sports teams logos - 3D~ish, metal~ish, glossy bevel look

Hello everyone!
I have not visited in a while, but excited to be here again!
I hope everyone is safe and healthy throughout this terrible ordeal!
... and that you all had wonderful times this past celebration days!

In a totally non important and self absorbed (nothing better to do) situation, and indulging my lack of abilities and lazy approach to a "designer wannabe"...
I wanted to ask you experts a fast and easy way to "mimic", "copy" or "emulate" the design style of the TV networks for Pro Team Logos (see image attached - all rights to ESPN).

I have attempted some creations myself (only for my personal use) and have not been able to recreate the shinny, glossy look of the TV ones (myattempts.png)

In my network I know a few guys from ESPN and they tell me they use CINEMA 4D to make these - animation and all - which (for now) i'm not really interested on doing...

any guidance, tutorials or effects that may be in your toolbox to get a bit closer to the broadcast quality are appreciated (and I know that many hours of practice and self training may get me there, but as I have stated before - looking for - the "lazy" fast approach (found a old tutorial "Xara Plus Filter forge - Add a little bling!" from Sunwings Studios 2012) that looks promising.

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Bevel Tool and or 3D Extrude Tool.

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Originally Posted by gwpriester

Bevel Tool and or 3D Extrude Tool.

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Thank you Gary!
Yes, I have been using them, but what do I use or how do I get the gloss and shine?

Beautiful work!

See Keith's logo in the post below yours. Or try something like this.

Good to see you back, by the way.

Well... could not get very close with Xara, tried affinity designer (2nd time using) and got to this: Top ESPN, Bottom Ernesto ;-)
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Hi Ernesto, here's how I'd go about it:
VIDEO

Here's my final render:

Plus the xar file.

Not sure but adding to GP's post you might try cloning then working on the clone try the transparency tool to try to get a shiny look.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I'm quite honored by your investment of time and a making Personalized Tutorial !!!
you guys are ALWAYS AWESOME!

Now I will practice some more and will share my eventual final results!

Thank you Egg

Happy New Year form Ernesto in Virginia USA!

Great tutorial Egg.

Thanks Larry and a Happy New Year to you too.

ok, did some more work, and here are 3 versions:
Xara (card-flat.png)
Xara (card-bevel-2.png)
Xara + Filter Forge (Card-filter-forge-dark chrome-customized.png)
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I like the middle one best Ernesto.

I messed about with mine, changing the bevels to rounded 2.

Thank you Egg!
I believe it's going to be a lot of deciding - what to do "automatically" and what to "add" - like in your tutorial adding the highlights...
I'm not that good at visualizing how the reflections/highlights will look - nicer - so, I was going for the more "automatic" production of the shininess.

But man I'm really LEARNING and I'm so thankful for this team supporting my - indulgence - Been using a bit of Filter Forge Demo... this is my latest:
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if you (and anyone else obviously) are interested, FILTER FORGE 7 PRO is FREE at the moment (for the next 5 days) at Shareware on Sale ... https://sharewareonsale.com/s/filter...ay-coupon-sale

Awesome!!! Thx!!!

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if you (and anyone else obviously) are interested, FILTER FORGE 7 PRO is FREE at the moment (for the next 5 days) at Shareware on Sale ... https://sharewareonsale.com/s/filter...ay-coupon-sale

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Downloaded and installed!

Ernesto/Keith
Thanks for the heads-up. Never really grasped filters but I downloaded and installed FF. Here's the result of my messing about.

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Originally Posted by ss-kalm

if you (and anyone else obviously) are interested, FILTER FORGE 7 PRO is FREE at the moment (for the next 5 days) at Shareware on Sale ... https://sharewareonsale.com/s/filter...ay-coupon-sale

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Thanks for the heads up!

Looks awesome, what filter and settings did you use? Did you start from flat or bevel?

Bevel. Photo / Vibrance:

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Originally Posted by ss-kalm

if you (and anyone else obviously) are interested, FILTER FORGE 7 PRO is FREE at the moment (for the next 5 days) at Shareware on Sale ... https://sharewareonsale.com/s/filter...ay-coupon-sale

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Thanks, Keith I got it.

Thank you will Try them out ASAP!

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Originally Posted by ss-kalm

if you (and anyone else obviously) are interested, FILTER FORGE 7 PRO is FREE at the moment (for the next 5 days) at Shareware on Sale ... https://sharewareonsale.com/s/filter...ay-coupon-sale

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Keith, thank you for the link.

Acorn