Banner and Icon Making :) Article: How To Make A Banner With Photoshop

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posted by modernfan

In case you don't have Photoshop, you can download it link

Now that you have Photoshop, we can get started.
First you need to click File--->New---> width 800, height 100 pixels. Then you click Ok and you have a background.

Now you click File--->Open and you select a photo you want to open. Then you crop and resize it. I usually choose 110 or 120 height. Now right click on little window and move to new window. Now your image is in new window and you need to drag it to your banner. Then you use a little arrow from the panel on the left and move your image where you want it.

You do the same with 2nd image and bring it closely to the first. Then you use eraser from the same panel and erase the edges.

You do the same with all the images you want to use. After that click on Layer--->Merge visible. Now you have one layer which you can edit any way you like.

It should look like this:

Don't forget to set quality to the maximum!
I hope this wasn't too confusing. If you have any questions,feel free to ask!

GDragon612, geocen and 22 others like this

liza12354 [i]Very difficult to understand the download part O_o[/i]

modernfan ^maybe you could ask someone to help you?

nmdis Very well explained thanks I will try it :D

modernfan ^you're welcome :)

a11-swift thanks really really much♥

modernfan ^no problem!

sini12 It's nice but i have different photshop in my computer

modernfan ^which version do you have? I think it should work for nearly everything.

superDivya Thanks, it helped a lot! :)

nmdis @modernfan : I agree

twilightlover73 Actually, it's better to use a mask for erasing parts of an image, that way you can draw the image back whenever you made a mistake instead of just going to the history.

modernfan ^tbh I'm not very good when it comes to masking, You think you could help?

mr-cullen can you please explain a little more how to blend edges?

modernfan ^you just erase them any way you like :)

Miraaa Thank you so much Sara! This really helps <3

nmdis @twilightlover73: Using a mask? Hmm..I will try that too but eraser is good and we can undo if we make mistakes right ? And mr-cullen you can erase the edges as Sara said.

mmeBauer Thanks a lot! I finally made a good banner