I tried to make the logo as it appears on the login page.
I dont have the original font they use..so used Century Gothic
method:
- create a new document of size 800×400 (size depends on the size of your text)
- write orkut and apply font color #d70b79
- now add some blends as shown in the images below
- drop shadow:
- bevel and emboss:(you can apply some contour too)
- gradient overlay:
click on the drop down list as shown, then edit like this:
click on the gradient detectors and then adjust the color below.
- drop shadow:
- now you are done