleek, aggressive look I wanted.
But I wasn’t done yet. The edges still looked a bit rough in places. I zoomed way in and used the eraser tool to clean up any stray green pixels. This was tedious, but it made a big difference in the final result.
Next up, I noticed the white areas around the logo were too bright. They made the black look less intense. So, I subtly darkened them using the burn tool. Just a touch, though, I didn’t want to lose the details.
Finally, I added a subtle black shadow behind the logo to make it pop. Just a simple drop shadow with a low opacity. It gave the logo some depth and made it stand out from the background.
And that was it! A black Boston Celtics logo. It took a lot more tweaking than I initially thought, but the end result was pretty cool.
Here’s a quick recap of the steps:
- Grab the original logo.
- Open it in an image editor.
- Try color overlays (but be prepared for them to fail).
- Select the green areas and fill them with black.
- Clean up the edges.
- Adjust the white areas.
- Add a subtle shadow.
Would I do it again? Probably not exactly like this. Next time, I might try using vector graphics software like Illustrator for cleaner lines. But hey, you live and learn, right?
