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[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Of course I don't mind! It DID say "up for grabs", did it not??

[CjIiNmDmYy]

Oooh thanks!!!!!

By the way, how do you make banners?

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

What I use is a program called Adobe PhotoShop. It's pretty complicated as to explaining how I make the banners step by step. It varies from banner to banner, and with avatars, too. Sorry, but I lack the explaining skills necessary as to how I made each of my banners. I've made TONS of 'em! lol

[CjIiNmDmYy]

It's okay. I really wanna make a banner since I haven't made one before so if you're free to explain, please do...

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Maybe someone else could help you with that. Like I just said, I dunno how to explain it.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Okay, here's my latest banner!! Enjoy, and, as usual, it's up for grabs!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Thx!! I'm glad ya love it!!! *glomps*

[caseyrox76]

Okay, here's my latest banner!! Enjoy, and, as usual, it's up for grabs!

Oh, that's really creative!! I like it!!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Thx, Case! It just cracks me UP!!

[SweeneyxxTodd]

Does anyone here know how to make a banner using Adobe Photoshop?

I have no clue whatsoever!!!

I've never heard of that particular version of Photoshop. The one I use here at home is ridiculously primitive (Photoshop Elements 3.0), and the one I've been using at school for digital photography is regular Photoshop 7.0.

But the process should be fairly similar anyway.

Here we go:

1. Open Photoshop and open up all the picture files you wish to work with. (Here I've got a Jimmy pic, an April pic, and a background pic.)



2. Check the resolution of each image. If you don't know how to do this, you right click on the image on that bar thing where the name is. A little menu will appear, and you select 'image size'. A window then comes up, showing you the size of the image in both pixels and inches, and under the height in inches it shows you the resolution in pixels per inch (ppi). If you get the image from the internet, the resolution is usually 72. The resolution of all my pictures will be 96 because I took them in WMM.



3. If the resolutions of your images are different, copy the lowest resolution and paste it into the resolution box of each image with a higher resolution. You can lower the resolution of high quality images but you can't try to raise the res of low quality images, because that just makes them look grainy.



4. Create a new file and specify the dimensions to be what you want the size of your banner to be. Set the resolution to be the same as the lowest resolution of the images you are working with.

5. On the pic you wish to make the background, use the crop tool to set its dimensions to be the same as your banner file. Leave the resolution window blank.

6. Select the move tool and move the background image onto your blank file.

7. On the file with a character, first set the image size to the size of the banner file. Then use the polygonal lasso tool to select only the character and none of the background. If the character is in a position where some background will be between their arm and their body or something, that's fine. You can delete it later. Once you have selected everything you want to select, use the move tool to move the character onto the banner file.

8. Your banner file should now look something like this (except with your own images).



9. Now notice in the bottom right-hand corner, there should be a window for working with your layers. Click on the opacity window and move the little arrow so that the number changes. The lower the number, the more transparent the image is. I set the opacity of April to 70% in mine.



10. Repeat 7 and 9 with any other characters you wish to use. Then mess around with various editing tools to achieve the look you desire. When you're finished you get something cool looking like this:

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Here's a brand new banner I just created. Enjoy, and it's up for grabs!!

[sunnstar]

Okay, here's my latest banner!! Enjoy, and, as usual, it's up for grabs!

HAHA, that is pure genius! That's perfect, Emily, nice job.

[CjIiNmDmYy]

@ Emily: Your banner is so cool!!!

@ Mary: Thanks so much for posting the steps for using Adobe Photoshop!!!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Here's a couple new ones I just made. Up for grabs!!!

[gabBy-gabBz^^]

WHICH ONE'S BETTER?!? (i'm serious)




OR

[CjIiNmDmYy]

Hard to choose. I love both of them . I think I'd go with the second one.

[CjIiNmDmYy]

This is my first ever banner. I hope you guys like it. It's free for your use but please ask me first. I'd love comments!

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[SweeneyxxTodd]

It's pretty cool, but the size is enormous, and that makes it kind of blurry. And your welcome for the steps. I had already posted them to help Stacy out, so it really wasn't any trouble.

[CjIiNmDmYy]

Thanks for your comment, Mary. Actually the size wasn't this huge, so I enlarged it coz I felt it was too small. Here's the original one in colour. This one may be better. So, you guys like?

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[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Here's 4 more new banners I recently made. UP FOR GRABS!!!


I think this is the only SAD one of Jimmy I'm gonna do for a loooooooonnnnnggg time. lol


Haha, CLASSIC Sheen!! XD


Don'tcha think that's what they might say in this shot?? lol


I just HAD to do it; he looks so PROUD of himself, too! ROFL!!!